EOS Week Two: Assignment

Overview: Week Two

In this tutorial, you will continue to learn about web hosting architectures with an emphasis on scalability and high availability.

Assignment

This multimedia tutorial covers several topics. Specifically, it includes:
Introduction to Multi-Tier Architectures
Horizontal and Vertical Scaling
A Look Inside the Cloud U-Build It Configurator Week 2 Challenge
Dedicated vs. Cloud and High Availability

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.