CCSP · Question #214
Which of the following is a method for apportioning resources that involves prioritizing resource requests to resolve contention situations?
The correct answer is B. Shares. Shares are a resource apportionment method that prioritizes resource requests proportionally during contention, ensuring fair distribution based on assigned weight.
Question
Which of the following is a method for apportioning resources that involves prioritizing resource requests to resolve contention situations?
Options
- AReservations
- BShares
- CCancellations
- DLimits
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A3% (1)
- B91% (30)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
Shares are a resource apportionment method that prioritizes resource requests proportionally during contention, ensuring fair distribution based on assigned weight.
Reservations guarantee a minimum amount of resources to a workload, rather than prioritizing resource distribution during contention.
Shares provide a mechanism to define the relative priority of workloads when resources become contended, allowing higher-priority resources to receive a proportionally larger slice of the available resources. This ensures that essential workloads are favored during periods of high demand by dynamically adjusting resource allocation based on configuration.
Cancellations refer to terminating a process or request and are not a method for apportioning resources.
Limits cap the maximum amount of a resource that a workload can consume, preventing resource monopolization but not prioritizing distribution during contention.
Concept tested: Resource apportionment in virtualization
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-8819875F-2C5E-4D78-9BB7-A63056CC8419.html
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