2do Parcial Flashcards
what is hot swap?
swaping any part of a server without turning it off.
what are mission critical servers?
servers that can never be off (hospitals, banks)
what’s the difference between gabinet and rack?
A rack is a set of units of hardware where data is stored in servers, a gabinet is like a rack, only with a door.
what is a data center?
its a facility that can be private (a room within an organization) that houses an organizations IT operations where the racks are managed. The data is processed in data centers. They need to have thermal regulators,
Data centers are usually supported and managed by one of four categories
- enterprises
- multi-tenant data center and colocation facilities
- hyperscale and cloud
- carrier and service provider
Within a data center, the following technical spaces are managed by the provider:
- PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
- NETWORK AND IT SYSTEMS
- POWER RESOURCES
- ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
- PERFORMANCE AND
- OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
The technical spaces within a data center tackle the following challenges:
- risk management: 6 layer approach the first one is the perimeter , the clear zone, facade and reception, service corridor, the data hall, data cabinet
- network migration
- power optimization
- thermal efficiency
- DCIM enablement
What is MDA in a data center?
MDA- Main distribution area: houses core network equipment like routers, switches and connections to external networks.
What is an HDA in a data center?
HDA-horizontal distribution area: intermediate between the MDA and EDA
What is EDA in a data center?
EDA- equipment distribution area: zone closest to the actual hardware (servers, storage devices) where the connections from the HDa reach end-user equipment.
What is multitenency?
When customers can share the resources of each server in a data center.
What is a Tier 1 data center?
Tier 1: Used by small businesses with
- minimal IT requirements
- no need for high availability
- some downtime is acceptable.
- 99.671% uptime
- 28.8 hours of downtime per year
- no redundancy.
What is a Tier 2 data center?
Tier 2: Small to medium businesses
- more reliability
- not full redundancy
- some tolerance for downtime.
- 99.749% uptime
- 22 hours of downtime
- partial redundancy in power and cooling.
What is a Tier 3 data center?
Tier 3: Large businesses
- consistent uptime
- can afford minimal downtime
- ie. ecommerce
- 99.982% uptime
- 1.6 hours of downtime
- N+1 fault-tolerant
- 72 hours of power outage protection.
What is a Tier 4 data center?
Tier 4: mission-critical environments/ enterprise corporations
- Highest level of redundancy and protection.
- 99.995% uptime
- 2.4 minutes of downtime
- 2N+1 fully redundant systems.
What is a thin client model?
The server takes charge of: data management, application processing
The client takes charge of: minimal local tasks
What is a fat client model?
The server takes charge of: data management
The client takes charge of: tasks that demand more local resources, gaming or graphic design.
What is scaling up/down or vertically?
It means adding (or removing) resources to a single node, typically the addition of CPUs, memory or storage to a single computer.
What is scaling out/in or horizontally?
It means adding (or removing) more nodes to a system, such as a new computer to a distributed software application.
How does freedom of movement differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless networks: Users can access anywhere with an internet connection.
Wired connection: Limited to the distance between the wire and port.
How do costs differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: relatively accessible
Wired network: expensive instalation
How do cables differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: uncomplicated wiring
Wired network: complicated wiring
How does business differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: businesses with public access is needed to increase the revenue.
Wired network: Not recommended for public use, only for office work.
How does velocity differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: lower
Wired network: higher
How does security differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: less secure; bandwidth and information is vulnerable outside the instalations.
Wired network: more secure than wireless as it is intramural
How does set up differ between a wireless network and a wired network?
Wireless network: easy and quick to configure
Wired network: hard and requires more time to configure it.
What is an OSI model?
Open Systems Interconnection Model standardizes the functions of a network into seven layers.
What are the layers in an OSI model?
- Application
- Presentation
- Session
- Transport
- Network
- Data Link
- Physical
What happens on the application layer of the OSI model?
A file is created and sent to a translator for the data to be sent through software.
What happens on the presentation layer of the OSI model?
It translates data formats and encryption.
What happens on the session layer of the OSI model?
It manages connections between applications, the emissor and recipient.