Quiz #3: SAN school

What is a SWAN?

A SAN Island refers to:

a. SANs housed in different data centers
b. A SAN that's physically located in a single location and managed as a separate physical entity
c. Ben and J Lo's once favorite vacation spot
d. None of the above

This is one of the main reasons you'd connect SAN islands together:

a. To have less employees on staff
b. To consolidate device and data management
c. To use one primary SAN in your data center
d. To ensure more secure data transactions

How do you create a SWAN?

a. Get two birds together after a few drinks
b. Connect two or more SAN islands together to consolidate storage mgmt, data mgmt, or both
c. You attach two tape libraries to disparate disk drives
d. All of the above

A snapshot is defined as:

a. An instant data copy that can be either hardware or software based
b. An image printed from a camera
c. Identical operating systems
d. A data center blueprint

According to Chris, this type of backup boasts the fastest data recovery time?

a. Incremental
b. Differential
c. Full
d. Boot

As far as SAN backup goes, this is Chris's preferred backup method:

a. LANless backup
b. Serverless backup
c. Performance backup
d. Diskless backup

These are all benefits of disk to disk backup, except:

a. Quick recovery time
b. Inconsistent and blurred data
c. Disks are faster than tapes
d. Disk prices get cheaper every day

What's the difference between SAN booting and booting off an internal SCSI disk?

a. SAN booting allows you to save data faster
b. Nothing
c. The location of the disks and the adaptor used
d. Booting off an internal SCSI disk is more secure

Snapshot copies use a technology known as: