Test your knowledge of data storage management strategies

Are you on top when it comes to data management? Take our final exam and evaluate your knowledge of data management strategies. This test isn't for the weak, so you might want to do a bit of studying first by checking out our new Data Management All-in-One Guide. All of the answers can be found in its content. (Note: Type all answers using uppercase.)

1.  The purpose of this practice is to create a pool of virtual storage that is allocated to users in the conventional fashion. (Hint: two words) 
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2. When provisioning, what need to be concatenated for flexibility?
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3. The move to tiered storage started in what year?
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4.  According to storage expert Tony Asaro, there are different approaches to storage virtualization. Name one.
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5.  This type of storage is a basic reorganization of corporate data assets onto a variety of storage media within the enterprise.
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6.  Virtualization in this type of fabric can improve manageability, maintain security, improve utilization, simplify troubleshooting and ease disruptions during upgrades or changes.
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7.  What do all analysts agree is a key selling point of switch-based storage virtualization?
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   The data management aspect of compliance includes several elements, name one.
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9.  Compliance regulation is fundamentally about managing data risk, what is one of the primary risks to be addressed?
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10.  The type of data used to populate databases like CommVault's CTE is called what? 
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Score card

• 10 correct: You're a real data management maniac
• 7-9 correct: You're data management magnificent
• 4-6 correct: You've got data management moxie
• 0-3 correct: You're a data management mess