IBM Assessment: Storage Technical V1 Intermediate Practice Exam: Medium Difficulty 2025

A financial institution is implementing a new storage solution that requires data to be encrypted both at rest and in transit. They need to ensure compliance with regulatory standards while maintaining optimal performance. Which combination of IBM storage features should be implemented?

An enterprise is experiencing inconsistent application performance despite having sufficient storage capacity. Investigation reveals that multiple applications are competing for I/O resources. What IBM storage technology would best address this issue?

A healthcare organization needs to implement a storage solution that provides continuous availability for their electronic health record (EHR) system across two data centers 50 kilometers apart. Which IBM storage replication approach would best meet this requirement?

During a storage consolidation project, an administrator needs to migrate data from legacy storage arrays to a new IBM FlashSystem without disrupting production applications. What methodology should be employed?

A company using IBM Spectrum Protect for backup operations is experiencing backup window violations. Analysis shows that the amount of data being backed up has grown significantly. What combination of techniques would most effectively reduce backup time?

An administrator is configuring a new IBM storage array and needs to balance performance, capacity, and fault tolerance for a mixed workload environment containing both databases and file shares. How should storage pools be designed?

After implementing thin provisioning on an IBM storage system, an administrator notices that some volumes are experiencing performance degradation when physical capacity allocation occurs. What configuration change would address this issue?

A virtualized environment using IBM storage is experiencing intermittent connectivity issues between ESXi hosts and storage volumes. The SAN fabric shows no errors, and zoning appears correct. What should be investigated next?

During routine monitoring, an administrator notices that cache write pending levels are consistently high on an IBM storage array, and some hosts are reporting increased I/O latency. What is the most likely cause and appropriate remediation?

A company is designing a disaster recovery solution for their IBM storage environment with an RTO of 4 hours and RPO of 15 minutes for their critical applications. Which combination of technologies and processes should be implemented?