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Cloud Essentials: CompTIA

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Chapter 1: What is Cloud Computing?

Overview

• (^) Defining cloud computing
• (^) Distributed application design
• (^) Resource management automation
• (^) Virtualized computing environments
• (^) High-performance computing models
• (^) Cloud computing technologies

Defining cloud computing - 2

• (^) Typical characteristics
  • (^) Controlled by the cloud provider
  • Flexible resource assignment
    • (^) Rapid elasticity
  • (^) Network accessible
    • Broad network access through a wide variety of clients
  • (^) Sustainability
    • (^) Resource pooling
  • (^) Self-service management

Defining cloud computing - 3

• (^) NIST definition of essential characteristics - (^) On-demand self-service - (^) Broad network access - (^) Resource pooling - (^) Rapid elasticity - (^) Measured service

Resource Management

Automation

• (^) Resources can be automatically added/removed to meet demand - (^) Storage, virtual servers, databases etc - (^) Efficient response to varying demand - (^) Can help protect against DDos attacks - (^) Within limits set by customer - (^) Cost control - (^) Protects against denial of economic sustainability attacks

Virtualized Computing

Environments

• (^) Virtualized servers and networks
  • (^) Multitenancy

Cloud Computing Technologies

• (^) Workstations
• (^) Thin clients
• (^) Mobile clients
• (^) Servers
• (^) Other cloud services
  • (^) XML-based multi-cloud solutions

Review

• (^) Review questions
• (^) Additional exercises