Question

You work for a company that builds custom PCs for select clients. You are training a new employee to evaluate and select appropriate components to meet customer specifications or needs. Which of the following are the requirements of a virtualization workstation and is true about virtualization? (Choose all that apply).
1. The motherboard BIOS for a virtualization workstation must support virtualization technology

2. A virtualization workstation requires a high-end video/specialized GPU

3. A virtualization workstation requires high-end cooling

4. A virtual machine reduces the amount of physical hardware required

5. A virtualization workstation requires maximum RAM and CPU cores

6. Network speed is important for accessing remote virtual environments on a client machine

Answer 1

Options 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

A major ram upgrade and CPU enhancements can make the difference between a sluggish and a smooth experience on a virtual workstation environment. Maximum RAM avoids slow data calls and page file problems. Instead of having a single app per each server, you can have multiple applications. This saves cost and the huge amount of hardware resources. There are some BIOS that do not support virtualization and this means that you cannot use any OS on your virtual boxes. Depending on your computing needs, a virtualization workstation might require high-end video cards for performance. If you are working on graphic-intensive work or streaming high definition media, you might experience lag if you are not using high-end graphic cards. Network speeds is an important commodity in virtual data centers. It makes sense that a virtual workstation needs plenty of network bandwidth.