CV0-003 · Question #101
A small software development company wants to provide four of their developers with the ability to create four or five VMs each. The company also wants to be able to share all of the VM images and…
The correct answer is A. Enterprise level hypervisor. An enterprise-level hypervisor supports centralized management and shared NAS datastores across multiple hosts, making it the only listed option that satisfies both the VM creation and shared image/snapshot requirements. It is the lowest-cost solution that actually meets all…
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A small software development company wants to provide four of their developers with the ability to create four or five VMs each. The company also wants to be able to share all of the VM images and snapshots on a NAS. Which of the following would meet these objectives at the lowest cost?
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- AEnterprise level hypervisor
- BWorkstation level hypervisor
- CBare metal hypervisor
- DType I hypervisor
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A78% (18)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D13% (3)
Why each option
An enterprise-level hypervisor supports centralized management and shared NAS datastores across multiple hosts, making it the only listed option that satisfies both the VM creation and shared image/snapshot requirements. It is the lowest-cost solution that actually meets all stated objectives.
Enterprise-level hypervisors such as VMware vSphere support NFS/NAS-backed shared datastores, allowing all developers to read and write VM images and snapshots from a common NAS. This centralized architecture enables each of the four developers to run their individual VMs while collaborating through shared storage - a capability that workstation-grade products do not natively provide.
Workstation-level hypervisors (e.g., VMware Workstation) run on individual desktops and lack native support for shared NAS datastores, preventing centralized sharing of VM images and snapshots across multiple developers.
Bare metal hypervisor is a synonym for Type I; without enterprise management capabilities such as vCenter and shared datastore support, a bare metal hypervisor alone does not satisfy the NAS sharing requirement.
Type I is a category that includes both bare metal and enterprise-grade options; a generic Type I hypervisor without enterprise management and shared storage integration does not inherently support NAS-based image sharing across multiple developers.
Concept tested: Enterprise hypervisor shared NAS storage and multi-host VM management
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-storage/GUID-B9A4034A-E7F8-4C7F-A53E-40ED28E9BF47.html
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