A customer feels they are over-provisioning their current storage environment and falling short on performance requirements. Which IBM solution can best help this customer manage their multi- tiered disk environment more effectively?

A customer with an IBM Power System running AIX is using an IBM System Storage DS8100 in Location A, and an IBM System Storage DS5100 in Location B. The distance between Location A and Location B is 25 kilometers. The customer wants a redundant copy of the data inLocation B for disaster recovery. Which of the following solutions will best satisfy this requirement?

An opportunity has been successfully won by a Business Partner in collaboration with IBM. Who has responsibility for conducting the TDA process?

IBM ProtecTIER Appliance Edition v2.5 software loaded on the IBM TS7650 Appliance has been enhanced to support the OpenStorage (OST) API with which of the following applications?

A non-IBM customer is thinking of changing storage vendors and has been impressed by the GUI from a competing vendor. This GUI is easy to use and allows the creation of virtual pools ofstorage across any product from that vendor’s product line. How best should the sales specialistrespond?

A customer is impressed with EMC’s F.A.S.T. feature. Which of the following features of the Storwize V7000 competes with EMC’s F.A.S.T.?

The customer has both AIX and Windows hosts and is complaining that their storage infrastructure is complex and distributed. They need to simplify backup and restore operations. What product should the storage specialist be prepared to discuss with them?

Which of the following products helps a customer identify a performance bottleneck?

What is the appropriate EMC software to be compared with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center?

Which of the following features of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is an enhancement to the Storwize V7000 GUI management system?