Learn in-demand cloud computing skills from industry experts

Deploying and Managing a Cloud Infrastructure is an excellent resource for IT professionals seeking to tap into the demand for cloud administrators. This book helps prepare candidates for the CompTIA Cloud+ Certification (CV0-001) cloud computing certification exam. Designed for IT professionals with 2-3 years of networking experience, this certification provides validation of your cloud infrastructure knowledge.

With over 30 years of combined experience in cloud computing, the author team provides the latest expert perspectives on enterprise-level mobile computing, and covers the most essential topics for building and maintaining cloud-based systems, including:

* Understanding basic cloud-related computing concepts, terminology, and characteristics

* Identifying cloud delivery solutions and deploying new infrastructure

* Managing cloud technologies, services, and networks

* Monitoring hardware and software performance

Featuring real-world examples and interactive exercises, Deploying and Managing Cloud Infrastructure delivers practical knowledge you can apply immediately. And, in addition, you also get access to a full set of electronic study tools including:

* Interactive Test Environment

* Electronic Flashcards

* Glossary of Key Terms

Now is the time to learn the cloud computing skills you need to take that next step in your IT career.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Abdul Salam is a senior consultant with Energy Services,
and author of numerous blogs, books, white papers, and tutorials on
cloud computing. He earned his bachelor's degree in
Information Technology, followed by an MBA-IT degree and
certifications by Cisco and Juniper Networks. He's a frequent
contributor to CloudTweaks.com. Zafar Gilani is an IT
specialist at GfK, Nuremberg. He was an Erasmus Mundus scholar at
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Kungliga
Tekniska högskolan (KTH), with postgraduate studies focused on
distributed computing. Salman UI Haq is co-founder and CEO
of TunaCode, Inc, which delivers GPU-accelerated computing
solutions to time-critical application domains. He's a
frequent CloudTweaks.com contributor, and holds a degree in
Computer Systems Engineering.

Deploying and Managing a Cloud Infrastructure is an excellent resource for IT professionals seeking to tap into the demand for cloud administrators. This book helps prepare candidates for the CompTIA Cloud+ Certification (CV0-001) cloud computing certification exam. Designed for IT professionals with 2-3 years of networking experience, this certification provides validation of your cloud infrastructure knowledge.

With over 30 years of combined experience in cloud computing, the author team provides the latest expert perspectives on enterprise-level mobile computing, and covers the most essential topics for building and maintaining cloud-based systems, including:

• Understanding basic cloud-related computing concepts, terminology, and characteristics
• Identifying cloud delivery solutions and deploying new infrastructure
• Managing cloud technologies, services, and networks
• Monitoring hardware and software performance

Featuring real-world examples and interactive exercises, Deploying and Managing Cloud Infrastructure delivers practical knowledge you can apply immediately. And, in addition, you also get access to a full set of electronic study tools including:

• Interactive Test Environment
• Electronic Flashcards
• Glossary of Key Terms

Now is the time to learn the cloud computing skills you need to take that next step in your IT career.

Introduction xxiii

Chapter 1 Understanding Cloud Characteristics 1

Basic Terms and Characteristics 2

Elasticity 2

On-Demand Self-service/JIT 3

Templating 4

Pay as You Grow 6

Pay-as-You-Grow Theory vs. Practice 7

Chargeback 8

Ubiquitous Access 9

Metering Resource Pooling 10

Multitenancy 11

Cloud Bursting 13

Rapid Deployment 14

Object Storage Concepts 16

File-Based Data Storage 16

Object Storage 18

Structured vs. Unstructured Data 18

REST APIs 19

Summary 25

Chapter Essentials 26

Chapter 2 To Grasp the CloudFundamental Concepts 27

The True Nature of the Cloud 28

Elastic 29

Massive 29

On Demand 29

Virtualized 30

Secure 30

Always Available 30

Virtualization and Scalability 31

The True Definer of Cloud Computing 32

Serving the Whole World 32

The Cloud Hypervisor 33

Type 1 and Type 2 33

Use Cases and Examples 34

Benefits of Hypervisors 35

Hypervisor Security Concerns 35

Proprietary vs. Open Source 36

Moore's Law, Increasing Performance, and Decreasing Enterprise Usage 36

Xen Cloud Platform (Open Source) 37

KVM (Open Source) 38

OpenVZ (Open Source) 38

VirtualBox (Open Source) 39

Citrix XenServer (Proprietary) 39

VMware vSphere/ESXi (Proprietary) 39

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V 41

Consumer vs. Enterprise Use 41

Workstation vs. Infrastructure 43

Key Benefits of Implementing Hypervisors 46

Shared Resources 46

Elasticity 46

Network and Application Isolation 47

Foundations of Cloud Computing 48

Infrastructure 48

Platform 49

Applications 50

Enabling Services 50

Summary 50

Chapter Essentials 51

Chapter 3 Within the Cloud: Technical Concepts of Cloud Computing 53

Technical Basics of Cloud and Scalable Computing 54

Defining a Data Center 55

Traditional vs. Cloud Hardware 62

Determining Cloud Data Center Hardware and Infrastructure 65

Optimization and the Bottom Line 70

The Cloud Infrastructure 78

Open Source 79

Proprietary 84

Summary 85

Chapter Essentials 86

Chapter 4 Cloud Management 87

Understanding Cloud Management Platforms 88

What It Means for Service Providers 90

Planning Your Cloud 90

Building Your Cloud 94

Running Your Cloud 95

What This Means for Customers 95

Service-Level Agreements 97

Policies and Procedures 97

Planning the Documentation of the Network and IP 98

Implementing Change Management Best Practices 100

Managing the Configuration 105

Managing Cloud Workloads 111

Managing Workloads Right on the Cloud 111

Managing Risk 112

Securing Data in the Cloud 113

Managing Devices 114

Virtualizing the Desktop 115

Enterprise Cloud Solution 116

Summary 116

Chapter Essentials 119

Chapter 5 Diagnosis and Performance Monitoring 121

Performance Concepts 122

Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) 123

Read vs. Write Files 124

File System Performance 125

Metadata Performance 127

Caching 130

Bandwidth 131

Throughput: Bandwidth Aggregation 132

Jumbo Frames 134

Network Latency 135

Hop Counts 136

Quality of Service (QoS) 137

Multipathing 137