To support demanding business requirements, which key data protection objective should be the IT staffs concern?
- A . RTO
- B . TCO
- C . TCA
- D . ROI
A customer has many VMware-based applications and wants to introduce a new storage cluster solution to optimize the usage of the server’s internal disks. The client’s IT administrators are experienced in VMware but have no specific storage skills
Which solution fulfills the client’s requirements?
- A . IBM Spectrum Archive
- B . IBM Spectrum Scale
- C . IBM Spectrum Accelerate
- D . IBM Spectrum Protect
A CFO has provided the company’s current operational costs along with the budget for a new system. The customer is not interested in leasing options.
What information is needed to determine if a proposed solution meets the customer’s financial needs?
- A . Proposed implementation schedule of new system
- B . Projected operational expenditures (OPEX)
- C . Projected capital expenditures (CAPEX
- D . Proposed decommissioning schedule of existing system
A client has a two vendor strategy that is causing some concern because it must replicate data. Dell Technologies is recommending replacing the IBM storage with one of its storage platforms.
What should the sales specialist recommend that the client use to replicate its data between Dell Technologies and 13M storage?
- A . IBM Spectrum Virtualize
- B . IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering
- C . IBM Aspera
- D . IBM Spectrum Protect
A prospective client is considering the purchase of an IBM FlashSystem. The client has asked for an analysis of its current DB2 environment to determine which LUNs and servers are most impacted by IOPS and latency.
Which type of analysis should the sales specialist recommend?
- A . Automatic Workload Repository Report
- B . Arxscan
- C . Data Pattern Analytics
- D . Comprestimator
A customer struggles with a 24/7 business model and backing up an ever-expanding virtual environment.
Which solution should the customer implement?
- A . BM Spectrum Copy Data Management
- B . BM Cloud Object Storage System
- C . IBM Spectrum Accelerate
- D . IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Which IBM system should be offered to a customer with a limited budget who wants to replace an existing Dell Technologies VNXe 3200 that is used for block storage?
- A . IBM Storwize V5030
- B . IBM Flash System A9000
- C . IBM Storwize v7000
- D . IBM Storwize v5010
A customer is planning to replace an existing storage system with an IBM FlashSystem A9000 for VDl system.
Which resource can be used to estimate effective capacity?
- A . Butterfly Study
- B . System Storage Interoperation Center
- C . Arxscan
- D . Data Reduction Tool
Which IBM tool is designed to help IBM employees and business partners find information about storage competitors?
- A . Know your IBM (KYI)
- B . Compete Storage Sales Advisor (CSSA)
- C . Digital Content Marketing (DCM)
- D . Passport Advantage (PPA)
A video surveillance company keeps all video tapes for one year of all of the sites they monitor. The data is always accessible. The company has several petabytes of video surveillance.
Which IBM solution is most economical?
- A . IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM FlashSystem A9000R Storage units
- B . IBM Versa Stack and IBM XIV units
- C . IBM Spectrum Archive and IBM TS4500 Tape Library
- D . IBM SVC and IBM DS8886 units
A client needs a storage solution to be compliant with new guidelines, such as GDPR requiring protection of personally identifiable information, especially when replacing failed hardware.
Which IBM Storwize family feature meets this need?
- A . IBM Spectrum Control
- B . Non-disruptive hot swap
- C . Data-at-Rest encryption
- D . Data in-flight encryption
C
Explanation:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STJTAG/com.ibm.help.xivgen3.doc/Gen3/PO/xiv_po_11_4_01.html
IBM big data storage supports all applications, data types, and hundreds of heterogeneous storage systems including cloud-based systems.
Which product should the sales specialist recommend to provide simplified management?
- A . IBM Spectrum Control
- B . IBM Spectrum NAS
- C . IBM Spectrum Scale
- D . IBM Spectrum Accelerate
A
Explanation:
IBM Spectrum Scale
Advanced storage management of unstructured data for cloud, big data, analytics, objects and more
https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/scale-out-file-and-object-storage
A customer wants the lowest cost solution that offers encryption.
Which storage system should be recommended?
- A . IBM Storwize V5010
- B . IBM Storwize V5020
- C . IBM Storwize V5030
- D . IBM Storwize V7000
B
Explanation:
https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/storage-workload/details
A client has a large file storage environment with data that is rarely accessed. The client wants to reduce its storage cost and minimize application changes.
Which solution satisfies the client’s needs?
- A . Add an IBM Tape Library and IBM Spectrum Archive.
- B . Extend the storage capacity using an IBM Storwize V5010 system.
- C . Add an IBM Tape Library and IBM Spectrum Scale.
- D . Predict file usage using IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights.
An IBM Storwize customer is concerned about data privacy when taking snapshots to the public cloud.
How should the sales specialist address this concem?
- A . Data is compressed so there is no requirement for encryption.
- B . IBM Storwize supports volume groups for mutual consistency.
- C . Snapshots are automatically encrypted in the cloud.
- D . All data transferred and stored on the cloud can be encrypted.
A client is looking for an entry system, heterogeneous, scalable block-storage solution.
Which storage solution meets the requirements of the customer?
- A . IBM Storwize V5030
- B . IBM Storwize V5010
- C . IBM Storwize V5020
- D . IBM Storwize V7000
A
Explanation:
http://www.cbs1.com.my/WebLITE/Applications/news/uploaded/docs/Jason%20Ching%20-%20Storwize_Family.pdf
Which key benefit does VersaStack provide to customers to achieve administrative cost savings?
- A . Best of breed components
- B . Template-built repeatable processes
- C . Scalability of individual components
- D . All-inclusive software licensing
C
Explanation:
Simple scalability
Easily and cost-effectively deliver dynamic resource allocation from pooled compute, network and storage resources, whether on-premises or in the cloud. This allows a reduction in design, deployment and management overhead.
https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/versastack/details
Who is responsible for a penalty due to failure to perform a required Technical and Delivery Assessment at the end user sales transaction?
- A . Sales manager
- B . Client team manager
- C . Technical manager
- D . Business partner
A customer needs a storage solution and is considering a proposal from a competitor with 9 X 400 GB SSD and 12 X 2 TB drives.
Which IBM storage system is comparable to the proposed configuration?
- A . IBM Cloud Object Storage
- B . IBM Storwize V5010
- C . IBM Spectrum Accelerate
- D . IBM Storwize V7000F
Which IBM product should a sales person recommend if external encryption key management is desired?
- A . IBM Spectrum Protect
- B . IBM Security Access Manager
- C . IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager
- D . IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Management
C
Explanation:
You can manage the encryption key for the disk drive modules (DDMs) externally.
For external key management of encryption, the encryption must be enabled on-site by an IBM service representative.
The encryption key server, Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) or IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager for z/OS (ISKLM), is installed and configured on the network.
https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager