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Congratulations, you passed the quiz forthe IBM Cloud Object Storage course.
(One ofthe use cases using IBM cloud Object Storage (COS) is storage for internet applications, such as vdeo
streaming, cloud digtal video recording (DVR), secial media, cloud storage for mobile devices, public cloud
object storage asa service, and intoret of things (LT) workflows, which need to consolidate all ofthe data from
large numberof devices ina single repository for analysis, Which ofthe following use cases is being described?
Select ane:
‘Secondary Storage: Active archive
‘Secondary Storage: Data protection / Data management
Primary Storage: Remote file access J collaboration
Primary Storage: Internet / TOT / Cloud Storage / Big Data
18M Cloud Object Storage (COS) is software defined storage. Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit
ofthis software-defined architecture?
Select one:
‘The same IBM COS software provided to IBM Storage clients is used by IBM Cloud to deliver the COS
service, ensuing unmatched commitment tothe ongoing stability and improvement of the software
‘Acomplete IBM COS system can be deployed as VMWare virtual machines
18M COS software can be deployed on either 18M COS hardware or third-party hardware from Cisco, Del,
HPE, Seagate and others
Upgrading 18M COSis a seamless software upgrade process that ensures production operations are not
cisrupted regarclss of what hardware 1BM COS is installed on
Which ofthe following isthe most lkely reasons for a client to purchase Object Storage?
Select one:
It offers lower storage cost than NAS
Relevance to thelr "Journey to Cloud via increasing use of Cloud Native architecture, Hybrid Cloud, and
Cloud or Mobile applications for their eients
Performance advantages over block and fle storage
‘They have so much unstructured data that only an object storage system can scale te meet their
requirements
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‘Active archive is an important use case of IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS). Which key characteristics makes IBM
COS the suitable solution for active archive?
Select one:
ighor performance than block storage, cost effective, ane global access to data
‘Scalability custom metadata, and data stays accessible
Higher performance than fe storage, cost effective, and data stays accessible
Long torm data rliablity, cost effective, and data stays accessible
Data management products, such as Spectrum Protect Plus, Actfo, Rubrik, and Cohesity were designed to take
advantage of object storage today, typically complimenting higher performance block or file storage. These
products are examples of which usecase for IBM Cloud Object Storage?
Select one:
Secondary Storage: Active archive
‘Secondary Storage: Data protection / data management
Primary Storage: Internet / TOT / Cloud Storage / Big Data
Primary Storage: Remote file access J collaboration
16M Cloue Object Storage (COS) supports various site deployment choices, such asa single site, across two
sites or across three or mate sites. If the cient requites resiliency against dive, server AND site evel failures,
Which site deployment option provides the best cost por usable terabyte (T8)?
Select one:
Asingle site deployment witha single copy of data
Two sites deployment with vault miroring
‘Throe or more sites deployment witha single copy of data
Three or more sites with two copies of data
Object storages a good fit for receiving most large data sets, including log fle repositories, sometimes requiring
years of avaliabiity Which #1 rated Security and Incident Event Management (SIEM) software is certified with
TGM COS to ensure reliable, economical og file storage?
Select ane
18M Qradar
Tableaw
Splunk
NetApp
Object storage gained its popularity because ofits unique characteristics. Which of the followings NOT an
object storage characteristic?
Select ane:
‘Suppor for custom motadata defined by creators ofan application
Remotely accessible through Wide Area Network (WAN)
High performance for transactional data workloads
‘The abilly to scale up in terms o storage capacity and numberof data elements that can be stored ina
single namespace
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customers are modernizing aplications ané accelerating cloud adoption. Roughly what percentage of
enterprises are expecting to modernize existing applications over the next tee years?
Select one:
30%
75%
100%
50%
18M Cloud Object Storage (COS) is software defined storage. Which a the following statement i corect in terms
‘ofthe supported hardware that 1BM COS can run on?
Select one
TBM provides a ist of vendors that IBM COS supports. Clients ae free to choose any hardware from the
vendors listed
{BW COS is flexible to mix and match approved hardware from 18M and thir
Clients are free to choose any hardvar
requirements
18 COS only supports 18M hardware, since IBM can aéd value a a single vendor forthe entire BM COS
system
party vendors
inthe market today, as longa it meots the minimum specifeation
Which ofthe following solutions is currently NOT considered atop competitor to IBM Cloud Object Storage by
1M
Select one:
DeIVEMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS)
NetApp Storage Grid
Cloudian Hyperstore
Pure Cloud Block Sto
\What is the key value of the unique support object storage provides for custom metadata associated with
objects?
