CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) — Question 206

A server administrator is taking advantage of all the available bandwidth of the four NICs on the server. Which of the following NIC-teaming technologies should the server administrator utilize?

Answer options

• A. Fail over
• B. Fault tolerance
• C. Load balancing
• D. Link aggregation

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Load balancing is the correct choice because it allows multiple NICs to share the network load, thus maximizing bandwidth utilization. Fail over and fault tolerance focus on redundancy rather than increasing bandwidth, while link aggregation is a specific form of load balancing that combines multiple network connections into a single logical interface.