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FlashSystem Overview and Safeguarded Copy

Level 2 Quiz

You have a client who has absolutely no Captial Expense budget but
needs to obtain on-premises FlashSystem storage. They don't really
care what the model is as long as it enables them to meet their
SLAs. What is the most likely way to accomplish this?
Storage as a Service
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for AWS
Storage Utility Offering
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for Azure

2、Cyber Vault for FlashSystem is designed to.....?


help integrate early detection and automation components with
Safeguarded Copy
enable clients to automatically gain both logical and physical air
gap copies
provide a single product that can be easily ordered to enhance
Safeguarded Copy
help provide the missing product that schedules Safeguarded
Copies

3、As of 1Q22, IBM's NVMe-based FlashSystem portfolio can be


presented to clients with a simple message. Each step up in the
product family brings the physical size, performance, and number of
ports?
5X
3X
4X
2X

4、IBM's highly impressive cyber resiliency feature, Safeguarded


Copy for FlashSystem, also works in which well-known public cloud?
AWS
Google
IBM Cloud（错误）
Azure

5、What is the powerful ability, found in FlashSystem 5200, and


above, that enables clients to apply consistent Spectrum Virtualize
management and features to over 500 heterogeneous storage
systems?
Storage Virtualization
WAN IP Replication
vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere API for
Storage Awareness (VASA)
IBM Storage Insights

6、It is important to understand several things about IBM’s latest


FlashCore Module3 devices. Which is the most accurate statement
regarding all four sizes of FlashCore Module3 devices?
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical capacity and
are all built on PCIe Gen4
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical capacity and
are based on TLC
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical capacity and
are based on QLC
The modules can support up to 3 times their physical capacity and
are all built on PCIe Gen3

7、Spectrum Virtualize, in the form of SAN Volume Controller and


FlashSystem storage, supports Data Reduction Pools (DRP). These
pools have a capability that makes them extremely flexible. What is
a capability that is often missing in our competitor's data reduction
schemes?
Triple reduction
Always on
Selectability
Only works with FlashCore Modules (FCMs)

8、In 2021, IBM made two significant enhancements to AI-driven


Storage Insights and Storage Insights Pro to better serve the needs
of FlashSystem users. What were those enhancements?
Fabric Monitoring and Space Reclamation
Fabric Monitoring and Component Failure Monitoring
Fabric Monitoring and VMware Monitoring
Fabric Monitoring and Capacity Monitoring

9、What is the first system in the FlashSystem family that supports


clustering?
7200
5200
5015
5035

10、The performance/latency of a flash media device is limited, to a


large degree, by the interface of the device. It is interesting to note
that the Flash found in SAS SSDs, NVMe SSDs, and FlashCore
Modules is the same? What type of flash is common to each of these
devices?
zSSD Flash
4
NOR Flash
NAND Flash

11、What is the name of the powerful and unique IBM purpose-built


storage devices that are typically used in the NVMe models of the
FlashSystem family?
Storage Class Memory
Dual Ported Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid-State
Drives (SSDs)
FlashCore Modules
MicroLatency Modules

12、IBM provides extensive VMware integration with the Spectrum


Virtualize software stack. Which models in the FlashSystem portfolio
are enabled?
SAS-based systems
All systems except SVC and SV4PC
NVMe-based systems
All systems

13、IBM has introduced a number of ways for FlashSystem solutions


to be used as part of an overall cloud-capable storage strategy. IBM
supports an automation software that enables Cloud Provisioning,
Configuration Management, Intra-Service Orchestration, and
Application Development. What is it called?
AMI
Ansible
CRI-O
EC2

14、What makes Easy Tier so efficient that it can deliver impressive


results even when using only a small percentage of truly high-
performance storage?
It relies on the use of central processing unit (CPU) cache memory
for swap space
It works on a sub-logical unit number (LUN) basis
It uses a brute force algorithm to predict what should be moved
It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

15、What is likely the most affordably priced system in the


FlashSystem family that supports end-to-end non-volatile memory
express (NVMe)?
FlashSystem 5035（错误）
FlashSystem 5200
FlashSystem 7200
FlashSystem 5015

16、What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?


It can differentiate between 7.2K and 10K hard disk drives (HDDs)
It uses central processing unit (CPU) cache memory for swap space
It works on a whole logical unit number (LUN) basis
It uses artificial intelligence rather than Policies

17、As of 1Q22, what three clouds does Spectrum Virtualize for


Public Cloud support?
IBM Cloud, AWS, Google
IBM Cloud, Azure, Google
IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure
Azure, AWS, Google
18、What is the name of the consistent base software stack that
provides a wealth of features for the FlashSystem family?
IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM Spectrum Storage
IBM Spectrum Accelerate
IBM Spectrum Virtualize

19、In 1Q22, IBM received global attention for a unique feature


found within FlashSystem's Spectrum Virtualize software stack plus
a solution wrapped around it. What major cyber resiliency
feature/solution was reported?
QRadar and Guardium
Three-way Replication
Safeguarded Copy and Cyber Vault
Cyber Sense

20、Which group of Spectrum Virtualize solutions support


Safeguarded Copy and the the ability to virtualize external storage?
SVC - 5015 - 5035 - 5200
SVC - 5200 - 7200 - 9200
SVC - 5035 - 9200 - 9200R
SVC - 5035 - 5200 - 7200

21、All NVMe-based FlashSystem models are able to use an


extremely fast, low-latency, next-generation solid-state technology.
What is the name of this new high performance technology?
Server cache intermix
Storage Class Memory
Storage disk scalability
FlashCore Modules

22、What is the one drive type that every member of the Spectrum
Virtualize FlashSystem family is capable of supporting in either the
control and/or expansion enclosure?
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive (HDD)
Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD
Storage class memory (SCM)
SAS solid state drive (SSD)

23、The FlashSystem family supports Distributed redundant array of


inexpensive disk (DRAID) which delivers multiple benefits to clients.
One of the significant benefits is the ability to non-disruptively
increase the capacity of a DRAID group. How many drives can be
added at one time?
Up to 12
Up to 10
Up to 8
Up to 14

24、What makes FlashSystem Cyber Vault fundamentally different


from competitive offerings claiming immutability for ransomware
protection?
IBM recovery takes a week vs the competition requiring three
weeks
Requires Lab Services and VMware orchestration tools
There is no advantage as IBM is late to the game and missing
functions
Time to recover is measured in hours

25、IBM offers a high availability feature for most FlashSystem


solutions. This feature may support a 100% uptime guarantee. What
is the name of this feature?
HyperSwap
Hyper-Scale
Asynchronous Replication
Synchronous Replication

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