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IBM offers a high availability feature for critical data that may even support a
100% uptime guarantee. What is the name of the feature?
x Hyper-Scale
/ HyperSwap
Synchronous Replication
Asynchronous Replication

What is the maximum capacity that 4, 6 or 8 clustered SAN Volume Controller nodes
support?
x 23PB
x 48PB
32PB
12PB

A client seems genuinely interested in understanding the base software that

provides a wealth of features in all SAN Volume Controller models. What is the name
of that software?
x IBM Storage Scale
/ IBM Storage Virtualize
IBM Storage System
IBM Storage Accelerate

What does SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Machine Type 2145 lack, which can be
optionally added, to equal the same degree of service that SVC Machine Type 2147
automatically includes?
/ Enterprise class support
Greater amount of cache
Ability to cluster more nodes
5-year warranty

How many new models of IBM SAN Volume Controller nodes were introduced in 2020?
x 1
x 3
4
2

SAN Volume Controller includes cloud-based software that provides AI-based

predictive analytics and proactive health monitoring. What is the name of this
software?
x IBM Multicloud Manager
x IBM Storage Connect
IBM Storage Control
IBM Storage Insights

What components in the SAN Volume Controller SA2 and SV2 nodes have been made
internal?
x Host adapter cards and batteries
/ Boot drives and batterie
Boot drives and host adaptor cards
Batteries and host adapter cards

How many replication sites can SAN Volume Controller support with its enhanced
high-availability configuration?
/ 5-sites
6-sites
4-sites
3-sites
Assuming they are running the same level of Storage Virtualize code (version
8.3.1), which SAN Volume Controller nodes can be clustered together?
x 8G4 – 8A4 – SV1 – SV2
/ DH8 – SV1 – SA2 – SV2
8A4 – DH8 – SA2 – SV1
CG8 – DH8 – SV1 – SV2

IBM is leading the market by providing a way to bring real data protection to
container backups. For SAN Volume Controller solutions, what feature/ability
enables developers to backup, recover, and retain persistent container volumes in
Kubernetes (K8s) environments?
x Kubernetes
/ Container Storage Interface
Docker
CRI-O

What is the unique SAN Volume Controller feature that provides metro-distance,
enhanced high-availability capabilities?
x External storage virtualization
/ Stretched Cluster
Async with change volumes
Synchronous replication

SAN Volume Controller supports very flexible data reduction pools (DRP). What
capability provides this flexibility and is not always found in competitor's data
reduction schemes?
x Always on functionality
x Support only for Flash Core Modules (FCMs)
Selectability
Triple reduction functionality

What software can provide identical management to storage in Amazon Web Services
(AWS) Cloud, Microsoft Azure Cloud and IBM Cloud as is found in SAN Volume
Controller?
x Storage Accelerate
x Storage Virtualize
Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud
Storage Protect Suite

Once SAN Volume Controller SA2, SV2 ot SV3 nodes have virtualized external systems,
what do they use to provide data reduction to those storage arrays?
x Inline hardware compression through FlashCore Modules
/ Data reduction pools (DRP)
Add in hardware compression cards
Wavelet-based ECG compression

What powerful ability is found in all SAN Volume Controller systems that enables
clients to apply consistent management and features to over 500 heterogeneous
storage systems?
x WAN IP Replication
/ Storage Virtualization
vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere API for Storage Awareness
(VASA)
IBM Storage Insights

What is a true statement about IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)?

x It requires disruptive hardware replacement
x It is a storage array that runs Spectrum Virtualize
It has customer usable onboard storage
It is an appliance that runs Storage Virtualize

SAN Volume Controller supports data reduction pools (DRPs) which can help to
increase effective capacity. Which of the following most accurately describes the
capabilities of DRPs?
x Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, and compression
x Thin provisioning and small computer system interface (SCSI) Unmap
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, zero detection, deduplication, and compression
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, deduplication, and compression

What makes IBM's Easy Tier so efficient?

/ It works on a sub-logical unit number (LUN) basis
It relies on the use of CPU cache memory for swap space
It works on a whole-LUN basis
It uses advanced error correction

What is a true statement regarding IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)?

x It requires use of non-IBM storage hardware to make financial sense
x It is not needed if using only IBM Storage
It extends the life of existing underlying storage hardware
It works only with IBM Storage hardware

IBM has introduced a number of ways for SAN Volume Controller solutions to be used
as part of an overall cloud-capable storage. IBM supports an automation software
that enables cloud provisioning, configuration management, intra-service
orchestration, and application development. What is the software called?
x AMI
x CRI-O
EC2
Ansible

IBM introduced SAN Volume Controller many years ago. What celebration is SAN Volume
Controller undergoing in 2023?
/ 20th Anniversary
19th Anniversary
17th Anniversary
18th Anniversary

IBM has significantly increased the amount of cache that is supported by SAN Volume
Controller. What is the maximum amount of cache that a high availability pair of
SA2 or SV2 nodes can support?
x 256GB
x 768GB
1536GB
512GB

Which one of the following best represents the key value propositions for SAN
Volume Controller?
x Underlying storage must keep their own sets of enhanced functions managed
separately
/ Common advanced functions, improved storage utilization, and simplified data
migrations
Improved storage utilization, simplified data migrations, and increased response
times
Simplified data migrations, lower storage utilization, and higher total cost of
ownership

What unique ability does Easy Tier provide when it is used with SAN Volume
Controller (SVC)?
x It enables tiering between virtualized and non-virtualized arrays
x It enables intra-hard disk drive (HDD) data migration on the same drive
It enables tiering between virtualized arrays
It enables tiering between the main SVC node and a hot spare node

What is the number one reason that thousands of clients still rely on IBM SAN
Volume Controller?
x It forces all storage vendors to compete for their business
/ It provides ease of data migrations from one storage platform to another
It keeps IBM sales reps happy
It provides network-attached storage (NAS) abilities for clients with fast block
storage