IBM C4090-971 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IBM C4090-971 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Which XIV option addresses rapid data growth and financial concerns?

  A. Advanced System Placement
  B. IBM Global Financing
  C. Growth on Demand
  D. Distributed Data
  B. IBM Global Financing

• Question 2:

  A customer has asked about the RAID architecture of IBM Spectrum Scale.

  Which two advantages of declustered RAID should you highlight to the customer? (Choose two.)

  A. Faster rebuild of data on failed drives
  B. Uses a subset of drives to rebuild data
  C. Load on drives is increased during array rebuild
  D. Dedicated spare drives
  E. More predictable performance
  A. Faster rebuild of data on failed drives
  C. Load on drives is increased during array rebuild

• Question 3:

  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 key criterion in making the decision.

  Which addition to the existing system should be proposed to this customer?

  A. Add a Storwize V7000 in a new rack.
  B. Add IBM SAN Volume Controller along with IBM FlashSystem and Storwize V7000.
  C. Add disks to the DS8870.
  D. Add IBM Spectrum Scale in front of the DS8870 along with additional disks in the DS8870.
  C. Add disks to the DS8870.

• Question 4:

  A customer's data center was constructed 15 years ago. Since then its growth has exceeded expectations and necessitated the deployment of a large number of servers, storage subsystems, and switches. The energy company is currently providing the maximum amount of electricity to the data center.

  What should the IBM Technical Specialist do to enable the customer's continued ability to expand its computer and storage growth?

  A. Perform a consolidation study in order to reduce the energy used by the equipment in the data center.
  B. Determine how energy allocated to IT resources is used to produce business results.
  C. Help to relocate the existing equipment to a larger data center with increased capacity from the electric company.
  D. Replace the existing equipment with Energy Star compliant equipment to reduce energy requirements.
  A. Perform a consolidation study in order to reduce the energy used by the equipment in the data center.

• Question 5:

  Which resource informs a storage specialist if a TDA is mandatory or optional?

  A. IBM Pre-sale TDA Checklist
  B. Systems Assurance Product Review Guide
  C. TDA Discussion Guide
  D. IBM Trigger Criteria / Designated Product List
  D. IBM Trigger Criteria / Designated Product List

• Question 6:

  A customer has a single frame TS3500 tape library with 6 - 3592-E07 drives. A new open systems server was recently purchased and, because of budget constraints, the customer is considering less expensive LTO-6 drives while protecting investment in existing tape cartridges.

  What is the most economical way to achieve this goal?

  A. Replace 3592 drives with LTO-6 drives in the existing frame as is.
  B. Add 6 LTO-6 drives in the existing frame.
  C. Replace the frame and add LTO-6 drives.
  D. Add 6 LTO-6 drives in a new frame.
  B. Add 6 LTO-6 drives in the existing frame.

• Question 7:

  Which storage solution should you propose to a customer with a large VMware environment and one IBM System z?

  A. XIV
  B. SONAS
  C. DS88870
  D. Storwize V7000 Unified
  D. Storwize V7000 Unified

• Question 8:

  A customer is considering the Cisco MDS 9148 and the IBM SAN48B-5 SAN switches. What are two key advantages for the IBM SAN48B-5 switch? (Choose two.)

  A. 10Gbps port support
  B. 1U of rack space
  C. 1Gbps port support
  D. Pay as you grow from 16 to 48 ports
  E. 16Gbps port support
  B. 1U of rack space
  C. 1Gbps port support

• Question 9:

  What is the most common initial benefit to data center economics of implementing an IBM FlashSystem?

  A. More servers
  B. More disk drives
  C. More power consumption
  D. More performance
  D. More performance

• Question 10:

  Which solution meets a customer's requirements for 100,000 IOPS and 30TB of raw capacity?

  A. XIV with 2TB drives base without any features
  B. SONAS with SATA drives
  C. FlashSystem 840
  D. DS8870 with ranks of 1.2TB drives
  C. FlashSystem 840