C4040-251 · Question #72
A customer currently is running a POWER7 6-core 720 with 3 IBM i cores for production, and utilizing Power HA to a POWER6 2-core server as their backup machine. The production machine also has…
The correct answer is C. Purchase a new POWER8 to replace the POWER6 server and transfer the software from the. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A customer currently is running a POWER7 6-core 720 with 3 IBM i cores for production, and utilizing Power HA to a POWER6 2-core server as their backup machine. The production machine also has unlimited users, IBM i Access users, SOL, and ILE Compilers. They are only using the backup machine to do backups, but it is not a CBU; it has only one IBM i and one licensed Power HA core. The customer wants the backup server to have the same capacity as the production server so it can be a true high availability server. Which of the following is the correct course of action at the least cost?
Options
- AUpgrade the POWER6 to a POWER7.
- BUpgrade both servers to P0WER8 and transfer all the software to the new POWERS servers.
- CPurchase a new POWER8 to replace the POWER6 server and transfer the software from the
- DPurchase two new POWER8 servers designating one of them as a CBU.
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(36 responses)- A3% (1)
- B8% (3)
- C75% (27)
- D14% (5)
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