L50-503 LSI SVM5 Sales Consultant Questions and Answers

multiMirror will not corrupt data based on its internal ECC correction code.

Host-based mirroring uses IP which can be less reliable than FC.

multiMirror uses the reliability of the RAID devices to accomplish a much more reliable copy.

Snapshot-enabled mirroring allows multiMirror to retain several recovery points at the remote site for rollback purposes.

SVM's multiMigrate feature allows for non-disruptive data migration from one storage device to another, regardless of vendor.

SVM's multiMigrate feature allows for minimal disruption due to its use of low-impact snapshots to migrate existing data to new storage.

SVM's multiMigrate feature allows for non-disruptive data migration from one vendor's storage to another model from that vendor.

SVM's multiMigrate feature allows for new data to be written to the new storage until a regular maintenance window is available to migrate the

existing data.

Pooling the storage into a server virtualization model whereby different servers can emulate hosts and tier the data.

Pooling the storage into a networked virtualization model zoning the virtualized storage utilizing third-party tools.

Pooling the storage across different vendor’s storage arrays into a centralized pool and then assigning different applications and tiers to different pools.

Pooling the storage across different vendor’s storage arrays into assigned volume groups and use virtual servers to tier the data.

Storage and server virtualization allow IT assets to operate at 100% utilization.

Storage and server virtualization take the physical resources, pool them and then assign resources as needed to the applications.

Storage and server virtualization products are storage-related.

Storage and server virtualization share the benefits of improving efficiency and utilization and simplifying management.

pooling the LUN disks into one pool

creating thin volumes for each LUN

concatenating the LUNs, then pooling them

creating multiViews of all LUNs onto one SVM server

Allows transparent data migration to time the removal of leased equipment to coincide with the lease expiration, saving the high cost of month-to-month rentals.

Allows for mirroring data between arrays to improve the availability of those applications deployed to save money through reduced downtime.

Allows for removal of assets to coincide with warranty expiration, saving the cost of maintenance, which may have been unbudgeted.

Allows full volume copies to be used non-disruptively to refresh the test bed for application test and development that improves the quality and time-to-market of new applications.

Allows for repurposing an asset from one application to another, thereby extending the useful life of that asset.

MirrorView

RecoverPoint

SnapMirror

Business Continuance Volume (BCV)

Rapid application recovery is easier with SVM's snapshot capabilities.

SVM will make provisioning easy and fast.

Disaster recovery will be less expensive than using traditional methods.

SVM will eliminate the need for tape.

SVM will automatically size storage to fit the data.

thin provisioning

striping

tiered storage

use of DPMs

Save money wasted from overbuying.

Cascade older assets to new uses.

Reclaim capacity trapped in allocation.

Increase productivity from improved performance.

A thin volume serves up only the data blocks called for by a read or write request.

A thin volume automatically provisions additional capacity for large I/O read requests.

A thin volume holds only the changes (writes) made by hosts to the thin volume.

A thin volume migrates data from an existing LUN into a new pool.

Improve asset utilization.

Improve the performance of DAS.

Improve operational efficiency by shrinking backup times by up to 80%.

Improve the connectivity of the SAN infrastructure.

Improve productivity by managing three times more storage and two times more servers per administrator.

ROW is RAID controller-based and works on all industry-standard arrays.

A heavily loaded array using COW will impact performance across all attached servers.

ROW writes the new data to the snapshot directly, eliminating one or more write processes.

COW provides consistency of data across different platforms.

SVM multiMigrate allows for migration of data from any vendor's storage to any other vendor's storage.

SVM multiMigrate allows for non-disruptive physical migration of data from one storage array to another.

SVM multiMigrate allows for minimal downtime for data when the migration snapshot is created.

SVM multiMigrate allows for the acceleration of new storage devices into a SAN on an as-needed basis.

SVM multiMigrate allows for new data to be written simultaneously into two volumes for integration at a later time.

Buy a faster storage array and move the data with multiView.

Use multiCopy to copy the data to a different storage tier, stop the application and remount the data to the copy.

Back up the data off a snapshot and restore it to a faster array.

Use multiMigrate to move the application's data to a higher performing storage tier for the busy days.