CV0-002 · Question #207
Which of the following is a benefit of having a virtual versus physical server environment?
The correct answer is D. Redundancy. Virtualization offers several advantages over physical servers, particularly in enhancing resilience and availability.
Question
Which of the following is a benefit of having a virtual versus physical server environment?
Options
- AImproved security
- BIPSec tunnel
- CData scraping
- DRedundancy
How the community answered
(40 responses)- A3% (1)
- B3% (1)
- C8% (3)
- D88% (35)
Why each option
Virtualization offers several advantages over physical servers, particularly in enhancing resilience and availability.
Virtualization does not inherently improve security; it introduces new security considerations related to the hypervisor and virtual network, requiring specific security measures.
An IPSec tunnel is a network security protocol used for secure communication, which can be implemented in both virtual and physical environments and is not a unique benefit of virtualization.
Data scraping is a technique for extracting data from websites or applications and is unrelated to the benefits of a virtual server environment.
Virtualization significantly enhances redundancy through features like live migration, snapshots, and clustering capabilities (e.g., VMware HA, Hyper-V Failover Clustering). These features allow virtual machines to be easily moved between physical hosts or automatically restarted on different hosts in case of underlying hardware failure, thereby providing improved fault tolerance and uptime compared to a standalone physical server.
Concept tested: Benefits of server virtualization, high availability
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-server/hyper-v-server-2016
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