Guest Who?
Software that provides virtualization capabilities
Hypervisor
A cloud platform that provides business applications
SaaS
The ability to replace a drive while the operating system is running
Hot Swap
This device separates the motherboard from the case to keep it from grounding out
Standoff
POST can be used to troubleshoot what
Hardware
The operating system running inside a virtual machine
Guest OS
A cloud service that provides a full stack development environment
PaaS
A designated drive that automatically replaces a failed drive allowing the RAID set to rebuild.
Hot Spare
Name two motherboard form factors
ATX
ITX
The program used to change settings used by the BIOS
CMOS Setup
The physical machine running the virtualization environment
Host
Multiple organizations who pool their resources to create a cloud shared by members of these organizations
Community Cloud
RAID 6
The name for the circuitry on the motherboard that supports the processor and manages many of the expansion buses.
Chipset
This firmware was created to replace the BIOS so drives larger than 2.2 terabytes could be addressed.
UEFI
A processor must have this technology to support virtualization
VT-x
AMD-V
A type of cloud exemplified by Azure or Amazon Web Services
Public Cloud
What is the capacity of a RAID 0 array that utilizes seven 1TB drives?
7 TB
Name a reason you would install an expansion card
Add functionality the motherboard doesn't have
Improve performance
To use in place of damaged integrated port
This device prevents the settings utilized by the BIOS from being lost.
CMOS Battery
A type of virtual hard drive that only consumes the amount of physical storage that is currently needed by the virtual machine and grows as needed up to a set maximum.
Dynamically Expanding Hard Drive
List three advantages of Cloud services
Scaling
Pay as you Go
Simplified Management
A RAID controller holds 8 1TB drives. You want to use a hot spare and create a RAID 6 array. What is the capacity of the array?
5 TB
List three things to consider when replacing a motherboard
Form Factor
Socket Type
DDR Level
Integrated Ports
Expansion Buses
Name two examples of volatile memory
CMOS Memory
RAM
SRAM (processor cache)