Cloud Concepts Flashcards
(#) Number of answers in the group (A) Expand acronym and one answer
Cloud Computing (2)
on-demand delivery of IT resources via Internet
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Benefits of cloud computing (5)
Trade capital expense to variable expense Economies of scale No need to guess capacity Agility No physical maintenance
Elasticity
ability to acquire recourses needed and release them when not needed
Reliability
ability to always provide functionality
Agility (4)
Lower costs of testing and new ideas
Reducing maintenance time
Reduce security risk
Access to new technologies
IaaS (A)
Infrastructure as a Service
full virtual servers ran in the cloud
SaaS (A)
Software as a Service
software is licensed and hosted in the cloud
PaaS (A)
Platform as a Service
bundle of one or more applications in the cloud without a full VM
Public Cloud
deployed on public cloud provider
Private Cloud
cloud-like platform in private datacenter
Hybrid Cloud
public cloud applications connected to private datacenter
Availability
application is built so that single failure won’t reduce functionality
Region (2)
Specific geographic location
Location has cluster of datacenters
AZ (3)
Availability Zone
Distinct locations in region that are isolated to provide availability
Each Region has multiple Availability Zones
Edge Location (2)
Allows AWS to serve content from locations closest to users
Node of CDN (Content Delivery Network)