5/27/2021 IBM Tape Storage Solutions Foundation V1 Badge Quiz: Attempt review

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Question 1 Which of the following is a technical benefit of IBM’s enterprise class tape technology?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 The dual spool cartridge design provides high speed data access superiority as compared to LTO

Enterprise offers half-height drives for dense automation drive packaging

Enterprise technology has always maintained higher capacity and performance as compared to LTO

Enterprise has a more robust encryption architecture than LTO

Question 2 What technology combination provides your customers with the highest performance for mission critical
applications as well as the lowest cost for cold data?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:
IBM Flash and IBM Tape

IBM HDD Storage and IBM Tape

IBM Tape and Cloud Infrastructure

IBM Flash and HDD Disk Storage

Question 3 What is the best option for native tape support on an IBM mainframe?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Utilizing tape behind the TS7700 virtual tape engine

IBM LTO in either an IBM TS4300 or TS4500 tape library

IBM’s enterprise class tape drives deployed with unique media made designed for mainframe support

Direct FICON attached IBM Enterprise class drives

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Question 4
Which technology has the best capacity density future over the next 5 – 10 years?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:
DNA Storage

HDD Storage

Optical Storage

Tape Storage

Question 5 Which of the following is a bene t of IBM’s Control Path Architecture?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Provides a dedicated link free from interference of the data path

Provides a secure encrypted link between the command server and the tape library

Provides redundancy enabling automatic failover capability

Provides server intelligence for driving library commands

Question 6 Customers can best provide for protection against cyber-attacks with which of the following key technologies?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Flash technology with virtual drive sparing

Migrating primary data from disk to tape

Creating versioning of data on tape

Disk storage solutions but only with fully synchronous replication

Question 7 Which of the following is a use case for tape?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Flash back-store

Permanent storage of small les

Off-site storage
Hierarchical Storage ML0

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Question 8 When starting a Tape conversation with a customer which of the following is a great topic to start the
conversation?
Complete

1.00 points out

Select one:
of 1.00
IBM Tape Technology Portfolio

IBM Tape Virtualization Leadership

IBM customers applications environment

IBM Tape Library Technology

Question 9 Which of the following statements properly describes the function of the high-resolution tape directory?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Improves areal density and tracking exclusively for enterprise

Provides detailed information for le locations for high speed data access for enterprise class drives

Improves positioning and areal density for both LTO and enterprise class drive technology

Is the enabling technology for the higher density on enterprise class drive

Question 10 Which of the following is an advantage of tape storage?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Improve random data rate

Data access density

Enhanced data security

Higher kVA and BTU

Question 11 Media “up-formatting” is defined as the following:

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 The ability to derive higher capacity on the same media with the next generation tape drive

An exclusive LTO format de ned by the consortium for interchange purposes

Provides either a high-performance or high-capacity mode of operation when the tape is initialized for the
rst time

Allows compression to be dynamically enabled to increase cartridge capacity

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Question 12 The following can be used for policy management for data tiering:

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 File creation date

File timestamp

File character ID

File application identi er

Question 13 What is one key reason a customer would opt for enterprise over LTO drive technology?

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Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Enterprise offers sorter length tape for faster search times

Enterprise has an enhanced volume table of contents

Enterprise is always lower in cost

Enterprise has a faster data rate than LTO

Question 14 Which of the following TS4500 Service Bay statements is true?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Service Bays are a required feature of the TS4500

Service Bays are required for TS4500s serviced under and IBM Services Agreement

The need for extra Service Bay frames has been eliminated

A single Service Bay allows both accessors to be repaired simultaneously

Question 15
Which of the following represents the maximum uncompressed IBM tape cartridge capacity available today?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:
40PB

20TB

20PB

12TB

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Question 16 Cost savings associated with Spectrum Archive can?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Achieve savings as high as 90%

Cut storage costs in half

Pay for a new processor

Allow customers to swap their disk more frequently

Question 17 What is the estimated amount of cold data in today’s storage infrastructures?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 80-90%

40-50%

3 Exabytes

10-20%

Question 18 Spectrum Archive is primarily used for?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Replication support for data redundancy

Backup in case of disaster

Enhanced application performance throughput

Low cost storage on latency storage

Question 19 Which of the following is the lowest cost storage technology for storing cold data?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 On Premise Tape

iCOS

Low cost/High capacity HDDs

In the cloud

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Question 20 Which of the following is an advantage of tape?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Tape cartridge battery replacement costs are still less than powering an HDD

Tape cartridges never have to be changed

Tape has a higher sequential performance than disk

Tape offers a high-resolution directory making search times faster than disk

Question 21 Which of the following Spectrum Archive statements is true?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00
Spectrum Archive requires Spectrum Scale to enable automatic data tiering
Using the same tape library for both Spectrum Archive and backup and recovery is not allowed

