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Question 1 What is an easy story to tell clients
Correct regarding the relationship between
FlashSystem 5200, 7300 and 9500?
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They only support DRAID6 with the
new FCM3 drives

Each step up is 2X the physical size, 

2X the # of host ports and 2X the
performance
Each increase costs 2X the previous
model
Each step up delivers 3X the
performance using IBM FlashCore
Module3 (FCM3) media devices
Question 2 What is a unique advantage of Distributed
Correct random array of inexpensive disks (RAID) 1
verses Traditional RAID 1 in terms of
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There is no advantage with Distributed

RAID (DRAID) or Traditional RAID
(TRAID) when dealing with level 1.
The RAID groups must contain an even
number of drives up to a total of 14
drives.

The RAID groups must contain an odd

number of drives up to a total of 15
drives.
You can have any number of drives 
up to a total of 16.
Question 3 Which statement is most accurate when
Correct Metro Mirror is being used?

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A typical recovery point objective
(RPO) is 30-60 minutes
A typical recovery time objective (RTO)
is one hour
Sensitivity to bandwidth limitations is
low
Question 4 How does the unique IBM FlashCore
Incorrect Module ensure that all data in the module is
absolutely written to Flash even if the
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By having two power supplies that

serve the system.
By using the variable voltage 

abilities in the underlying modules.

By not allowing data to reside in DRAM
for more than 60-seconds.
By using a large quantity of high-quality
capacitors to provide power.
Question 5 Starting with the IBM 2021 storage
Correct announcements, how is the environment
managed when 3-site protection with
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HyperSwap High Availability (HA) and
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disaster recovery (DR) is being employed?
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Through the Storage Virtualize GUI 

Through an external orchestrator
Through the HyperSwap Quorum
Through the Storage Virtualize Quorum
Question 6 What unique resiliency difference is there in
Incorrect the IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500 and all
other models of FlashSystem?
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There is no difference between the IBM
Storage FlashSystem 9500 and other
members of the FlashSystem family.

It has hot or cold pluggable removable

items such as batteries, card cages,
power supplies and boot drives.
It has a third controller which 
enables two out of the three
controllers to fail without causing
data to be lost.
Every second drive is a backup for the
prior drive, thereby ensuring that
virtually nothing will cause data loss.
Question 7 Drive Write Per Day (DWPD) measurements
Correct were important at one time. What
development has largely rendered DWPD
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Quad-level cell (QLC) flash does not

function the same way as triple-level
cell (TLC) or single-level cell (SLC) flash
thereby rendering DWPD comparisons
pointless.

Flash has become so reliable that it no

longer makes sense to focus on
potential DWPD values.
Flash drive sizes have become large 
enough that it is nearly impossible
to write the full capacity of a drive
in a single day.

DWPD is still extremely important and

should be part of every client
discussion in a sales opportunity.
Question 8 What ability does IBM have with non-
Correct volatile memory express (NVMe) arrays that
most vendors are not able to support?
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IBM can combine NVMe solid-state
drives (SSDs) and serial-attached SCSI
(SAS) drives in the control enclosure
while Hewlett Packard Enterprise
(HPE) cannot

IBM can combine three types of 

NVMe-based drives in the control
enclosure while competitors cannot

IBM can combine Storage Class

Memory (SCM) drives and SAS drives in
the control enclosure while Pure
cannot
IBM can combine FlashCore Modules
(FCMs) and SAS drives in the control
enclosure while Dell cannot
Question 9 Beginning with Storage Virtualize 8.4, how
Correct many Storage Class Memory (SCM) drives
can be placed in a FlashSystem control
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Up to 6
Up to 4

Up to 24
Up to 12 
Question 10 What is a major advantage of Distributed
Correct random array of inexpensive disks (RAID)
verses old-school Traditional RAID?
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The spare is not part of the active RAID
group and it remains pristine and ready
for use when it is required.

The spare drive is part of the active 

RAID group and delivers
performance and value on a daily
basis.
DRAID 1 can be configured without a
spare while TRAID 1 always requires a
spare.
You never need a spare when using
Distributed RAID (DRAID) 5 versus
Traditional RAID (TRAID) 5, and that
saves money for the client.
Question 11 Dynamic Distributed random array of
Correct inexpensive disks (DRAID) Expansion
enables the size of a DRAID group to be
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Up to 10
Up to 8

Up to 12 
Up to 6

Question 12 What unique feature increases the longevity

Correct of FlashCore Modules by ensuring that the
digital gate in each flash cell opens or
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closes properly so that the 1s and 0s are
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stored correctly?

