CV0-003 · Question #230
Which of the following would be BEST to use to host and manage virtualized database servers?
The correct answer is A. Type I hypervisor. A Type I bare-metal hypervisor is best suited for hosting virtualized database servers because it runs directly on hardware, delivering maximum performance and stability.
Question
Which of the following would be BEST to use to host and manage virtualized database servers?
Options
- AType I hypervisor
- BType II hypervisor
- CiSCSI NAS
- DFibre Channel SAN
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A87% (26)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D7% (2)
Why each option
A Type I bare-metal hypervisor is best suited for hosting virtualized database servers because it runs directly on hardware, delivering maximum performance and stability.
A Type I hypervisor installs directly on physical hardware without an underlying host OS, eliminating the performance overhead of an additional OS layer. This direct hardware access provides the low latency, high throughput, and resource efficiency required by demanding production database workloads.
A Type II hypervisor runs on top of a host operating system, adding an extra software abstraction layer that introduces performance overhead making it unsuitable for production database servers.
iSCSI NAS is a network-attached storage protocol used to provide block-level storage over an IP network and is not a platform for hosting or managing virtualized servers.
Fibre Channel SAN is a high-speed storage networking technology used to connect servers to dedicated storage arrays and does not host or manage virtualized workloads.
Concept tested: Type I vs Type II hypervisor selection for production workloads
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-technology-overview
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