Module I: Cloud Computing Overview

• Origins of Cloud Computing, Cloud Components
• Essential characteristics: On-demand self-service, Broad network access, Location-independent resource pooling, Rapid elasticity, Measured service
• Comparing cloud providers vs traditional IT
• Roots of cloud computing

Module II: Cloud Insights

• Architectural influences – High-performance computing, Utility & Enterprise grid computing
• Cloud scenarios, Benefits: scalability, simplicity, vendor support, security
• Limitations: Sensitive information, Security levels of third-party providers
• Regulatory issues: Government policies

Module III: Cloud Architecture - Layers & Models

• Layers in Cloud Architecture
• SaaS, PaaS, IaaS – Features & Benefits
• Cloud Deployment Models: Public, Private, Community, Hybrid
• Advantages & Challenges of Cloud Computing

Module IV: Cloud Simulators

• CloudSim: Architecture, User code, GridSim, SimJava
• GreenCloud: Introduction & features

Module V: Introduction to VMware Simulator

• VMware basics & advantages
• Using VMware Workstation
• Creating, cloning, and managing virtual machines

Module I: Introduction to Virtualization

• Virtualization & cloud computing: Need, benefits, limitations
• Types of hardware virtualization: Full, Partial, Para
• Desktop virtualization: Software, Memory, Storage, Data, Network virtualization

Module II: Hypervisors & Virtual Machines

• Server virtualization concepts
• Types of virtual machines
• Hypervisor concepts & types

Module III: Virtualization Solutions

• Microsoft’s virtualization solutions and Infrastructure Optimization Model
• Benefits: Datacenter, Client, Cloud virtualization

Module IV: Migrating into a Cloud

• Challenges and approaches for cloud migration
• Seven-step model for migration, Risks & Mitigation
• Enterprise cloud adoption & deployment models

Module 1: Introduction to Storage Technology

• Information Storage, Data types, Storage Evolution, Data Center Infrastructure
• Information Lifecycle Management (ILM): Implementation & Benefits

Module 2: Data Protection & Intelligent Storage Systems

• RAID levels, Implementation, Impact on Performance
• Components of Intelligent Storage Systems, Midrange & High-end Systems

Module 3: Storage Networking Technologies & Virtualization

• DAS, SCSI types, Disk Interfaces
• SAN: Fibre Channel, Components
• NAS: Benefits & Components

Module 4: CAS & Business Continuity

• CAS Architecture, Object Storage & Retrieval
• Business Continuity: Terminology, Planning Lifecycle, Failure Analysis

Module 5: Backup, Recovery & Replication

• Backup: Purpose, Methods, Topologies, Processes
• Replication: Local & Remote, Technologies & Data Consistency

Networking Fundamentals

• OSI & TCP/IP Model, IPv4 addressing & subnetting, Routing Basics
• NAT, Firewall introduction

IAM

• Users & groups, Policies, Roles, Federated access, AD connector

Compute Service

• EC2 instances, Windows & Linux, Security Groups, AMI creation & usage
• Elastic Block Store (EBS): Attach, Detach, Resize, Snapshots, Cross-region copy

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• Creating VPC, Subnet, Route Table, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, NACLs
• VPC Peering, Endpoints, Virtual Private Gateways (VPG), Customer Gateways (CGW), VPN

AWS Storage

• S3: Bucket creation, Upload/Download, Versioning, Lifecycle, Static Hosting, Encryption, MFA
• Object vs Block Storage, EBS encryption

AWS Auto-Scaling & Load Balancing

• Auto-Scaling: Policies, Launch configuration, Scheduled scaling
• Load Balancer: Classic, Network, Application, Cross-zone balancing

Route 53 & Databases

• Route 53: Hosted zones, Record sets, Health checks, Routing policies
• Databases: RDS, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB

Monitoring & Additional Key Services

• CloudWatch: Logs, Events, Subscription filters
• CloudFront, CloudTrail, Lambda, SNS, SQS, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk