IBM Midrange Storage Technical Support V3 Set 1

The customer has a single site NAS environment running on EMC hardware with a capacity of 100 TB. They want to replace this and add an additional 100 TB capacity. The new system would mirror to a DR site over IP. They also want to add multi-tenancy to the solution. What IBM solution would meet these requirements?

A customer has an application that drives a high write workload (>50% of IOs are writes). Assuming the use of 10000 rpm or 15000 rpm SAS drives, what RAID type would be best suited for this application in a new design?

The Storwize V7000 Real-time Compression is best suited for which filetype?

A customer wants to implement a high availability solution split across two remote sites located 1 km apart. They are considering one dual node N series system What should the technical specialist recommend?

As part of a customer data management solution, it is necessary to store unused data on a low cost device to achieve the necessary cost benefit. While a tape library solution would provide low cost, the customer application is not capable of writing directly to tape. What recommendation should the technical specialist make to allow the POSIX capable application to access tape devices?

A technical specialist is discussing the benefits of a PureFlex solution with the CIO and IT Director of a prospective customer. Which benefit will be most attractive in the initial meeting?

The customer is currently running a mixed Windows and UNIX SAN environment with 100 TB of capacity on old EMC CLARiiON hardware. They want to add an additional 100 TB of new disk capacity within their limited rack space, and also utilize the existing CLARiiON disk for a combined 200 TB capacity. The customer does not require NAS connectivity but is interested in implementing FCoE into their environment. Which IBM solution would best meet their needs?

From a file sharing perspective, which of the following is a competitive advantage of the Storwize V7000 Unified compared to EMC VNX and NetApp in 7-mode?

A customer comments that they would like to implement a storage management solution that can monitor their entire storage environment via SMI-S. They have a combination of EMC, NetApp and IBM storage. Which solution best meets their needs?

Which of the following statements is true about the Storage Tier Advisor Tool (STAT) utility when used with the IBM Storwize V7000?