4.1 – Setting up Virtual Machines

Question 1

Virtualization

Answer 1

create OS on top of other OS
* Uses hardware more effectively
* Used in cloud, admins [run multiple OS on top of orignal OS]

Question 2

Virtual Machine

Answer 2

virtual instance of an actual OS

• Virtualizing hardware & then running actual OS on top of it

Question 3

Dynamically Allocated

Answer 3

will only use space on your physical HD as it fills up [up to max fixed sized]

—DOESN’T use actual diskspace until windows installation starts to actually use up the space

Question 4

Fixed Space

Answer 4

allocates the entire amount of space right away