About CS505 Assignment 1
CS505 Assignment No 1 for Fall 2026 is from Virtual Systems and Services. It covers lesson 2: Week_2_Application Level Virtualization, carries 20 marks and is due on VULMS by 11:59 pm on Tuesday 10 November 2026. You can request the solution from this page.
- Course
- CS505 Virtual Systems and Services
- Assignment
- Assignment No 1
- Semester
- Fall 2026
- Lesson
- 2: Week_2_Application Level Virtualization
- Total marks
- 20
- End date
- Tue 10 Nov, 11:59 pm
What CS505 Assignment 1 asks
This assignment explores virtualization concepts through two distinct scenarios involving infrastructure optimization. In the first scenario, a startup named VDEVPK considers transitioning from a bare-metal setup to a Type-1 Hypervisor architecture to resolve resource and stability issues. The second scenario examines a university data center's transition to a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to improve utilization and provisioning efficiency. Students must perform resource calculations, draw architectural diagrams, and analyze the operational impact of these technological shifts.
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Question 1
10 marksDraw a labeled diagram comparing the current bare-metal architecture with the proposed virtualized architecture, including all hardware and software layers. Calculate whether the proposed VM resource allocation fits the physical server's capacity, showing all work for CPU, RAM, and storage. Finally, analyze the impact of a guest OS crash on other VMs and propose a resource reallocation strategy with justifications.
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Question 2
10 marksCalculate the total and utilized CPU and RAM for the university's current data center, then determine the number of physical servers required after consolidating the workload to 80% utilization. Draw a bar chart comparing the server count before and after consolidation. Additionally, calculate the time saved per provisioning task and network segment creation, and explain the strategic business value of these improvements based on monthly activity.
- What to submit
- One DOCX file containing your VUID and Full Name.
- Topics covered
- Type-1 Hypervisor Bare-metal architecture Resource allocation SDDC SDN Server consolidation Infrastructure provisioning
A summary of the assignment file, Fall 2026_CS505_1.docx. Download the file for the full wording before you start.
Lesson covered
The questions in this assignment come from this lesson. Read it in the CS505 handout before you open the assignment file, then practise it with the MCQs and past papers.
Solution
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- 1 Start on the questions in the assignment file now. The solution will be added to this page once it is written.
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- 3 Save your answer in the file type the assignment file asks for, and name it with your student ID, for example BC260012345.
- 4 Open the file once more to check it is not empty or corrupted, then upload it on VULMS before 11:59 pm on Tue 10 Nov.
Questions about this assignment
When is CS505 Assignment 1 due?
Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 11:59 pm. VULMS does not accept files after the deadline.
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What file do I submit?
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