A customer has bare-metal servers running Windows, Linux, and Unix. They want consolidation while maintaining isolation and compatibility. What should the technician recommend?

The correct answer is A. IaaS. The customer wants to consolidate multiple physical servers running different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Unix, while maintaining strong isolation between systems. CompTIA A+ identifies Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) as the best model for hosting fully…

Submitted by lars.no· Mar 30, 2026Virtualization and cloud computing

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AIaaS
BContainers
CType 2 hypervisor
DVDI

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A
75% (18)
B
13% (3)
C
8% (2)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

The customer wants to consolidate multiple physical servers running different operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Unix, while maintaining strong isolation between systems. CompTIA A+ identifies Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) as the best model for hosting fully isolated virtual machines in a cloud environment, allowing each OS to run independently on its own virtual hardware. IaaS provides virtualized computing resources-CPU, RAM, networking, and storage--while allowing the customer full control over the OS and application layer. This means Windows, Linux, and Unix VMs can coexist without compatibility concerns because each VM runs its native OS without modification.

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#IaaS#server consolidation#hypervisor#virtualization

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