Cloud Fundamentals

Question 1

What is the cloud?

Answer 1

Network of servers, each server performs a different function(some deliver and some perform)
Share resources and technology across multiple users
Microsoft defines a public cloud as a web based service hosted outside your organization

Question 2

What are some of the benefits of cloud computing?

Answer 2

• The advantage of cloud services is that they provide a dynamic infrastructure that allows you to change the services provided based on the changing levels of demand.

Question 3

What is scalability?

Answer 3

Scalability: The ability to continue functioning as the application or product changes in size or colume in order to meet user needs.

Question 4

What is elasticity?

Answer 4

Is the degree which a system can adapt to workload changes by provisioning or deprovisioning resources automatically.

Question 5

What are the different models of the cloud?

Answer 5

Pay-as-you-go model is a billing method that is aimed at organizations and end-users.

Question 6

What do on premise services allow you to configure?

Answer 6

○ Software
○ Resources
○ Topology Access

Question 7

What are the secuirty requirement for cloud?

Answer 7

○ Strong passwords, that are changed regularly.
○ Set the rights and permissions on what is needed.
○ Encryption
○ Auditing and monitoring

Question 8

What is the public cloud?

Answer 8

○ a public cloud as a web-based service that is hosted outside of your organization.

Question 9

What is the private cloud?

Answer 9

is contained within the corporate network and is controlled by the corporate IT department.

Question 10

What is the hosted private cloud?

Answer 10

○ is provided by a third-party company but is accessible only by users within a specific organization.

Question 11

What is a hybrid cloud?

Answer 11

○ is a cloud-computing environment in which the organization provides and manages some of the resources in-house and a third party provides the hosted servers for the organization externally.
○ You can connect collocations such as an organization data center (private cloud) with a public cloud or by combining two public clouds.

Question 12

What is transparency?

Answer 12

• There must be transparency from you cloud provider regarding security and compliance measure that the provider uses to protect your sensitive info.