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Congratulations, you passed the quiz for the IBM Storage for Hybrid Multicloud Level1course.

Question1 Which is NOT part of the core messaging around the IBM difference?

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Multicloud: IBM Storage has a unique software foundation that provides open interoperability across
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storage systems and clouds
Performant: IBM Storage is distinctive with benchmarked input/output operations per second (IOPS)
performance faster than over 450 heterogeneous storage systems
Secure: IBM Storage, unlike competitors, extends encryption across your existing information technology
(IT) storage environment

Hybrid: IBM Storage stands apart by providing a consistent approach to security, data reduction, data
mobility, and operations

Question 2 IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat has enabled our storage to support containerization and easy transportability
between various clouds and on-premises environments using an open standard. What software enabLes this?
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OpenShift >/

Docker
Kubernetes
OpenStructure

Question 3 When we examine our competitor’s storage systems, we observe that one of them has a stronger cloud solution
than the rest. Which competitor temporarily has the stronger cloud abilities?
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NetApp
HPE
Pure
Dell
Question 4 When it comes to selling storage for hybrid multicloud what is the one thing we should avoid?

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Promote infrastructure density
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Promote data availability
Promote cloud pricing
Promote Speeds and Feeds V

Question 5 What is the name of the base software stack that provides a wealth of features for SAN Volume Controller and
FlashSystem storage systems?
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IBM Spectrum Accelerate
IBM Spectrum Storage
IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Question 6 What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?

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It is cognitive artificial intelligence (AI) driven rather than policy based
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It can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K hard disk drives (FIDDs)

It works only with IBM block storage devices

It works on a whole logical unit number (LUN) basis

Question 7 What is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Formation Template?

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It’s a platform with application services that share common security and interconnection
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It’s a service enabling the launch of virtual machine instances
It is a template that contains a software configuration

It creates and configures AWS resources and figures out dependencies V

Question 8 The majority of the Spectrum Virtualize-based FlashSystem family supports Data Reduction Pools (DRPs) which
can help to increase effective capacity. Which of the following most accurately describes the capabilities of
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DRPs?
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Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, pattern removal, deduplication and compression
Thin provisioning and SCSI Unmap
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap, deduplication and compression
Thin provisioning, SCSI Unmap and compression
Question 9 One great example of the power of consumption-based cloud pricing for on-premises infrastructure relates to
one of the IBM FlashWatch guarantees. Which best describes this combination?
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Two storage systems are required for 100% uptime via HyperSwap and using the Utility Offering, the
cost of the base capacity on the 2 systems is only 1.2x the base cost of a single leased system
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When acquiring IBM FlashCore Modules under consumption-based cloud pricing, the FlashWatch
Endurance Guarantee means the flash will still be working when the capacity is finally consumed
With FlashWatch including 90 days of data migration for free, the consumption-based cloud pricing can
ramp up slowly over the first three months
With the FlashWatch Data Reduction Guarantee, compression and deduplication can help reduce
acquisition costs to the point that cloud pricing isn't necessary

Question 10 What makes Easy Tier so efficient that it can deliver impressive results even when using only a small percentage
of truly high-performance storage?
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It works on a sub-LUN basis
It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

It uses central processing unit cache memory for swap space

It uses a brute force algorithm to predict what should be moved

Question 11 Virtualization is the foundation of most traditional data centers. Virtual machines were designed to make
efficient use of physical hardware. Containers are different. What are containers primarily designed to
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Containers help IT managers contain the amount of data that new-gen applications are creating
Containers make it easy to move applications from one place to another
Containers make even more efficient use of physical hardware than virtual machines
Containers orchestrate the deployment and management of new applications at the scale of a Hybrid
Multicloud

Question 12 Sometimes we encounter scenarios where clients say that they don’t need additional storage. What can IBM
offer to still obtain a win with Spectrum Virtualize while also providing clients with a way to gain access to the
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cloud?
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Spectrum Copy Data Management
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM Tape library solutions
SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
Question 13 IBM offers a solution to deliver consumption-based cloud pricing for on-premises storage infrastructure. What is
it called?
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Storage Utility Offering
Hybrid Multicloud Pricing
Spectrum Virtualize Cloud Pak
Storwize Public Cloud Pricing X

Question 14 In the Storage for Hybrid Multicloud client presentation, we attempt to show the customer several
characteristics that they should be looking for in storage. We believe that these characteristics are distinctive for
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IBM Storage and will give you a competitive advantage. Which of the following is NOT one of IBM’s distinctive
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competitive advantages?

