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SK0-003 · Question #121

Which of the following technologies is specifically designed to increase server virtualization performance?

The correct answer is B. VT. VT (Virtualization Technology) is a hardware-assisted virtualization feature specifically designed to enhance the performance of virtual machines by allowing the hypervisor to directly interact with the underlying hardware.

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Question

Which of the following technologies is specifically designed to increase server virtualization performance?

Options

  • AMulticore processing
  • BVT
  • C64-bit processing
  • DHyperthreading

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    91% (41)
  • C
    7% (3)

Why each option

VT (Virtualization Technology) is a hardware-assisted virtualization feature specifically designed to enhance the performance of virtual machines by allowing the hypervisor to directly interact with the underlying hardware.

AMulticore processing

Multicore processing allows a single CPU to have multiple independent processing units, improving overall server capacity but is not specifically a virtualization performance enhancement in the way VT is.

BVTCorrect

VT, encompassing Intel VT-x and AMD-V, refers to CPU extensions that provide hardware assistance for virtualization. These technologies reduce the overhead of running virtual machines by optimizing instruction execution between the guest OS and the host hardware, leading to significant performance gains for server virtualization environments.

C64-bit processing

64-bit processing enables systems to handle larger memory capacities and process more data, which benefits overall system performance but is not a dedicated virtualization performance enhancement technology itself.

DHyperthreading

Hyperthreading allows a single physical CPU core to execute two threads concurrently, improving CPU utilization but is not a specific hardware virtualization assist technology like VT.

Concept tested: Hardware-assisted virtualization for performance

Source: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/processors-and-chipsets/virtualization-technology-brief.html

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#Virtualization#Processor virtualization#Server performance

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