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Question 1

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Sometimes sellers encounter clients who indicate they want to

acquire on-premises storage but pay for it as an operational
expense rather than a capital expense. What could a seller tell
them about?

Talk about IBM Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) and/or 

IBM Storage Utility Offering (SUO).

Gently push them to put everything in the cloud and use

Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud.

Explain the financial benefits of using OpenShift and open-

source Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Describe IBM Container Storage Interface and/or IBM

Storage Virtualize.

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Question 2

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Server virtualization is the foundation of most traditional data

centers. Virtual machines were designed to make efficient use
of physical hardware. Containers are different. What are
containers primarily designed to accomplish?

Containers make it easy to move applications from 

one place to another.

Containers orchestrate the deployment and management

of new applications only on-premises.
Containers help IT managers restrict the amount of data
that new-gen applications are creating.

Containers make even more efficient use of physical

hardware than virtual machines.

Question 3

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In talking with clients, a seller realizes that discussions around

helping developers build once and deploy anywhere seems to
be well received. What is the technology that IBM FlashSystem
and SAN Volume Controller use to help deliver that ability in
hybrid cloud environments?

Amazon Web Services S3

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Container Storage Interface 

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Question 4

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When it comes to selling storage for hybrid cloud and data

resiliency, what is the one thing that shouldn’t be part of the
discussion?

Don't talk to organizations about cloud-like pricing

Don't discuss infrastructure density

Don’t spend a lot of time talking about Speeds and 

Feeds.

Don't spend time trying to sell data availability

Question 5

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In the Storage for Hybrid Cloud client presentation, we

attempt to show the customer several characteristics that
they should be looking for in storage. We believe that these
characteristics are distinctive for IBM Storage and will provide
a competitive advantage. Which one of these answers IS NOT
one of IBM’s distinctive competitive advantages?

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) delivers more 

predictable and faster throughput, thus helping to
increase infrastructure density.

You can bring cloud economics on-premises by using

consumption-based pricing that flexes up and down.

Strategic storage choices are more about the software

foundation that you select than about the hardware it
happens to be running on.
Artificial intelligence (AI) infused software as a solution
(SaaS) based monitoring and management can simplify
operations.

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Question 6

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What is the most affordably priced NVMe system in IBM’s

FlashSystem portfolio that supports on-premises use with the
ability to easily, and seamlessly, reach out to clouds?

IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 

IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300

IBM Storage FlashSystem 5045

IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500

Question 7

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Sometimes you run into clients who indicate they want to

acquire on-premises storage but pay for it as an operational
expense rather than a capital expense. How could you help
them?

Describe IBM Container Storage Interface and/or IBM

Storage Virtualize.

Gently push them to put everything in the cloud and use

Storage Virtualize for Public Cloud.

Explain the financial benefits of using OpenShift and

open-source Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Talk about IBM Storage-as-a-Service and/or IBM 

Storage Utility Offering.

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Question 8

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IBM promotes the benefits of using artificial-intelligence (AI)-

driven IBM Storage Insights which is cloud-based storage
monitoring. The software provides numerous types of feedback
on storage. Approximately how many data points are collected
daily to help optimize a client’s storage system?

Approximately 13 thousand.

Approximately 23 million. 

Approximately 13 million.

Approximately 23 thousand.

Question 9

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Clients with heterogeneous storage often complain that their

storage administrators are forced to learn numerous ways of
moving data off-premises. What can you tell them about IBM
Storage SAN Volume Controller and various FlashSystem
models that would simplify their lives?

IBM’s FlashCore Modules provide a way to automatically

transfer data to the cloud.
By using iSCSI as their host connection, they will be ready
to easily connect to the cloud.

These systems can homogenize their storage and 

provide an easy on ramp for data to the cloud.

These systems can be purchased with cloud-like pricing

which automatically solves the problem.

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Question 10

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IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat has enabled IBM’s storage to

support containerization and easy transportability between
various clouds and on-premises environments using an open
standard. What software enables this?

Docker

OpenStructure

Kubernetes

OpenShift 

Question 11

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A client is interested in an IBM solution for both on-prem

storage and cloud storage. They express their frustration
around their difficulties in monitoring their current storage.
What piece of IBM software should you discuss for monitoring
on-prem and cloud?

IBM Storage Discover 

IBM Storage Protect

IBM Storage Control

IBM Storage Insights

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Question 12

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Server virtualization is the foundation of most traditional data

centers. Virtual machines were designed to make efficient use
of physical hardware. Containers are different. What are
containers primarily designed to accomplish?

Containers orchestrate the deployment and management

of new applications only on-premises.

Containers help IT managers restrict the amount of data

that new-gen applications are creating.

Containers are designed to make it easy to move 

applications and data very quickly from one place to
another.

Containers make even more efficient use of physical

hardware than virtual machines.

Question 13

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What is a notable differentiator between IBM’s Easy Tier

software and the competition's tiering solutions?

It only requires 47% of the storage to be high-performance

flash storage.

It works only with on-premises block storage solutions.

It can easily differentiate between 7200rpm and

10000rpm hard disk drives (HDDs).

It is AI-driven, rather than being based on a set of rigid 

rules that a storage administrator must craft and
maintain.

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Question 14

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It is largely understood that talking about Speeds and feeds is

ineffective when trying to sell storage for on-premises. When
the conversation is elevated and IBM involves the client in a
Proof of Concept, what percentage of opportunities result in a
win?

54%

94% 

34%

74%

Question 15

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During block storage discussions with clients, what is a quick,

and easy way, to explain the difference/value between the IBM
Storage FlashSystem 5300, 7300 and 9500?

Each system costs twice as much as the next smallest

model.

As they step up in the line each model has twice the

warranty period as the prior model.

They should automatically consider the FlashSystem 9500

because it has easily removable batteries, boot drives and
card cages.

Each model effectively has twice the capacity, card 

slots and performance as the prior model.

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