Spectrum Archive clients need to upgrade to the IBM Software De ned Storage v3

Spectrum Archive is an optional feature of IBM’s tape library family

Question 22 Which of the following properly describes shared support within a tape library?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 A TS4500 storage frame does not support physical tape drives and can support both LTO and enterprise
data cartridges

Each frame of the TS4500 can be attached to only one server

Both LTO and enterprise drive technology can be shared in a single TS4500 library

Both LTO and enterprise drive cartridges can be shared in the same TS4500 frame

Question 23 It is expected over the next decade that:

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 HDD cost will catch up with tape

DNA Storage will replace tape for cold storage

Optical Storage will replace tape for cold storage

Tape will be the lowest cost storage available

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Question 24 Which is a technology being used or explored by HDD vendors to increase disk areal density?

Complete
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 Phase encoded data recording

Lempel Ziv compression

Radiation Assisted Magnetic Recording

Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording

Question 25 Which of the following is a benefit of the LTO consortium?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 The consortium provides public visibility to the LTO product roadmap

Provides new use cases for physical tape

Creates a wider market for compatible media

Provides greater visibility to tapes advantages over disk

Question 26 Which of the following Spectrum Archive statements is true?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 The le index for Spectrum Archive should be on flash storage for adequate performance

Spectrum Archive provides native support for S3 cloud storage

Spectrum Archive only supports tape

Spectrum Archive supports latency storage devices

Question 27 Which IBM library system(s) supports high-availability dual robotics?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 The IBM TS300

Both the IBM TS4300 and the TS4500

The IBM TS4500

The IBM 3495 is the only system which supports complete automation redundancy

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Question 28 What tool is the best for determining how much cold data the customer has stored in their NAS storage
infrastructure?
Complete

1.00 points out

Select one:
of 1.00
An Arxscan Study

A Butterfly Study

A Batch Magic study

An SIO Study

Question 29 The no-charge version of LTFS provides the following?:

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 A complete le view of the attached tape library

Data tiering from disk to tape to take advantage of the low-cost operating point of tape

A data cartridge protected by company con dential security policies

A self-describing tape cartridge that can be used to exchange data

Question 30 Which of the following will support a tape drive?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 An IBM TS4500 L25 frame

A TS4500 top rack

An IBM TS4500 S25 Frame

An IBM TS4500 S55 Frame

Question 31 Which one of the following is a compelling reason for a customer to deploy tape?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Enables High Application Performance

High Scalability for future data growth

Fast access time to data

Ideal storage for small data les

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Question 32 The minimal 3U TS4300 con guration supports:

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 16 tape cartridges and up to 8 LTO drives

24 tape cartridges and up to 4 LTO drives

30 tape cartridges with support for a single LTO tape drive

40 tape cartridges and up to 3 LTO drives

Question 33 Which of the following statements is true comparing cloud storage to tape?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Cloud storage is always lower in cost

On premises tape is the lowest cost storage platform

Both cloud storage and tape are more expensive than disk with compression

IBM’s Cloud Object Storage is a form of cloud storage lower in cost than tape

Question 34 How much capacity on a tape cartridge has IBM recently demonstrated the ability to store?

Complete
Select one:
0.00 points out
of 1.00 330TBs

40TBs

201Gbit/sq in

210TBs

Question 35
Which of the following media types is true regarding Spectrum Archive media support?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:

Spectrum Archive does not support the LTO M8 media type

Spectrum Archive is an enterprise class exclusive

Spectrum Archive supports only LTO 7 and higher

Spectrum Archive supports both LTO 7 and LTO 8 media types

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Question 36
The media used in IBMs recent tape density demonstrations was:
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:

Strontium Ferrite

Metal Particulate

Sputtered tape media

Barium Ferrite

Question 37 Customers anticipating a disk lease expiration should consider which of the following?

Complete
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Evaluate the ability to tier cold storage to tape

Replace disk with all Flash solutions

Replace the current disk vendor with IBM’s latest disk product

Evaluate compression as a means of reducing disk storage requirements

Question 38
Which of the following is a business driver for the deployment of tape storage?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:
Rapid application development

Rotational seek times

Improved Total Cost of Ownership

Encrypted data replication

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Question 39
Which of the following is supported by Spectrum Archive Data Tiering?
Complete

1.00 points out

of 1.00
Select one:

Migration from processor DIM (Data in Memory) directly to Spectrum Protect

Long term security storage: Write Once Read Never or WORN

Migration of data to a USB stick for interchange

Creation of a stub le on disk which can speed read performance

Question 40 Which tape capability uniquely enables customers to protect themselves from hacking and ransomware
threats?
Complete

0.00 points out

Select one:
of 1.00
Physical tape media that is off line from the host

Combining on-premise tape with the cloud

Data Compression

Encryption

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