Select ane
Ability to accoss objects using the NFS protocol
Fast metadata-based search
In gives application developers a powerful new way to work with attributes that are specific to thelr
application
Increased performance
Which ofthe following use cases isthe best fit for Object Storage, leveragingits support cloud storage?
Select ane:
Lowest cost storage fo long term data archive
Data conte backup
Satelite image repository
AWS-like private cloud supporting Cloud Native applications inthe corporate data center
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18M Cloud Object Storage has four main use cases, tw of which are classified as primary storage use cases, and
the ather two as seconcary storage use cases. What isthe main difference between primary and secondary
storage inthis context?
Select ane:
Primary storage is used for data thats managed by a metadata cataloguing software such as Spectrum
Discover; whereas secondary is used for storing uncatalogued data
Primary data is used for structured data; whereas secondary storage is used for storing unstructured data
Primary storage is for data that is used directly to create business value; whereas secondary storage is
storage forthe purpose of preventing data loss
Primary storage is used for “hot data (trequently accessed data) only; whereas secondary storage's used
to store "cold data” (infrequently accessed data) using older hardware
IDC states that clients can achieve what ROI over 3 years using object storage?
Select ane:
000%
255%
50%
100%
Whats the general competitive advantage of 1M Cloud Object Storage?
Select one:
Most feature rich
Lowest Cost
"Market reputation asa mature ane roliable system that can sealo to any level required
Highest level of Avs $3 compatibiliy
How is data stored in an 18M Cloud Object Storage system protected against loss?
Select one!
Snapshots
Backups
Information Dispersal Algorithm (IDA)
RAID
Object storage systems are applicable across a wide range of industries and market segments. Object storage
‘opportunities fer the secondary storage use cases, including backup, cloud data management, and active
archives, exist in all industries. However, the largest opportunities often can be found in which 3 industries?
Select ane!
‘Aerospace, utlities,ané transportation industries
Healthcare finance ang insurance, and manufacturing industries
Service providers, telecommunications, and media and entertainment industries
‘Advertsing, telocommunieations, and retall industries
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\Wnat deployment architecture allows 18M Cloud Object Storage to be used in smallor capacities (oss than
~sooTa)?
Select one:
Concentrated Disposal Mode
Cconfiqured Dispersal Mode
Consolidated Dispersal Mode
Concontrated Disporsal Mode
Which oF the following options is NOT a purchasing option offered by IBM Cloud Object Storage?
Select ane:
Software ony license with cither perpetual or monthly license, priced by number of nodes
Fully configured hardware and software appliance
Software ony license with either perpetual or monthly license, priced by raw terabytes
[A Storage Utility Ofering (SUO) aligning payments and consumption of capacity
Which storage protocols does 18M Cloud Object Storage natively communicate with?
Select one:
File protocols (NFS, SMB, CIFS)
Object protacols ($3 compatible REST API)
Container Storage Interface (C31)
Block protocols (SCSI, SAS)
Security and data protection are paramount in organizational awareness today. Which o the following is NOT
‘one of the IBM Cloud Object Storage features that bring recognized best-in-class cata protection to clients?
Select ane:
FIPS 140-2 Lovol 1 Compliance with IBM COS hardware & software
Data immutability (Write Once, Read Many WORM functionality) with fll policy management capabilities
SecureSlice encryption of data at rest which guarantees that no data exposure is possible via inavidal hard
rive or storage nodes
Mobile App for monitoring and alerting of any non-recognized data access methods
Existing data is ficult to overage and often trapped. What percentage of mid-size and large enterprises state
they have data stored in too many ctfeent silos?
Select ane:
200%
75%
25%
50%
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‘Storage solution, Which of the following reason is NOT an accurate response towards such a concern ar inquiry
188 points ou Select one or more:
aes IBM COS was purpose built and refined from day one to never experience downtime, slowdowns or product
impact even with mule disks or nodes naviable
ID COS is often the lowest cost sluton aca al on-premise objet storage vendor globally
{0 COS, at oftoday, Boat he argest single-namepace object storage instalation inthe wold across
allon-prem objet vendors instalation inthe wold across al on-rem abject vendre
To os provces uigue geo-ceperel eapsity when tree or more it enter ae envoned or
depioyment
cunion25 | AIBN Cloud Object Storage C05) systems consi of anumber of nodes, where each nd has one of tree
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Manager node, Accesser node, o Sicestor node
Manager node, Access node, of Storage node
Mirroring node, Accesser node or Slicestor node
“Management node, Compute node, or System node
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