Terms Flashcards
High
Availability
Highly available systems are designed to operate continuously without failure for a long time. These systems avoid loss of service by reducing or managing failures.
Elasticity
With elasticity, you don’t have to plan ahead of time how much capacity you need. You can provision only what you need, and then grow and shrink based on demand.
Agility
The cloud gives you increased agility. All the services you have access to help you innovate faster, giving you speed to market.
Durability
Durability is all about long-term data protection. This means your data will remain intact without corruption.
Capital Expenditures (CapEx)
Capital expenditures are upfront purchases toward fixed assets.
equipment, property, computers, software
Operating Expenses
OpEx
Operating expenses are funds used to run day-to-day operations.
R&D, salary’s, rent, marketing
Edge Locations
Edge locations cache content for fast delivery to your users