About This Flashcard Deck
This flashcard deck contains 10 cards covering key Server+ concepts for the SERVERPLUS exam. Test your server administration knowledge. Use active recall by attempting to answer each question before revealing the answer.
Question
What is ECC RAM?
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Answer
Error-Correcting Code memory — detects and corrects single-bit errors. Required for servers to ensure data integrity.
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All Server+ Flashcards
Q: What is ECC RAM?
A: Error-Correcting Code memory — detects and corrects single-bit errors. Required for servers to ensure data integrity.
Q: What is a hot spare in RAID?
A: An unused drive in an array that automatically takes over when an active drive fails, minimizing rebuild time.
Q: What is IPMI/iLO/iDRAC?
A: Out-of-band management interfaces for remote server management (power on/off, console access, BIOS config) even when OS is down.
Q: What is the difference between hot, warm, and cold sites?
A: Hot: fully operational duplicate (minutes to failover). Warm: hardware ready, needs data (hours). Cold: empty facility (days/weeks).
Q: What is a Type 1 hypervisor?
A: Bare-metal hypervisor running directly on hardware. Examples: VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM.
Q: What is NIC teaming?
A: Combining multiple NICs for redundancy and/or increased bandwidth. Also called bonding or link aggregation.
Q: What is RAID 5?
A: Striping with distributed parity. Minimum 3 drives. Can survive 1 drive failure. Capacity: (n-1) × drive size.
Q: What is Active Directory?
A: Microsoft directory service for centralized authentication, authorization, and resource management using LDAP.
Q: What is a UPS?
A: Uninterruptible Power Supply — provides backup battery power during outages. Allows graceful shutdown or continued operation.
Q: What is deduplication?
A: Storage optimization that eliminates duplicate data blocks. Reduces backup storage requirements significantly.
CompTIA Flashcard Study Technique
CompTIA exams cover broad domains with hundreds of concepts. Use these flashcards in short, focused sessions of 15–20 minutes rather than marathon study sessions. Group cards by domain and track which domains have the lowest recall rates — allocate extra study time to those areas. CompTIA exams weight domains differently, so match your flashcard focus to the domain percentages listed in the exam objectives.