Practice Gray-box Approach to Resource Management - 3.5 | Module 1: Introduction to Clouds, Virtualization and Virtual Machine | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.5 - Gray-box Approach to Resource Management

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the gray-box approach?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the balance of visibility in resource management.

Question 2

Easy

Define a hotspot in a virtualized environment.

πŸ’‘ Hint: What happens to the performance when demand is too high?

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the primary advantage of the gray-box approach in resource management?

  • It uses only external metrics
  • It combines external and internal metrics
  • It relies on manual observation

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how this approach differentiates from others.

Question 2

True or False: A hotspot is caused solely by one virtual machine using too many resources.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on the aggregate concept of resource utilization.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

A data center experiences frequent outages but the management team can't determine the cause. Using the gray-box approach, outline a strategy to identify why these hotspots occur, detailing your steps for data collection and analysis.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider metrics that would identify specific VM usage patterns.

Question 2

During a load testing scenario, a virtual environment shows varied performance on different hosts. How could a gray-box approach assist in optimizing performance? Write a detailed plan.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how balancing resource loads can improve overall performance.

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