Overview of Cloud Computing Flashcards

1
Q

Five Essential Characteristics of Cloud

A
On Demand Self Service
Broad Network access
Resource Pooling
Rapid Elasticity
Measured service
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2
Q

Types of Cloud Deployment model

A

Private
Public
Hybrid

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3
Q

3 Service Models

A

IAAS
PAAS
SAAS

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4
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A small software layer that enables multiple operating systems to run alongside each other, sharing the same physical computing resources.

A

Hypervisor

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5
Q

Largest Chinese CLoud Provider

A

Alibaba (Aliyun)

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6
Q

Which Cloud provider specializes in SAAS focused in CRM

A

Salesforce

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7
Q

What is cloud bursting?

A

Leveraging public cloud instances for a period of time, but returning to the private cloud when the surge is met.

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8
Q

Type of Hybrid Multi Cloud

A

MonoCloud
Multi Cloud
Composite Multicloud

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9
Q

Which multicloud option cakes the flexibility even more granular as it distributes single applications across multiple providers.

A

Composite Multicloud

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10
Q

What are the Compute options in CLoud

A

Virtual Servers
Bare Metal
Serverless

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11
Q

Most commonly used storage in Cloud

A

Object Storage

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12
Q

Types of Hypervisor

A

Type 1

Type 2

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13
Q

Type 1 Hypervisor is known as ________ hypervisor

A

Bare Metal

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14
Q

Type 2 hypervisor is known as _____ hypervisor

A

Hosted

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15
Q

Which hypervisor is more secure and has lower latency?

A

Type 1

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16
Q

Type 1 Hypervisor Examples

A

Vmware
ESXi
Microsoft Hyper-v
Open Source KVM

17
Q

Type 2 Hypervisor Examples

A

Oracle
Virtual Box
Vmware Workstation

18
Q

Types of VM’s

A

Shared or Public
Transient or Spot
Dedicated Hosts

19
Q

Which VM type is suitable for meeting

compliance and regulatory requirements or to meet specific licensing terms.

A

Dedicated Host

20
Q

Workload examples satisfied by bare metal servers.

A

ERP
CRM
Deep Learning
AI

21
Q

Four type of Cloud Storage

A

Direct attached
File
Block
Object

22
Q

Direct Attached storage is also called ________

A

Local Storage

23
Q

OS stored in Direct Attached is Ephemeral. True or False?

A

True

24
Q

Disadvantage of Direct Attached Storage

A

Poor performance when data needs to be shared.

25
Q

File Storage is slower than Direct Attached and Block Storage because _____

A

It travels over ethernet network.

26
Q

Which storage is suitable for applications requirement high disk speed or low latency?

A

Block Storage

27
Q

Block storage can mounted on multiple compute node at a time. True or False?

A

False

28
Q

Object storage is accessed via an API, it is not attached to compute node. True or False?

A

True

29
Q

Storage which is slowest in terms of Read and Write speed

A

Object Storage

30
Q

Object Storage is used for storing static content, not suitable if content changes. True or False?

A

True

31
Q

Benefits of Cloud Native Apps

A

Agile and Scalable
Maximum Flexibility
Commoditization

32
Q

Common goals of Application Modernization

A

Microservices Architecture
Devops
Cloud migration

33
Q

Concerns of IAAS

A

Lack of transparency

Dependency on third party.

34
Q

Risk of PAAS

A

Information Security threats

Dependency on provider infrastructure