Tag: CLOUD COMPUTING

Week 14 – Review and Test 2

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In our final week of class for IST 423, we began with chapter 14 in an effort to finish learning all material that will be on the exam this Friday. On Wednesday we had a review where Dr.Fusco essential just clicked through the review powerpoint and asked everyone if they had any questions. I did not find this to be a review, moreover it seemed an exclamation by professor to spite the few students who had not attended class for the majority of the semester. Friday is the exam and I am confident I will earn a score that will allow me to start my career next month on time. Thank you for giving this class your best effort this semester Dr. Fusco, there was many real-world examples that I appreciated.

https://www.konstantinfo.com/blog/why-multi-tenancy-application-architecture-matters/

Week 13 – Presentations

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This week, we had presented our Amazon Web Service case studies to professor Fusco and the class. The groups were broken down by twos on all three class days this week, with my group, Team 1, going on Friday.  My group selected the Benchling company’s case study because it sounded the most interesting. Benchling is a life sciences company that runs a database on their platform that is accessible by scientists across the globe in order to further their research. The powerpoints were around 10 to 20 minutes each and were all extremely interesting and helped broaden my knowledge of real world applications.

Here is an article I found that helped me understand Benchlings purpose when I was doing my research –

Benchling raises $14.5M to help streamline collaboration among scientists

Week 12 – Backup Agents and The Cloud

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This week we have been focused on learning the ins and outs of cloud computing. Businesses in todays world are taking full advantage of cloud computing technology to boost business functionality and progress. Cloud computing makes vendors and users have an easier experience of utilizing softwares, infrastructures and applications they may not have had the chance to before. Infrastructure-as-a-service, Platform-as-a-service, and Software-as-a-service are the three main models of cloud computing. All three have their role in creating ease to resources they may not have had before. Cloud computing has in some ways taken over society and is a main driver of many organizations today.

Here is this interesting web page I found that helps outline some backup options in todays world –

https://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/backup-exec-agents-and-options

Week 3 – The Data Environment

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This week in class we talked about the data environment. The topics we talked about led me to an understanding of the core elements of a data center, as well as built on my understanding of virtualization, and allowed me to  formulate a comprehension on the different types of data storage and how they work.I still think its crazy that in most instances the work many people do on their computers uses all web services which utilize virtualization. Web services and virtualization allow for software and applications to be virtual so that CPU and RAM are mostly not used on a PC. I found our talk about how logical volume works to be particularly interesting and how server virtualization is the future.

Here is a good read from RedHat on virtualization that I learned a lot from.

https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/virtualization

 

Week 2- Chapter 1, Introduction to Info-Storage

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In our second week of IST 423, we learned about virtualisation and information storage being immensely complicated. Virtualising a database will allow an organisation to make use of the Database as a service without having to get another third-party vendor. By doing this it will give you an advantage of adopting a model that will reduce redundancy, increase efficiency, and also maintain coverage. I found some interesting case studies at the link below that talk more about the real life circumstances this information is used and is a critical factor in major corporations computing solutions.

https://www.infobeans.com/verticals/storage-virtualization