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100

What is VxRail?

HCI, turnkey solution, jointly engineered with Dell and VMware, fast and simple path to IT outcomes, deployed at edge, core, cloud.

100

Give three barriers to multicloud.

Unpredictable costs, management complexity, cloud inconsistencies, skill gaps, limited visbility.
100

What does the first number represent in PowerEdge naming convention?

The generation.

100

What does Apex Backup Service backup and what vendors is it in partnership with?

Hybrid workloads, SaaS apps, endpoints. Druva and AWS.

100

This individual is the newest father in T1 NGSA.

Zach Adams


200

How does DARE work in Unity?

Encrypts all user data on the array at the drive level.

200

Dell carries Apex Cloud Platform for ____. (Name all three)

Azure, RedHat, VMware

200

What is GA and when should they be used?

GA supports Dell's most strategic partnerships. Focus is to grow these relationships as these partners enhance the value for Dell's most strategic solutions. Loop in when customers are looking for holistic - end to end managed solutions (as a service, private cloud, services, consulting, data center space)

200

Give 3 reasons why OneFS is the secret sauce.

  • Main operating system; allows for simple management; enables industry leading scalability in a single cluster
  • Single admin to manage petabytes like terabytes
  • Can handle all file protocols  
200

This individual was walking around barefoot in the office not too long ago.

Calvin Kobylinski

300

Explain Storage Spaces Direct for Azure Stack.

Software which allows customers to cluster the storage component of Azure Stack nodes.

300

What is the difference between cloud-to-ground and ground-to-cloud?

CTG: Dell infrastructure connected to cloud platform

GTC: Dell software within public cloud

300

Tell a customer what we can do for them in regards to VMware-related quotes.

We can give VMware quotes for net new nodes.

300

What would you say to a customer who thinks firewalls are enough?

  • Firewall is a great first line of defense 
    • Its going to prevent (bad actors) from getting in for a while
    • We know it's not if, but when a Cyber-attack is going to happen because they're happening every 11   seconds. 
    • A Firewall is Cyber  security, but how are you going to be able to recover when you get hit  with a cyber-attack such as Ransome ware or malware?
    • That’s where an air gapped solution and dell come into play: We offer a solution that is Isolated, immutable, and intelligent.


300

This individual has had DM conversations with Lil Wayne

Kailynn

400

Give three reasons why PowerStore 4.0 is an upgrade from previous versions.

5:1 data reduction, Apex subscriptions, Lifecycle Extension with ProSupport, enhanced native replication, cloud backup and migration, new GenAI Assistant.

400

What does Apex Cloud Platform Foundation Software do?

Automation and orchestration software for full-stack lifecycle management throughout the entire integrated hardware and software stack.

400

Give your Why Dell for AI message.

Dell offers the world’s broadest GenAI solutions portfolio from desktop to data center to cloud, all in one place. With Dell Technologies Services and broad partner ecosystem, you can accelerate your journey. 

400

Explain object data.

A way to create shortcuts via sub sections and subsets for categories in your data. 

400

This person is from the same town as Tim Tebow.

Greco

500

Respond to this objection: "How is PowerFlex relevant to me if I'm moving my data to the public cloud?"

Experience the benefits of PowerFlex on-prem in the cloud with Apex Block Storage.

500

Explain how Flex on Demand pricing works as if you're talking to the CEO.

A flexible consumption model that meters the usage of storage (20-50% plus growth) and memory (for servers). 
500

Explain Kubernetes.

The orchestration engine for your containers.

500

How does PPDM transparent snapshots work and what is a customer required to have for it to work?

VM image method that doesn’t require compromise and eliminates application disruption during VM backups. The Transparent Snapshots Data Mover is deployed in the VMware ESXi infrastructure through a PowerProtect Data Manager VIB. This deployment creates consistent VM backup copies and writes the copies to the protection storage. Only for VMWare Workloads.




500

Kat Mackey became Kat Adams on this date.

What is November 11, 2023