Dell History
Midrange Storage
Data Protection
iDCSE Readiness
Mystery
100
What year was Dell founded?
1984
100
What is the newest PowerStore model's guaranteed data reduction ratio?
6:1
100
What was Dell's GTM backup software prior to PPDM?
Avamar
100
Name 5 channel partners that iDCSEs/Dell as a whole work with on deals.
Too many to list but some common ones are CDW, SHI, Insight, The ReDesign Group, Abtech, EchoStor
100
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Russia
200
What year did Dell merge with EMC?
2016
200
What year was PowerStore first released?
2020
200
What unique PPDM feature automates image-level backups with near-zero VM impact to deliver faster backups?
Transparent snapshots
200
What does "CTB" stand for and why is it important?
"Call to Ball", important to track all the deals an iDCSE is running and the stage each is at. Like the SAQL for our team.
200
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
Canada
300
Where was Dell founded (not just the city/state)?
A dorm room at UT Austin
300
What is the name of the chip in the PowerStore that does a lot/all of the compression?
The Lewisburg Chip
300
What security feature prevents deletion/modification of backups on all DD models?
Retention Lock
300
What does it mean when an iDCSE says a deal is "in blue"?
Customer has submitted a PO but it is not showing in the Dell system yet. Usually takes about 24 hours from the time a customer sends a PO to booked in the Dell system.
300
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
400
What year did Dell go public?
1988
400
Name three legacy EMC storage arrays
CLARiiON, Equallogic, Compellent, VNX, VMAX, XtremIO
400
What is the newest (4th) bucket of workloads that PPBS will protect (which we can set appointments for) starting next week?
Entra ID
400
What is the difference between the Apex (FOD) model and our leasing model?
Apex is subscribing to infrastructure as-a-service based off metered capacity (paid monthly or annually), and the lease model is paid monthly or annually without any capacity factored in with a buyout option at the end of the term.
400
Who commanded the Allied forces on D-Day during the Normandy invasion of 1944?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
What year did the, "Dude, You're Getting a Dell!" Advertising campaign start?
2000
500
Instead of RAID and having dedicated spare drives, the PowerVault distributes spare capacity space across all drives in the pool. What is this process called?
ADAPT (Autonomic Distributed Allocation Protection Technology).
500
What is the maximum TB amount for a fully expanded DD6410?
256 TB
500
What are the three standard price points iDCSEs can quote HW/SW at in DSA, and the payout modifier for each (positive, neutral, negative).
Recommended (positive), Comp Anchor (neutral), Floor (negative).
500
What is Abby's favorite fast food restaurant?
Taco Bell