IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
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Question 1
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1.00 points out of 1.00
What is a benefit of Cognitive Tiering?
Select one:
It provides a gateway for Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) to store and retrieve data from the
cloud.
On a Db2 reorg, Media Manager will inform the DS8900F to place the data being reorganized on the same optimized
tiers as the source data existed.
It enables disaster recovery across unlimited distances with a recovery objective of a few minutes or even seconds.
It delivers better than seven 9's availability (99.999996%) with zHyperSwap technology.
Question 2
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Which of the following is a racked agility-class solution?
Select one:
IBM DS8910F Model 994
IBM DS8950F Model 996
IBM DS8950F Model E96
IBM DS8910F Model 993
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 3
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Which of the following is NOT a strength of Dell's competitive storage system solution?
Select one:
Dell offers inline compression and deduplication for greater effective capacity and optimized for open systems
Dell EMC has been the market leader for decades for highly available tier one storage
PowerMax offers a new level of performance and a cost-reducing deduplication function that was missing from
VMAX
VMAX users looking to buy all non-volatile memory express (NVMe) storage to boost performance are increasingly
considering purchasing from competitors
Question 4
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Which DS8900F model replaces the DS8882F and the DS8884F?
Select one:
Enterprise class: IBM DS8970F
Flexibility class: IBM DS8910F
Business class: IBM DS9060F
Agility class: IBM DS8950F
Question 5
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Which IBM offering provides functionality to create immutable points of data recovery for a production volume?
Select one:
Safeguarded Copy
Thin provisioning and Easy Tier
Transparent Cloud Tiering
Fibre Channel
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 6
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Which of the following is a racked flexibility-class solution?
Select one:
IBM DS8950F Model 996
IBM DS8950F Model E96
IBM DS8910F Model 993
IBM DS8910F Model 994
Question 7
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What is IBM's unique technology that provides the authentication and encryption capabilities that are required for Data
Privacy Passports?
Select one:
Key management interoperability protocol
Transparent Cloud Tiering
Security key lifecycle manager
Fibre Channel Endpoint Security
Question 8
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In a sales situation, which DS8900F class would you recommend to help organizations reduce complexity while addressing a
wide variety of workloads at the lowest cost?
Select one:
IBM DS8910F Flexibility class
IBM DS8950F Agility class
IBM DS8970F Enterprise class IBM DS8970F Enterprise class IBM DS8970F Enterprise class
IBM DS9060F Business class
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 9
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What IBM technology provides no-data-loss capabilities within metro distances?
Select one:
Fibre Channel
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)
Thin Provisioning
HyperSwap
Question 10
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1.00 points out of 1.00
What IBM DS8900F capability allows organizations to introduce hybrid cloud as a new storage tier for data archiving, long
term retention, and data protection in IBM Z environments?
Select one:
Air Gap
Fibre Channel Endpoint Security
Transparent Cloud Tiering
Safeguarded Copy
Question 11
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On the DS8900F what does the maximum usable and virtual capacity depend on?
Select one:
Input/output
Cores
Processors
Cache size
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 12
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Which of the following is NOT a focus of a cyber resilient solution?
Select one:
Immutability
Isolation
Granularity
Replication
Question 13
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Which of the following terms relates to how easy or difficult it is to corrupt or destroy data?
Select one:
Replication
Isolation
Immutability
Granularity
Question 14
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In a sales situation what DS8900F family model would you recommend for an organization with small capacity requirements
that is looking to boost performance in their mainframe environment?
Select one:
DS8950F
DS8910F
DS8900F
DS8888
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 15
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Which of the following features is an example of the separation of protected data copies from active production data?
Select one:
Default to remote code load
Transparent Cloud Tiering
HyperSwap
Air Gap
Question 16
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Which of the following terms relates to the amount of data loss and the amount of downtime that a business can afford?
Select one:
Immutability
Granularity
Isolation
Replication
Question 17
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three pillars of the DS8900F value proposition?
Select one:
Businesses can ensure freedom from cyber attacks
Businesses can deliver with confidence
Businesses can protect the future
Businesses can build with flexibility
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 18
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Which of the following is not a benefits statement about the IBM DS8900F storage system?
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The DS8900F storage system is the result of years of research and collaboration between the IBM Storage and IBM
Mainframe teams
The DS8900F storage system helps businesses accelerate their research and applications with the next generation
of the leading quantum cloud services and software platform
The DS8900F storage system is the next generation of enterprise data systems built with the most advanced
POWER9 processor technology and is designed for data intensive and mission-critical workloads
The DS8900F storage system can help businesses add next-level performance, data protection, resiliency, and
availability across their hybrid multicloud solutions
Question 19
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When discussing air gap capabilities, what does "offline by design" mean?
Select one:
Data is immutable and cannot be changed.
Tape cartridges are only accessible when mounted.
Servers are isolated, not connected to a host.
Unplanned outages will not affect continuous processing of data.
Question 20
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Which DS8900F class has a value proposition describing it as a green eco-friendly model that is packaged in a smaller
physical footprint which is designed to consolidate mission-critical workloads for IBM Z IBM LinuxONE IBM Power Systems
and distributed environments under a single enterprise storage solution?
Select one:
IBM DS8910F Flexibility class
IBM DS8970F Enterprise class
IBM DS9060F Business class
IBM DS8950F Agility class
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 21
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1.00 points out of 1.00
Which DS8900F model replaces for the DS8886F and the DS8888F?
Select one:
Flexibility class: IBM DS8910F
Business class: IBM DS9060F
Enterprise class: IBM DS8970F
Agility class: IBM DS8950F
Question 22
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What is the name of IBM's replication management solution that delivers central control of the replication environment,
while helping to simplify and automate complex replication tasks?
Select one:
Metro Global Mirror (MGM) with Multiple Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (MT PPRC)
Copy Services Manager (CSM)
Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS)
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)
Question 23
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With the IBM DS8900F and IBM z/15, IBM provides a unique technology that ensures that data is accessed only by
authorized servers and storage devices creating a trusted storage network that encrypts data in which of the following
states?
Select one:
In-flight, at-rest, in the cloud
In-flight only
In flight and at-rest
In-flight and in the cloud
IBM DS8900F Storage for IBM Z - Level 2 Quiz
Question 24
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What IBM technology enables the rapid recovery of business operations with two to four second Recovery Point Objectives
(RPOs) and less than 60 second Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) at more than 1,000 miles?
Select one:
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)
Thin Provisioning
Fibre Channel
HyperSwap
Question 25
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1.00 points out of 1.00
Which DS8900F model value proposition describes it as providing superior performance and higher capacity and designed to
consolidate all of a client's mission-critical workloads into a single enterprise storage solution?
Select one:
DS8950F
DS8910F
DS8900F
DS8888
