Skill · Virtualization · Understand virtualization and choose a type of hypervisor
Choose a type of virtualization and explain what a VM shares with its host
Explain what a virtual machine shares with its host (CPU, memory, disk, network) and what it isolates, choose between a type 1 and a type 2 hypervisor for the use case, place the VM against the container and the micro-VM, and choose a virtual disk's format and allocation.
Start lesson 1The Virtualization domain
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- ~1 h 35 of reading
- 4 quizzes
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Choose a type of virtualization and explain what a VM shares with its host
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