8 weeks · 73 topics of IT436 Cloud Computing, organized for fast, focused revision.
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What the cloud really is, how it differs from traditional IT, and the models that define every cloud service.
Servers, hyper-converged infrastructure, and the virtualization technology that powers every cloud VM.
From spinning platters to RAID, caching, storage access methods, and provisioning strategies.
Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks: components, topologies, ports, layers, addressing, and zoning.
Running storage over IP networks with iSCSI and FCIP — initiators, targets, adapters, discovery, and tunneling.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: converging SAN and LAN onto one lossless Ethernet fabric.
Data-center network design: traffic patterns, congestion problems, physical layouts, and modern fabrics.
The brain of the cloud: discovering, grading, allocating, and optimizing compute, storage, and network resources.