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You can bring cloud economics on-premises by using consumption-based pricing that flexes up and down
Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) delivers more predictable and faster throughput, thus helping to 'S
increase infrastructure density
Strategic storage choices are more about the software foundation that you select than the hardware that it
happens to be running on
Artificial intelligence (AI) infused software as a solution (SaaS) based monitoring and management can
simplify operations

Question 15 The majority of Spectrum Virtualize solutions are positioned for future storage advancements. What is the
ultrahigh-performance, low-latency, storage type that is supported by most of the FlashSystem family?
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Storage Class Memory
Storage disk scalability
Server cache intermix
FlashCore Modules

Question 16 What is the most affordably priced system in the FlashSystem portfolio with end-to-end NVMe?

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FlashSystem 5100 V
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FlashSystem 7200
FlashSystem 5030
FlashSystem 5010
Question 17 Ail Spectrum Virtualize storage solutions include powerful cloud software that provides AI based predictive
analytics and proactive health monitoring. This software is included at no additional cost. It is called
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IBM Multicloud Manager
IBM Storage Insights
IBM Spectrum Control
IBM Spectrum Connect

Question 18 What is the name of the powerful and unique purpose-built storage devices that are found in the majority of
Spectrum Virtualize-based storage systems?
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FlashCore Modules «/

MicroLatency Modules
Dual Ported NVMe SSDs
Storage Class Memory

Question 19 What powerful ability that is found in SAN Volume Controller and the majority of the FlashSystem family enables
clients to bring consistent management and features to over 500 (used to be 450) heterogeneous storage
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systems?
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IBM Storage Insights
Storage Virtualization
VAAI and VASA
WAN IP Replication

Question 20 There are competitors who have stronger cloud features in specific areas than we do at the moment. In what
way might we counter those advantages?
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IBM’s lower price and superior warranties offset any advantages a competitor might have in specific areas
With Storage Insights, IBM can perform predictive analytics on every system in a client’s data center
thereby providing a much simpler infrastructure to manage
IBM can effectively create a homogeneous infrastructure with consistent abilities everywhere
Where IBM has advantages they are so significant that they offset the advantages that our competitors
might have
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Question 21 IBM has introduced something to help clients who are looking for a container management platform for either
Docker packages or their own container packages. What IBM offering helps this?
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IBM Spectrum Accelerate for Cloud
IBM Multicloud Manager
Kubernetes and Docker
IBM Cloud Paks
 Question 22 What term is used to refer to block storage that is virtualized by Spectrum Virtualize for Cloud on Amazon Web
Services (AWS)?
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AMI
S3
EC2
EBS

Question 23 In an environment that is experiencing dramatic and consistent growth, which of the following statements
represents an excellent reason for choosing FlashSystem 7200 rather than FlashSystem 5100?
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3X more cache, 3X more IOPS and 3X more clustering
1.5X more cache, 1.5X more IOPS and 1.5X more clustering
2X more cache, 2X more IOPS and 2X more clustering
2.5X more cache, 2.5X more IOPS and 2.5X more clustering

Question 24 When it comes to Data Reduction Pools what is a major differentiator that IBM has?

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Data Reduction ratios of 3:1 are easily obtained
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Selectable flexibility by data pool
Clients must have data reduction running in a Data Reduction Pool X

Deduplication via hardware inside each FlashCore Module

Question 25 IBM offers a high availability feature for highly critical data. This feature may even support a 100% uptime
guarantee. What is the name of this feature?
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Synchronous Replication
Plyper-Scale
HyperSwap
Asynchronous Replication

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