IBM C4090-958 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C4090-958 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Customer requirements state that all data must be encrypted in their DS8870 storage environment. Encryption key availability is a major concern, and maximum redundancy must be implemented. How many Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager instances should be installed?

  A. 2
  B. 3
  C. 4
  D. 5
  B. 3

• Question 2:

  A customer is talking about the need for high security of data and the compliance department is concerned about the possibility of third parties recovering data that is on failed drives. Which IBM storage solution should the technical specialist recommend to overcome this problem?

  A. XIV Gen3 V11.1
  B. ProtecTlER V3.1
  C. DS8LJOO Release 6.3
  D. Storwize V7000 V6.4
  C. DS8LJOO Release 6.3

• Question 3:

  While discussing evaluation criteria for storage acquisition, a customer uses the following phrases: "acquisition cost," "software licenses," "staffing," and "ongoing maintenance cost." Which financial term best corresponds to the customer's discussion points?

  A. TCO
  B. RTO
  C. NPV
  D. IRR
  A. TCO

• Question 4:

  A customer wants a comparison of a public cloud subscription-based solution versus an in-house solution for a new project. The customer has requested a TOO for each solution using a four year solution life cycle. Which of the following factors should be included as part of the public cloud solution's TOO?

  A. Cost per kilowatt hour
  B. Installation expenses of new hardware
  C. Cost of new server operating system licenses
  D. Expected increase of users over the project lifetime
  D. Expected increase of users over the project lifetime

• Question 5:

  A customer has an archiving requirement that is considered Big Data. Every 8 hours1 an average of 4.5 Petab9tes of data must be written to tape. The customer currently is considering Oracle SL8500 to meet this requirement. Why would the IBM TS3500 be a better technical fit?

  A. Only T33500 is capable of meeting the throughput requirements.
  B. TS3500 has full support for ACSLS, allowing faster server throughput.
  C. T33500 is capable of faster handoffs due to its greater number of tape robots.
  D. TS3500 can meet this throughput requirement without requiring native compression.
  D. TS3500 can meet this throughput requirement without requiring native compression.

• Question 6:

  When planning to use an SAN Volume Controller split cluster, why is it strongly recommended to have a third site available?

  A. A third site is recommended to house the SSPC.
  B. A third site is recommended to house the managed disks.
  C. A third site is recommended to house the active quorum disk.
  D. A third site is recommended to house the quorum disk candidates.
  C. A third site is recommended to house the active quorum disk.

• Question 7:

  Where does the IBM Real-time Compression Appliance protect its software and configuration?

  A. Supplied USB device
  B. An external quorum disk
  C. Internal mirrored drives
  D. Battery protected memory cache
  C. Internal mirrored drives

• Question 8:

  A customer is searching for high-end NAS products in the market looking for compression capability and is comparing N7950T to EMC VNX. Which key difference should the technical specialist highlight to the customer?

  A. Only VNX deduplicates data.
  B. N7950T compresses data inline.
  C. N7950T needs extra space for compression.
  D. Both N7950T and EMC VNX compress data inline.
  B. N7950T compresses data inline.

• Question 9:

  When considering oversubscription, it is important to understand the bandwidth, I/O, and response times demanded by each storage device In a SAN switch/ director, what is the best candidate for oversubscription on a SAN port?

  A. tape devices
  B. System x VMware server with a large number of virtual machines
  C. large Power server running AIX LPARs and VIO servers
  D. small edge servers with 2 GB Fibre Channel cards
  C. large Power server running AIX LPARs and VIO servers

• Question 10:

  A customer has a XIV Gen3 system. Which tool or resource should be used to gather performance data?

  A. Disk Magic
  B. Tivoli Storage Manager
  C. Storage Tier Advisor Tool
  D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
  D. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center