A customer wants to consolidate storage from four IBM System p servers and one large IBM System i server on a high end disk subsystem. The customer does not have a SAN installed. The customer will require approximately 24 TB of capacity for System p and 20 TB of capacity for System i. The customer states that performance of the System i system is most important. Capacity, multi-path access, and replication functions are important for the System p servers. Which solution best satisfies the customer requirements()
A customer plans to consolidate to high-end enterprise level servers using multiple partitions. They are evaluating an IBM POWER5 solution for their server consolidation environment. Which of the following best describes the value of the IBM solution as compared with the competition?()
You want to consolidate some of the databases onto existing SQL Server computers until additional hardware can be purchased.You need to identify which of the servers, in its current configuration, can support additional databases. You need to ensure that your solution fulfills the company’s securiy requirements while allowing for future database growth requirements. Which server and database combination can be used?()
The Information Technology (IT) department wants to consolidate two 4-way p5-550 servers onto an 8-way p5-570. However, the departments using the p5-550 servers are concerned about quality of service after consolidation. Which per-partition processor allocation would provide comparable performance while still allowing the POWER5 hypervisor to optimize the processing workload of the server?()
A retail company plans to consolidate 180 existing dual processor Xeon servers, all running a web server application on Windows Server 2003. They are planning consolidating to a single x3950 X5 running vSphere. Which of the following should be discussed with this customer?()
A customer plans to consolidate two 8-core POWER6 systems with a total of 8 PCI-X adapters, 6 PCIe adapters, and a PCI-X I/O drawer into a 16-core Power 750. Which action allows the most efficient use of existing equipment?()
A financial industry customer will consolidate their Intel-based servers to a p5-550 running AIX, and needs experienced technical services. What information should the account executive provide to the customer to assure them that the technical specialist has the required experience?()
A company wants to consolidate 20 existing dual processor Pentium III servers, all running a web server application on Windows Server 2003. They are considering consolidating to a single x445 running VMWare ESX. Which TWO of the following questions will provide enough information to determine the correct processor configuration?()
retail company plans to consolidate 180 existing dual processor Xeon servers, all running a web server application on Windows Server 2003. They are planning consolidating to a single x3950 X5 running vSphere.Which of the following should be discussed with this customer? ()
A large retailer wants to consolidate tape libraries. They currently have a Quantum library for theirUNIX platforms, and an STK library for their System z. They have a total of 12 drives in the twolibraries. Which IBM solution would be the most cost effective and satisfy the requirement?()