An ISV is interested in storage virtualization for a new OLTP project. Performance and additional power requirements are the main concerns. Currently, an older model IBM Storwize V7000 is installed using 3.5-inch NL-SAS drives. The customer decided to use 2.5-inch drive technology to create a high speed block of storage. Which solution should be suggested?
A customer needs to migrate its current storage application volumes in order to implement a newly acquired storage solution. The customer's systems are side-by-side, and the transfer must occur in the fastest manner possible. Which solution meets the customer's needs?
A public transportation customer wants to accelerate its database batch processes. Flexibility, dual-site production connectivity, High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) are mandatory. Which solution should the sales representative propose?
A customer wants to implement and deploy a Cloud environment using the current installed storage systems. The customer wants to leverage the OpenStack components to provide management and control of the storage environment. Which other component should the sales specialist offer?
A local hospital wants to extend its use of modern medical equipment and provide a single source of patient data. These goals require more capacity and a new data structure. Currently, the customer is using two midrange mirrored EMC storage devices in separate locations. Ease-of-use, high availability, backup support, and cost are critical factors. Which combination of IBM solutions should be recommended?
A customer's application is characterized by a large amount of data that is normally transferred with large I/O sizes. Which workload best fits the application profile?
A customer is comparing an EMC VNX solution to the proposed IBM Storwize V7000 Unified solution. Which resource should the storage specialist use to produce a financial comparison between the EMC and IBM solution?
A customer has two different storage solutions in separate data centers 1200 km apart. The customer is considering a change from host based replication to storage-system based replication. Which solution should the sales specialist offer?