问题:多选题A retailer has IBM and HP servers. They are comparing the IBM DS4500 storage solution to their current HP StorageWorks EVA 2C12D. Which TWO of the following are the key advantages of the IBM solution over the EVA product?()ADS4500 offers better connectivity to the IBM iSeries Servers.BDS4500 ships with remote volume mirroring (RVM) and Flashcopy services.CDS4500 offers virtual arrays and fibre tape backup options that make it a less expensive solution.DDS4500 offers storage manager software standard while EVA requires purchasing of the management software.EDS4500 offers a flexible solution customizable by the customer while EVA ships standard with a minimum of six disk enclosures.
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问题:单选题A customer wants to purchase a Windows 2003 DataCenter Edition system to run an application. The application benefits the most by caching a vast amount of data in RAM so the user does not have to wait for disk I/O while editing. Processing is second in importance. If cost is not an issue, what machine will have the best performance?()A Use an x360 running 4 MP processors with 16GB of RAMB Use an x360 running 4 DP processors with 16GB of RAMC Use an x445 running 2 DP processors with 64GB of RAMD Use an x445 running 4 DP processors with 64GB of RAM
问题:单选题While explaining to a customer the fault tolerant benefits of x445 they ask what happens if they implement memory mirroring and a DIMM fails in the SMP expansion module. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?()A The DIMM is taken off line, and fault tolerance is available on the other DIMMs only.B The memory bank is taken offline and rebuilt with the online hot spare and then brought back on line.C The memory bank containing the failed DIMM is taken off line, and the system is no longer fault tolerant until replaced.D The DIMM is taken offline, and the online hot spare is initiated and the system remains fault tolerant.
问题:单选题A customer has a large amount of data stored on three database servers and is concerned that at present there is no disaster recovery plan in place. They have an existing tape backup solution that meets their backup window. In order to analyze potential disaster recovery plans, which of the following questions is the most important?()A What is the minimum critical backup window?B Which server is handling the most critical data?C How much data is stored on each server?D What is the throughput of the hard drives?
问题:单选题A customer needs the ability to recover their data if a total system failure occurs. Which two of the following are the most important considerations in determining the solution?()A Network utilizationB Total amount of storage installedC Amount of open files in the backupD Amount of critical data in the backup or restore
问题:单选题A company has 20 remotely located Microsoft Windows 2000 xSeries servers which need to deploy a non-IBM software application from a Windows 2000 xSeries server. How would they take advantage of IBM Director to be able to effectively deploy this application?()A Use Remote Deployment Manager.B Use the Update Assistant function of IBM Director.C Use the Software Deployment Tool of the IBM Director.D Use Software Distribution Premium Edition for IBM Director.
问题:单选题A customer has requested an initial proposal for two x346s to be used as file servers. They feel that using a direct attached DS4300 with ten 146GB drives will be more than sufficient storage space. They do not currently own any IBM equipment. An answer to which of the following questions would be of greatest benefit when looking to enhance the offering at minimal expense and ensure a good end user experience?()A Has a SATA drive expansion enclosure been considered for the DS4300?B Is there a concern for overall disk subsystem I/O performance?C Has an IBM Director Server been considered to monitor the environment?D What will their storage requirements be over the next 12 months?
问题:单选题A customer is running a number of HP Intel servers within an IBM management environment. The HP Insight Manager agent is already installed, but they do not want to install the Director agent because of potential conflicts. Into which system are the MIB files compiled?()A On the HP managed serverB On the IBM Director serverC On the IBM Director Jet databaseD In the IBM Director database
问题:单选题A customer needs to deploy ten dual processor Xeon servers. Six servers will be running Linux and Apache, and the other four will be Citrix presentation servers. The customer’s main concerns are the rack space and the option to have SATA drives. The maximum memory required is 8GB. Which of the following options will provide the best price and performance?()A Ten x306’s with internal SATA drivesB Five x346’s with internal SATA drives and VMWare ESX ServerC Five x366’s partitioned into two VMs each with VMWare ESX ServerD Ten x336’s with internal SATA drives
问题:单选题An existing IBM customer has some iSeries servers in their environment. The customer is adding an x366 server with an RSA-II installed for their Microsoft Client/Server applications. The customer wants to consolidate the storage and centralize the backup of the iSeries and xSeries platforms. Which of the following will accomplish this?()A Share the data over the Ethernet LAN.B Install the IXA Adapter in the iSeries server.C Install the IXA Adapter in the xSeries server.D Attach both servers to an IXS switch.
