Describe the Planning, Sizing, and Design Phases of a Midrange Solution Sales Engagement. MIDRANGE-STORAGE-SOLUTIONS-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

1. 21foundation · easy

   What is a primary objective of the planning phase in a Midrange solution sales engagement?

   • ATo gather and understand customer requirements
   • BTo estimate the storage capacity required
   • CTo validate the solution architecture
   • DTo create a detailed bill of materials
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2. 22application · medium

   A sales engineer is starting a midrange storage engagement with a customer that has a legacy storage environment. The customer is not sure what their future capacity needs will be, but they know they want to consolidate storage for multiple applications. During the planning phase, what is the most important information to gather from the customer?

   • AThe number of IT staff members at the customer site.
   • BThe customer's preferred storage vendor.
   • CThe exact model of the legacy storage array.
   • DThe current storage utilization and growth trends for each application.
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4. 23foundation · easy

   What is a key activity in the design phase of a Midrange solution sales engagement?

   • ACreating a solution architecture
   • BGathering customer requirements
   • CPerforming a cost-benefit analysis
   • DEstimating storage capacity
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5. 24expert · hard

   A consultant is sizing a midrange storage solution for a customer with a mixed workload: a critical OLTP database requiring 50,000 IOPS with low latency, and a large archive application that needs 200 TB of capacity but has minimal performance requirements. The customer has a limited budget and wants to minimize cost while meeting both performance and capacity needs. Which sizing approach best meets the customer's requirements?

   • AUse a single tier of high-performance SSDs for all storage to meet the IOPS requirement.
   • BUse a tiered storage approach with SSDs for the database and NL-SAS drives for the archive.
   • CUse a hybrid array with automatic tiering to move data between SSD and HDD based on access patterns.
   • DUse a single tier of high-capacity NL-SAS drives for all storage to meet the capacity requirement.
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