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SK0-005 · Question #529

Which of the following supports virtualization?

The correct answer is A. Type 1 hypervisor. A Type 1 hypervisor (A) is software that runs directly on the physical hardware (bare metal) and creates and manages virtual machines. It is the foundational technology that enables server virtualization. Examples include VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM. A bare-metal inst

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Question

Which of the following supports virtualization?

Options

  • AType 1 hypervisor
  • BBare-metal installation
  • CServer-level redundancy
  • DActive-active load balancing

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    88% (36)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (3)

Explanation

A Type 1 hypervisor (A) is software that runs directly on the physical hardware (bare metal) and creates and manages virtual machines. It is the foundational technology that enables server virtualization. Examples include VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM. A bare-metal installation (B) refers to installing an OS directly on hardware without a virtualization layer - this is the opposite of virtualization. Server-level redundancy (C) refers to failover and high availability configurations, not virtualization. Active-active load balancing (D) distributes traffic across multiple active servers, which is a high-availability concept unrelated to virtualization itself.

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#Virtualization#Hypervisor#Type 1 hypervisor#Server virtualization

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