CH11- Network Operating Systems Intro Flashcards
Who has access to the network: login, username, password
Authentication
Granting authenticated users access to resources
Authorization
Process where the hypervisor implements virtualization by running on the host computer and controls guest computers
bare-metal Virtualization
Text file containing a list of commands, usually from the command line
Batch file
An organization’s data is stored off-site on servers of a Host company.
Cloud storage
Process where the OS suspends a task to activate another
Context switching
Where the OS can’t stop a process until it is finished and gives control back to the CPU
Cooperative-multitasking
Group of sectors
Sectors are the smallest space occupied by a file
Disk Cluster
Server cluster configuration used for fault tolerance in case of server failure another takes over immediately
Fail over cluster
Method where OS stores files on a storage device.
File system
Operating system installed on a virtual machine
Guest OS
Physical computer where the virtual software is installed
Host computer
Where hypervisor implements OS virtualization by being installed on general host OS. The host OS accesses host hardware for guest computer
Hosted virtualization
Computer device that can be removed/added while computer/server is running
Hot swappable device
Component of virtualization software that creates the virtualization hardware environment, allowing VM’s to share hardware
Hypervisor