A healthcare provider currently has a DS3500 with the latest firmware1 and they have a need to protect their data from unauthorized access. What could be added to the system to protect data at rest?
A small business customer has a 15 TB OLTP application that uses IBM DB2. They require the best possible transactional performance for the database files at a modest cost. The technical specialist has suggested they use the DS3524. What drive type best meets this requirement?
A customer has a large volume of data that needs to be stored within their data center. The customer has indicated that their data growth will be at least 25% per year. Which question must be asked to determine the proper IBM storage solution?
A customer is developing a backup plan to minimize their effort in recovery. First they will use high capacity disk for IBM FlashCopy Manager flash copies on a 2-hour basis for immediate recovery. Second, every Sunday morning they complete a backup on all data. Finally, they perform a nightly backup of only the changes made since the last full backup. The final step is commonly known as what type of backup?
A customer has heard of disk to disk to tape (D2D2T) as a solution for faster backups within an environment. What is a benefit of designing a solution that would utilize D2D2T methodology?