What is Cloud Computing? Flashcards
What consists of cables, routers, and servers connected with one another?
Network
Which device forwards data packets between computer networks? (they know where to send your packets on the internet)
Router
What takes a packet and sends it to the correct server/client on your network?
Switch
What is the on-demand delivery of computer power, database storage, applications, and other IT resources?
Cloud computing
Which deployment model of the cloud involves cloud services used by a single organization - not exposed to the public?
Private Cloud
Which deployment model of the cloud involves complete control, security for sensitive applications, and meets specific business needs?
Private Cloud
Which deployment model of the cloud involves resources owned & operated by a third-party cloud service provider, delivered over the internet?
Public cloud
Which deployment model of the cloud keeps some servers on-premises & extends some capabilities to the cloud?
Hybrid Cloud
Which deployment model of the cloud allows control over sensitive assets in your private infrastructure, while also allowing for the flexibility & cost-effectiveness of the cloud?
Hybrid Cloud
What are the 5 characteristics of cloud computing?
- On-demand _____ - _______
- Broad ______ _______
- ____ - ________ & resource pooling
- Rapid elasticity & __________
- _________ service
- self-service
- network access
- Multi-tenancy
- scalability
- Measured
What are the 6 advantages of cloud computing?
- _______ _________ expense (CAPEX) for __________ expense
- Benefit from massive __________ of ________
- Stop guessing __________
- Increase speed & _______
- Stop spending money running & maintaining _____ _______
- Go _______ in minutes
- Trade capital… operational
- economies… scale
- capacity
- agility
- data centers
- global
What are 7 problems solved by the cloud? (think FCSEHFA)
Flexibility Cost-effectiveness Scalability Elasticity High-availability Fault-tolerance Agility
What are the 3 types of cloud computing? (think IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
What are AWS’s 3 pricing fundamentals?
Compute
Transfer
Data transfer OUT of the Cloud
What is an AWS Region?
A cluster of data centers
Each region has many ___________ _________.
availability zones
Availability zones contain one or more discrete _________ __________ with redundant power, networking, & connectivity.
data centers
Amazon has 216 _______ of ___________.
Points of Presence
Amazon Points of Presence contain 205 _____ ________ & 11 _________ ______ in 84 cities across 2 countries.
Edge Locations
Regional Caches
According to the Shared Responsibility Model, the customer is responsible for the security __ the cloud
in
According to the Shared Responsibility Model, AWS is responsible for the security __ the cloud
of
What does IAM stand for?
Identity and Access Management
IAM is a ________ service.
global
With IAM, a _____ account is created by default, and it shouldn’t be used or shared.
root
_____ are people within your organization, and they can grouped (think IAM).
Users
_______ only contain users, not other ________. Users don’t have to belong to one, but they can belong to multiple.
Groups (same for both)
