You Are Installing Several VMs on Your Desktop Computer and Need

question 20

Multiple Choice

You are installing several VMs on your desktop computer and need to determine whether your system can support running all the VMs at the same time. Your host operating system is Windows 10 Pro, and your system has 16GB of physical RAM installed.
Which of the following is the best approach in making this determination, assuming dynamic allocation of RAM is disabled?

• A) Add up the minimum required RAM for each of the guest VM operating systems you will run simultaneously and subtract the RAM required by your host OS.
• B) Add up the maximum supported RAM for a 64-bit version of each VM operating system you want to run simultaneously.
• C) Multiply 2GB by the number of guest VMs you want to run at the same time and subtract the RAM required by your host OS.
• D) Add up the required RAM for each of the guest VM operating systems you want to run at the same time and add the RAM required by your host OS.

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