Storage
Minimum number of drives for PowerStore and Unity XT
6
What is the Data Reduction Guarantee ratio for VxRail?
None
What is Pure's Anytime Upgrade Program called?
What is the difference between hybrid cloud and multi cloud?
Hybrid is between on prem and the cloud vs multi cloud is many cloud providers
Can you run Live Optics on AWS?
Yes!
How many capacity drives can a PowerStore 1200+ have in the base enclosure?
21
What is the recommended minimum number of nodes in a net new VxRail cluster
4
T/F Can PowerStore have NVMe expansion enclosures?
True! With PowerStore 3.0
What are the two main power levels seen in customer data centers and what are the voltages
Low line (110v)
High line (208v)
If the customer is going to the public cloud, how do you respond?
Costs, egress fees, rearchitecting applications, performance requirements, backup, many others
Name at least 3 reasons why you would position Unity XT over PowerStore
Advanced File Requirements, Networking, Power, Replication, FIPS
What is the better HCI solution and why: VxRail or vSAN Ready Nodes?
VxRail and Life Cycle Management
When comparing HCI vendors, why is vSAN more efficient in terms of managing storage resources?
vSAN runs in kernel, making it more efficient
What are the two block protocols?
iSCSI & Fibre Channel
What new offerings were released as a part of Project Alpine at DTW
Block Storage for AWS, Azure
File Storage for AWS
Data Protection for AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud
How does PowerStore's encryption work vs Unity XT's?
PowerStore uses SEDs while Unity XT uses controller based
What is a dynamic node (VxRail)?
compute-only nodes running ESXi. Internal storage is not supported, so a vSAN license is not required.
Future Proof Program Messaging
3 year satisfaction guarantee, clear price maintenance, tech refresh and recycle, all inclusive licensing, storage data reduction guarantee
Describe the difference between native file vs virtualized file?
Host based NAS server vs storage array based NAS server
Where does the APEX Storage As A Service cloud reside?
What are PowerStore's networking requirements?
10gig ethernet with TWO qualified enterprise grade ToR switches, unless they are planning on use FC only
What vSAN licensing tier is recommended for an all flash VxRail cluster?
Advanced, unless D@RE or Stretched Cluster then Enterprise is required
How would you position VxRail vs Nutanix?
Better LCM, In kernel vSAN, deeper integration with VMware, VxRail is built on the best of breed PowerEdge line of servers
What does vSphere's DRS do?
Difference between APEX Private Cloud and APEX Compute-as-a-Service
APC is built on VxRail nodes
ACAAS is PowerEdge as a service