A systems administrator is tasked with deploying a new physical server that will host a resource-intensive, latency-sensitive database application. The application's vendor specifies that to achieve maximum performance and avoid virtualization overhead, the operating system must be installed with direct access to the server's hardware, without an underlying hypervisor.
Which of the following installation types BEST describes this deployment method?
The correct answer is a bare-metal installation. This method involves installing an operating system directly onto the server's physical hardware, without a hypervisor layer. This approach is often chosen for high-performance, latency-sensitive applications as it provides direct access to hardware resources and avoids the overhead associated with virtualization.
A virtualized installation involves a hypervisor, which is explicitly ruled out by the scenario's requirements.
A Physical to Virtual (P2V) installation is a migration process used to convert an existing physical server into a virtual machine, not for a new OS installation.
A template deployment refers to creating a server instance from a pre-configured image. While imaging can be used to deploy to a physical server, "bare metal" specifically describes the target environment (the physical hardware itself) which is the core requirement of the scenario.