Midrange Storage Solutions Design: Design Phase Flashcards
What are the 3 major parts of the design phase?
customer workload
network infrastructure
storage requirements
What is the customer workload phase?
customer production workloads and performance requirements
IOPS of applications
application response
What is the network infrastructure phase?
number of clients sending information at a given time over the Ethernet procotol
data migration/protection
bandwidth/latency/protocols
What is the storage requirement phase?
number and types of drives
how resources are used across infrasrtucture
What is PowerSizer?
helps size Powerstore PowerMax PowerScale PowerVault and APEX
What is the Midrange Sizer?
provides multiple options to ease process of sizing Unity and SC
What is the PowerSizer output in?
.json file
What is the Midrange Sizer output in?
PDF or JSON
What is the Unity Designer?
native application to make detailed Unity designs - can update existing configurations/create new ones
How does the Unity Designer work for an initial configuration?
can associate the sizing XML or PDF file with the project - can also import telemetry file
How is a Unity design configured?
according to system sized during sales phase and requirements from assessment phase
What happens once a configuration is completed in Unity Designer?
submitted for Technical Quality Assurance (TQA) revision - done by peer SME
