IBM Enterprise Storage Technical Support (C4090-971) Free Practice Test

Question 1

A customer needs to implement Easy Tier in its data center for better and faster performance.
Which IBM product should the technical specialist propose?

A. XIV

B. ProtecTIER TS7650G

C. DS8870

D. SONAS

Correct Answer: A

Question 2

A customer needs an enterprise storage system with grid architecture to make storage management easier.
Which storage system meets the customer's requirements?

A. XIV System

B. FlashSystem 840

C. DS8870

D. N series

Correct Answer: B

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Question 3

A manager is evaluating XIV as a new storage solution because of an extensive utilization of snapshots in the production environment. The storage administration team is a mobile workforce and the manager is concerned about running out of snapshot capacity before an administrator can respond.
How can the solution architect respond to the manager's concern?

A. Explain how custom alerting can be configured in the GUI and push notifications can be sent from IBM support to an Apple or Google service.

B. Demonstrate the ability of the XIV to automatically convert LUNs to thin-provisioned within a storage pool to free up space for snapshots.

C. Provide details on IBM Custom Technical Support, which automatically includes remote administration of an XIV system.

D. Show how the storage administrator can remotely increase the size of the available snapshot space in a pool by using the mobile dashboard.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 4

During a Technical Delivery and Assessment (TDA) for a DS8870, the solution architect was directed to use Disk Magic to size the solution.
What will Disk Magic provide in this situation?

A. Simulation of performance under varying conditions

B. Modeling of a specific storage configuration

C. Determine effective capacity of specific storage configuration

D. Resolution(s) to a performance problem

Correct Answer: C

Question 5

A customer is considering a storage consolidation project.
Which tool should you use to help the customer understandthat the IBM solution will be more cost-effective than the competitors?

A. IBM System Storage Interoperation Center

B. IBM ATS Server Consolidation Monitor

C. IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool

D. IBM CompleteCenter

Correct Answer: D

Question 6

A customer has an existing mainframe environment with a DS8870 attached.
This frame is only partially populated. The customer is attaching existing IBM POWER servers that require a three-tier storage solution including SSDs. Electrical power is not readily available. Price is also a keycriterionin making the decision.
Which addition to the existing system should beproposedto this customer?

A. Add disks to the DS8870.

B. Add a Storwize V7000 in a new rack.

C. Add IBM Spectrum Scale in front of the DS8870 along with additional disks in the DS8870.

D. Add IBM SAN Volume Controller along with IBM FlashSystem and Storwize V7000.

Correct Answer: A

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