EOS Week One: Assignment

Overview: Week One

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center.

Assignment

Week One of this multimedia tutorial covers several topics. Specifically, it covers:
Introduction to Web Hosting
Introduction to DNS
Introduction to Web Servers
Introduction to Load Balancing
Dedicated vs. Cloud and Load Balancing

Deliverable

For your deliverable, choose one covered topic and write a three to five sentence synopsis of what you learned. Better synopses will include a screen capture from the tutorial.

Post your synopsis to your online portfolio.

Text Readings

Week 1, Ch1
Concepts, Models and Terminology
Week 2, Ch 2
Disk Storage Systems
Week 3, Ch 3 & Ch4
Storage Networking
Week 4, Ch 5
Virtualization Components

Mod One readings from Cloud+ Certification

Students may also find relevant sections from CompTIA Cloud+ Study Guide By: Todd Montgomery useful.

Mod One multimedia tutorials from Rack Space

Testable materials include Big Data Lecture.