A forensic lab VM needs direct access to a specialty PCIe card that…

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A forensic lab VM needs direct access to a specialty PCIe card that cannot be fully virtualized. Which technique assigns that device to the guest?

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Hardware pass-through that assigns the physical device directly to the VM. — Pass-through hands the real PCIe card to the guest—no fake middle layer when the lab gear will not virtualize cleanly. Think of it as lending the physical tool, not a picture of the tool. Use it when emulation is not enough.

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Nested object storage tiering that maps PCIe BARs into cold archive buckets.

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File-share quotas that expose the card as a CIFS path under /pci.

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Reserved instance billing that automatically virtualizes every PCIe endpoint.

A forensic lab VM needs direct access to a specialty PCIe card that cannot be fully virtualized. Which technique assigns that device to the guest?

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