Hardware Encryption engine

Variable Voltage 

Hardware Compression engine

Variable Stripe RAID
Question 13 IBM's FlashCore Modules employ unique
Correct underlying technologies that make them
highly attractive to clients, such as health
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binning and heat segregation. What
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benefits do health binning and heat Back Next
segregation provide?

Health binning improves endurance by

97% and heat segregation decreases
write amplification by 85%.

Health binning improves endurance 

by 57% and heat segregation
decreases write amplification by
45%.
Health binning improves endurance by
47% and heat segregation decreases
write amplification by 55%.
Health binning improves endurance by
37% and heat segregation decreases
write amplification by 65%.
Question 14 What are the three sizes of FlashSystem
Correct expansion enclosures in rack units (U) and
slots?
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2U (12-slot), 3U (36-slot), and 4U (48-
slot)

2U (12-slot), 4U (48-slot), and 4U (48-

slot)

2U (24-slot), 4U (48-slot), and 5U (92-

slot)

2U (12-slot), 2U (24-slot), and 5U 

(92-slot)
Question 15 What key ability do many FlashSystem
Correct models have that enables them to apply
uniform abilities and features to over 500
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different storage systems?
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Storage virtualization 

FlashCore Technology
APIs to monitor all flash cells

Variable Stripe RAID

Question 16 When it comes to data portability, which

Correct technology solution is considered to be the
lightest, and fastest to spin up?
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Containers 

Containers in Virtual Machines

Redirect-on-Write snapshots
Virtual Machines
Question 17 What new highly desirable capability did
Correct Storage Insights (SI) and Storage Insights
Pro gain in mid-2021?
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Ability to track instances of Storage
Protect and Storage Discover
Monitor Huawei Dorado storage and
NetApp Solid-Fire storage

Ability to run on-prem, rather than the

cloud, for businesses with complex
security issues

Monitor Brocade and Cisco 

switches
Question 18 Redirect-on-Write FlashCopy is
Incorrect automatically used in which situation?

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only compression is involved

With FlashCore Modules when

encryption is involved

With FlashCore Modules and no Data

Reduction Pools

With Data Reduction Pools when

deduplication is involved

Question 19 How many CPU cores are in a single

Correct FlashSystem 9500 storage array to help
handle massive workloads?
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48
64

72

96 
Question 20 What is typically different between serial
Correct attached SCSI (SAS) solid-state drives
(SSDs) and non-volatile memory express
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(NVMe) SSDs?
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The capacities
The overall lifespan

The interface 

The internal flash

Question 21 What allows Easy Tier to be extremely
Correct efficient with only a small amount of high-
performance flash?
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Policy settings rather than automated
adjustments
Manual tuning to tweak settings for
rapidly changing environments

Sub-Logical Unit Numbering (LUN) 

tiering

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

enables flash efficiency
Question 22 Which cloud-based IBM management tool
Correct is required to monitor one to hundreds of
IBM storage systems?
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Storage Control

Storage Insights / Pro 

Storage Discover

Storage Fusion

Question 23 What is the only model of FlashSystem that

Correct cannot participate in a HyperSwap
configuration?
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FlashSystem 5015 

FlashSystem 7300
FlashSystem 5045

FlashSystem 9500
Question 24 What ability was added to Storage Insights
Correct and Storage Insights Pro at the end of
2021?
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Support for monitoring VMware 
hosts and virtual machines

Support for monitoring Cisco and

Brocade switches

Support for monitoring NetApp AFF

and E-Series storage arrays

Support for monitoring the new Pure XL

series of storage arrays
Question 25 What happens if there is a drive failure
Correct while a Distributed RAID group is being
dynamically expanded?
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The dynamic expansion will complete
before the rebuild occurs

The DRAID group (array) rebuild 

will take priority over the dynamic
expansion
DRAID 5 or DRAID 6 groups will
automatically default to DRAID 1 for
faster rebuilds

Storage Virtualize will automatically

transfer the affected data to a remote
site