Exam C9020-668 topic 1 question 43 discussion

Actual exam question from IBM's C9020-668

Question #: 43
Topic #: 1

A customer is refreshing a 300 TB multi-vendor storage environment with an IBM Storwize V7000 and needs all the storage advanced functionality features such as remote mirroring, thin provisioning and Easy Tier. The customer also requires capability for storage provisioning, VMware vCenter APIs, and performance monitoring.
Which product should the technical specialist recommend?

A. IBM Virtual Storage Center
B. IBM Spectrum Protect Suite
C. IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Edition
D. IBM Storwize V7000 full bundle

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
IBM Storwize V7000 provides the following benefits:
✑ Configurations up to 360 TB physical storage
✑ Built-in solid-state drive optimization
✑ Thin provisioning and nondisruptive migration of data
✑ IBM System Storage Easy Tier for automatically migrating data between storage tiers
✑ Metro Mirror and Global Mirror for replicating data synchronously or asynchronously between systems for backup efficiency
✑ Real-time compression for efficiently reducing disk capacity by up to 80%
✑ Easy to use graphical user interface
✑ Supports block workloads for simplicity and greater efficiency
✑ Resilience with IBM FlashCopy technology
Note: The IBM Storage Management Console for VMware vCenter is a software plug-in that integrates into the VMware vCenter server platform. It enables
VMware administrators to independently and centrally manage their storage resources on IBM storage systems. These resources include SVC, Storwize V7000,
Storwize V3700, among other IBM storage systems.
References: IBM SAN Solution Design Best Practices for VMware vSphere ESXi, page 4 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248158.pdf

by zelesu at April 5, 2025, 10:55 a.m.

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