问题:单选题A specialist is monitoring performance on a server. The data is on another partition within the same array as the OS. The following information is available: (1)The average record written to disk is 16KB (2)The I/O block size is 2KB (3)The stripe size on the RAID array is 16KB Which of the following will improve performance without rebuilding the operating system?()A Change the I/O block size to match the RAID Stripe size.B Change the RAID stripe size to match the I/O block size.C Change the record size of the database to match the RAID stripe size.D Change the record size of the database to match the I/O transfer rate.
问题:单选题A customer has 15 IBM x365 servers in a rack environment and is using IBM Director for systems management. They require the ability to restart any server independent of the operating system. Which of the following is the most cost-effective solution?()A Interconnect the service processors and use the IBM Director AgentB Install RSA II in each server and chain together the systems management processorsC Install the RSA II in the top server and chain together the service processor interconnectD Install the IBM Director Agent on each server and use the remote control function to restart the servers
问题:单选题A company needs to connect seven of their Windows-based servers to a DS4000 storage server. The DS4000 only has two host-side connections, and each server has two HBAs. Which of the following is the lowest cost solution to provide no single points of failure?()A Implement two 8-port switches design with ISLsB Implement two 16-port switches design with ISLsC Implement two 8-port switches design without ISLsD Implement two 16-port switches design without ISLs
问题:单选题A customer wants to run VMWare ESX on an x445 with a large number of virtual machines running Windows 2003 Server as a Disaster Recovery (DR) Site for the production environment. Which of the following questions would most impact the memory configuration?()A What version of VMWare ESX Server is being considered?B Do the systems currently use Double Data Rate (DDR) memory?C What is the total number of processors installed in the production systems?D What is the total amount of memory currently being used across all the production systems?
问题:多选题A manufacturer is deploying a custom application to serve their customers. The application is written to take advantage of multithreading features and run in a Windows environment. To determine the processor family that will run the application most efficiently, which TWO questions will provide the required information?()AWhat is the application’s maximum processor scaling capability?BWill the application run faster with Microsoft OLTP technology?CWill the application benefit from larger disk cache and swap space?DCan the application use Hot Swap Processor, Memory, and PCI-X technology?EIs the application able to run in a 32 bit, 64 bit, or mixed environment?
问题:多选题A company is deploying a Microsoft Windows-based, mission-critical Data Warehousing application. The customer has specified 4GB of RAM. Which TWO of the following questions will best help the consultant determine the proper memory configuration?()ADoes the application require a large paging space?BWhat is the anticipated memory/disk cache hit ratio?CDoes the application support Physical Address Extensions (PAE)?DAre there future plans to expand the amount of memory in the system?EDo the application availability requirements justify the use of Memory Mirroring technologies?
问题:单选题A customer has an x445 and uses the internal LSI adapter to manage two 146GB drives in the chassis. The customer is noticing performance issues when deploying a database with significant write activity on the internal drives. Should they consider using a ServeRAID-6M with 256MB of cache instead, and why or why not?()A Yes, the internal LSI SCSI adapter has no write cache.B Yes, the internal LSI SCSI adapter is unreliable.C No, the downtime to install the card and reformat the drives would be cost prohibitive.D No, there will be no performance benefit, because drive performance is the bottleneck.
问题:单选题A retailer is considering deploying an online transaction application on xSeries to serve their buyers. The server will need no more than four processors and will run on Red Hat Linux AS. The storage requirement is for 5TB of usable storage, and the maximum memory requirement is 4GB of RAM. Which solution will provide the best price and performance while maintaining fault tolerance?()A An x260 with dual fault tolerant ServeRAID adapters and 12 internal drivesB An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs with a single Fibre HBA directly attached to a DS4300 with three EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Fibre DrivesC An x366 with dual fault tolerant NICs and two Fibre HBAs directly attached to a DS4300 Turbo with three EXP700s fully populated with 146GB drivesD An x445 server with dual fault tolerant HBAs and a DS4500 with two additional EXP710s fully populated with 146GB Drives