Which term represents the ability to increase the computing capacity of a virtual machine by adding memory or CPUs?

The correct answer is D. vertical scaling. Vertical scaling, also known as scale up and scale down, means increasing or decreasing virtual machine (VM) sizes in response to a workload. Compare this behavior with horizontal scaling, also referred to as scale out and scale in, where the number of VMs is altered depending on

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Which term represents the ability to increase the computing capacity of a virtual machine by adding memory or CPUs?

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Ahorizontal scaling
Bagility
Celasticity
Dvertical scaling

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Vertical scaling, also known as scale up and scale down, means increasing or decreasing virtual machine (VM) sizes in response to a workload. Compare this behavior with horizontal scaling, also referred to as scale out and scale in, where the number of VMs is altered depending on the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/virtual-machine-scale-sets- vertical-scale-reprovision

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