Which recommendation should be provided?

A company has a medical application that generates a large number of media files. The file count is well over one billion and is stored on a Dell EMC Isilon 8-node NL410 cluster. Currently, each node is connected to the network using two 10GbE connections. The Linux-based application does not require high bandwidth; however, it is latency sensitive. Additionally, the Linux hosts are connected to the cluster over NFSv3. The application generates approximately 10,000 files every 10 minutes.

For the past four years, the cluster has been growing at a rate of one additional node per year. The company is running out of free ports on their redundant network switches. They want to know what can be done to ensure continuous availability. They do not want to invest in upgrading the network infrastructure. In addition, the company needs to reduce the number of consumed interface ports on the switches.

Which recommendation should be provided?
A . Leave the first four nodes of the cluster connected to both network switches with LACP and free up the remaining connections
B . Leave the first node of the cluster connected to both network switches and free up the remaining connections
C . Leave the first four nodes of the cluster connected to both network switches and free up the remaining connections
D . Leave the first 10GbE interface from each node connected to the same network switch and free up the remaining connections

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Answer: C