4.2 Purposes of VMs

Question 1

Hypervisor (VMs)

Answer 1

Manages the distribution of the physical resources of a server to the virtual machine

Question 2

What are the hypervisor types?

Answer 2

Type 1 Hypervisor - Bare Metal (faster and more efficent)
Type 1 Hypervisor - Hosted

Question 3

Container-Based Virtualization (Containerization)

Answer 3

Each container relies on a common host OS as the base for each container. No hypervisor is used. Almost exclusively used with Linux. Uses less resources because it doesn’t require its own copy of the OS for individual containers

Question 4

Hyperconverged infrastructure

Answer 4

Allows for the full integration of the storage, network, and servers without hardware changes

Question 5

Application virtualization

Answer 5

Encapsulates computer programs from the underlying OS on which they are executed

Question 6

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Answer 6

Hosts desktops OSs within a virtualized environment hosted by a centralized server or server farm

Question 7

Sandbox

Answer 7

An isolated environment for analyzing pieces of malware

Question 8

Cross-Platform Virtualization

Answer 8

Allows for the testing and running of software applications for different operating systems

Question 9

Emulation

Answer 9

A system that imitates another system