Which statement is true about a Type 1 hypervisor?

Which statement is true about a Type 1 hypervisor?

• A. It runs directly on hardware
• B. It runs on top of an operating system
• C. It cannot host multiple VMs
• D. It requires NAS

Answer: (A)

Type 1 hypervisors are bare-metal virtualization layers installed directly on the physical hardware. With no host operating system underneath, they have direct access to CPU, memory, and I/O, which leads to better performance and stronger isolation between the guest operating systems. This setup also enables managing and running multiple virtual machines on the same hardware by allocating resources through the hypervisor. NAS is not a defining requirement of this type; storage can be local or networked. In contrast, a hypervisor that runs on top of another operating system would be a Type 2, which is why the statement that it runs directly on hardware is the true one.

Type 1 hypervisors are bare-metal virtualization layers installed directly on the physical hardware. With no host operating system underneath, they have direct access to CPU, memory, and I/O, which leads to better performance and stronger isolation between the guest operating systems. This setup also enables managing and running multiple virtual machines on the same hardware by allocating resources through the hypervisor. NAS is not a defining requirement of this type; storage can be local or networked. In contrast, a hypervisor that runs on top of another operating system would be a Type 2, which is why the statement that it runs directly on hardware is the true one.