What strategic tool minimizes low-confidence results while eliminating unrealistic assumptions
about a workload proposed for a solution?

Which statement is true about the Easy Tier functionality that is available on the DSS000, SAN
Volume Controller, and Storwize V7000 storage product families?

A customer has an archiving requirement that is considered Big Data. Every 8 hours1 an average
of 4.5 Petab9tes of data must be written to tape. The customer currently is considering Oracle
SL8500 to meet this requirement.
Why would the IBM TS3500 be a better technical fit?

A customer has just installed a ProtecTlER TS7620 SM2, and has accessed the PT Manager for
the first time. Where would the implementation engineer fulfill Registration, E-mail Alerts, and Call
Home configuration setup?

A customer has recently installed a SONAS system and now wants to set up backups to the virtual
tape library (VTL) using their existing Symantec NetBackup data management application. The
server running the NetBackup application has 1 GE connectivity, while a different server with 10
GE connectivity is used as the NDMP tape server.
Which options offers the least impact on the customer’s current infrastructure?

A customer tells a technical specialist that EMO stated XIV has a double drive failure problem
because XIV has a 180 drive RAID group.
What is the best response to this competitive statement?

A technical specialist is holding a general discussion with a customer who has a large volume of
block and file data. The customer tells the specialist that their company’s storage maintenance is
coming up for renewal and that they are facing pressure from within the company to adopt a Cloud
Strategy. The customer’s main technical concern is to avoid downtime with migration.

Which solution provides native support for this strategy?

A technical specialist is enhancing an existing EMC storage environment with the IBM SAN
Volume Controller. One of the primary customer requirements is to reclaim space in the existing
environment by using real-time compression.
Which tool should the technical specialist use?

A System z customer running z/OS Vi .11 is using a single D58801J storage system with Easy
Tier enabled. Storage performance for a business critical application needs to improve to handle
end-of-month and end-of-quarter processing. The customer requires minimal disruption to
operations.
Which feature or action should the technical specialist recommend to the customer to improve
performance for this application?

A customer wants to add a fully populated BladeCenter chassis to their existing core-edge SAN.
They have suffered performance issues in the past due to congestion and over-utilization of interswitch links (ISL). The customer has asked what is the best practice guideline concerning ISL
oversubscription ratio.
Which one of the following ratios does the technical specialist provide?