CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) — Question 90

A systems administrator is creating a VM and wants to ensure disk space is not allocated to the VM until it is needed. Which of the following techniques should the administrator use to ensure this?

Answer options

• A. Deduplication
• B. Thin provisioning
• C. Software-defined storage
• D. iSCSI storage

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Thin provisioning is the correct answer because it allows storage space to be allocated on an as-needed basis, preventing the VM from using up disk space unnecessarily. The other options, such as deduplication, software-defined storage, and iSCSI storage, do not specifically address the need to allocate disk space only when required.