During peak times, how should a cloud systems administrator address user access issues in a community cloud environment?

In a community cloud environment, addressing user access issues during peak times requires a focus on optimizing resource allocation and ensuring that users can connect efficiently. Enabling memory ballooning is a strategy used to manage memory resources dynamically among virtual machines.

During peak usage, some virtual machines might require more memory than is currently allocated to them. Memory ballooning allows the hypervisor to reclaim unused memory from virtual machines that are idle or less critical in order to allocate it to those that are more heavily utilized. By ensuring memory ballooning is enabled, the cloud systems administrator can enhance the responsiveness of user sessions and maintain a smoother access experience for users during high-demand periods.

This approach is particularly effective in virtualized environments, as it allows for more flexible resource management without needing to provision additional hardware resources, which can be both time-consuming and costly.