Quiz #4: SAN School

Alex Nikitin says SAN management is basically:

Each of the following are needs for SAN management, EXCEPT:

a.To monitor the health of the environment
b. Abilty to charge back for usage and share costs
c. Alerting and reporting for easy troubleshooting
d. Eliminating the need for a DR plan

In Lesson 12, Alex says that automation frees you up to think about:

a. Business continuity plans
b. Server consolidation
c. Business, not disks
d. Vacation

Right now, this is the main problem with automation:

a. Automation software is super expensive
b. Lack of trust -- it's still in its infancy
c. Lack of skilled IT staff to use automation products properly
d. None of the above

This is NOT one of the three outsourcing options:

a. Vendor partnering
b. 100% outsourcing
c. Free outsourcing
d. Storage consulting

All of these are benefits of 100% outsourcing, EXCEPT:

a.Equipment and management are not your problem
b. Storage is free to your customers
c. Standard practices are already established
d. Operating vs. capital expenses (No hardware expenses)

Alex says it's really important to do this before deciding to outsource:

a.Create a list and define the storage-related problems you want to solve
b. Take a leave of absence to think about it
c. Save up a lot of money
d. Hire a consultant to decide for you

If you'd like a liaison between your IT staff and storage vendors, you'd choose this outsourcing option:

a. 100% outsourcing
b. Storage consulting
c. Vendor partnering
d. All of the above

Where documentation is concerned, whiteboards with this are not "safe places":

a. Do not enter
b. Do not discard
c. Training manuals
d. Do not erase

When it comes to determining a problem with your SAN, Alex says this can typically cause a problem(s):