Which type of persistent disk provides the lowest latency and highest throughput by being physically attached to the server hosting the VM?

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Correct Answer: Local SSD

Local SSDs have very high performance but data is lost if the VM is deleted or the host fails (ephemeral)....

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Which type of persistent disk provides the lowest latency and highest throughput by being physically attached to the server hosting the VM?

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Correct Answer

Local SSD

Why This Answer Is Correct

Local SSDs have very high performance but data is lost if the VM is deleted or the host fails (ephemeral).

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