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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?
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HyperSwap

Hyper-Scale

Synchronous Replication

Asynchronous Replication
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As of 1Q22, what three clouds does Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud support?
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IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure

Azure, AWS, Google

IBM Cloud, Azure, Google

IBM Cloud, AWS, Google

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Which group of Spectrum Virtualize solutions support Safeguarded
Copy and the the ability to virtualize external storage?
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SVC - 5035 - 9200 - 9200R

SVC - 5200 - 7200 - 9200

SVC - 5015 - 5035 - 5200

SVC - 5035 - 5200 - 7200

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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?
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Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for AWS

Storage Utility Offering

Storage as a Service

Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for Azure

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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?

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Up to 12

Up to 14

Up to 10

Up to 8
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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?

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SAS solid state drive (SSD)

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD

Storage class memory (SCM)

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive (HDD)

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What makes IBM’s Easy Tier unique?
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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

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IBM provides extensive VMware integration with the Spectrum
Virtualize software stack. Which models in the FlashSystem portfolio
are enabled?
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All systems

SAS-based systems

NVMe-based systems

All systems except SVC and SV4PC

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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?
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Safeguarded Copy and Cyber Vault

QRadar and Guardium

Cyber Sense

Three-way Replication
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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?
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Fabric Monitoring and Capacity Monitoring

Fabric Monitoring and VMware Monitoring

Fabric Monitoring and Component Failure Monitoring

Fabric Monitoring and Space Reclamation

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Cyber Vault for FlashSystem is designed to.....?
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help provide the missing product that schedules Safeguarded Copies

provide a single product that can be easily ordered to enhance

Safeguarded Copy

help integrate early detection and automation components with

Safeguarded Copy

enable clients to automatically gain both logical and physical air gap
copies
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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?
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CRI-O

AMI

EC2

Ansible
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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?
Select one:

NAND Flash

zSSD Flash

NOR Flash
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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?
Select one:

2X

5X

4X

3X
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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?
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Dual Ported Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid-State Drives (SSDs)

FlashCore Modules

Storage Class Memory

MicroLatency Modules
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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?
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The modules can support up to 3 times their physical capacity and are all
built on PCIe Gen3

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 Gen4

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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?
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Storage disk scalability

FlashCore Modules

Storage Class Memory

Server cache intermix

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What is the first system in the FlashSystem family that supports
clustering?
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5200
7200

5015

5035
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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-logical unit number (LUN) basis

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

It relies on the use of central processing unit (CPU) cache memory for
swap space

It works through an advanced hyperlink connection

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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?
Select one:

Only works with FlashCore Modules (FCMs)

Always on

Selectability

Triple reduction
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IBM's highly impressive cyber resiliency feature, Safeguarded Copy
for FlashSystem, also works in which well-known public cloud?
Select one:

Azure

Google

IBM Cloud

AWS

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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?

Select one:

IBM Storage Insights

WAN IP Replication

Storage Virtualization

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) and vSphere API for Storage
Awareness (VASA)

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What is the name of the consistent base software stack that provides
a wealth of features for the FlashSystem family?
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IBM Spectrum Scale

IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM Spectrum Accelerate

IBM Spectrum Storage
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What is likely the most affordably priced system in the FlashSystem
family that supports end-to-end non-volatile memory express (NVMe)?
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FlashSystem 5035

FlashSystem 7200

FlashSystem 5015

FlashSystem 5200
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What makes FlashSystem Cyber Vault fundamentally different from
competitive offerings claiming immutability for ransomware
protection?
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There is no advantage as IBM is late to the game and missing

functions

IBM recovery takes a week vs the competition requiring three weeks

Time to recover is measured in hours

Requires Lab Services and VMware orchestration tools