A customer requires 30 TB of relatively inexpensive block storage for a DB2 database in the midrange
space. The customer also mentions the need for future performance increase as the project moves from test
and development status to full production over the next year.
Which of the following would be an appropriate choice for this customer?
A. Storwize V7000 with small form factor drives, and a second disk control enclosure added laterfor
additional performance.
B. Relatively low cost N3220 or IM3240 with SAS drives today, and the addition of PAM (Flash Cache) when
additional performance is needed.
C. DS3500 with a small number of SSD and large nearline SAS drives to keep down the cost, with Easy Tier
turned on when needed to optimize performance.
D. A 15 module XIV System Gen3 with relatively inexpensive nearline SAS drives for capacity and low cost,
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with the option of adding SSD for speed in the future.
Answer: A
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