A healthcare customer is not satisfied with the utilization of their heterogeneous storage devices. Which solution would improve the utilization of the customer’s storage devices?

A storage specialist discovers that a new customer likes the technical aspects of the IBM System Storage DS8000 and they plan to recommend it to their vice president. Which of the following is the next logical step for the storage specialist?

The Windows group has two SQL servers that need to add 1 TB of additional disk. Each of the Windows servers already has a SAS RAID adapter. It is expected that over time the storage requirements will grow beyond the capability of internal disks. There are no additional adapter slots available on the servers. What is the most cost effective IBM solution for this customer to meet the immediate needs today and the future growth of tomorrow?

The IBM XIV Storage System is designed to be cost-efficient in all aspects, while delivering outstanding and consistent performance. Which of these features is currently UNAVAILABLE on the XIV system?

The customer has an IBM Enterprise Storage Server 800 coming off lease this year. The maintenance charges are becoming very expensive and they are looking at a new storage solution to attach to their mainframe environment. Which of the following solutions would be most cost effective?

A small bio-tech company is interested in implementing an IBM System Storage solution. Which of the following tools can be used to help justify the cost of our solution to a customer?

A current System z customer has 10,000 IBM 3490 tape cartridges, most of which are only 10% utilized, in their tape shelf storage adjacent to the computer room. The customer currently has no space for the new DS8700 that is on order. What should the IBM storage specialist propose as a solution?

A potential customer has a very specific need. They need more external storage with SAS and iSCSI connectivity now. However, in a few months their business requirements will change such that they must be able to reconfigure this external storage device to SAS and FC connectivity. Which of the following IBM storage products can accommodate this customer’s requirements?

A manufacturing customer has a requirement to add 12 additional dual-attached servers to their existing two Brocade 16 port SAN switches that have no more ports available. Which of the following should be recommended to accommodate the current capacity requirements, allow for future growth and provide 8 and 4 Gb support?

Which storage subsystem can scale in a single image to multiple petabytes of physical disk?