Unit Details Lectures
I Introduction to Cloud Computing: Introduction, Historical
developments, Building Cloud Computing Environments, Principles of
Parallel and Distributed Computing: Eras of Computing, Parallel v/s
distributed computing, Elements of Parallel Computing, Elements of
distributed computing, Technologies for distributed computing.
Virtualization: Introduction, Characteristics of virtualized 12
environments, Taxonomy of virtualization techniques, Virtualization
and cloud computing, Pros and cons of virtualization, Technology
examples. Logical Network Perimeter, Virtual Server, Cloud Storage
Device, Cloud usage monitor, Resource replication, Ready-made
environment.
II Cloud Computing Architecture: Introduction, Fundamental concepts
and models, Roles and boundaries, Cloud Characteristics, Cloud
Delivery models, Cloud Deployment models, Economics of the cloud,
Open challenges. Fundamental Cloud Security: Basics, Threat 12
agents, Cloud security threats, additional considerations. Industrial
Platforms and New Developments: Amazon Web Services, Google
App Engine, Microsoft Azure.
III Specialized Cloud Mechanisms: Automated Scaling listener, Load
Balancer, SLA monitor, Pay-per-use monitor, Audit monitor, fail over
system, Hypervisor, Resource Centre, Multidevice broker, State
Management Database. Cloud Management Mechanisms: Remote
administration system, Resource Management System, SLA
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Management System, Billing Management System, Cloud Security
Mechanisms: Encryption, Hashing, Digital Signature, Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Single
Sign-On (SSO), Cloud-Based Security Groups, Hardened Virtual
Server Images
IV Fundamental Cloud Architectures: Workload Distribution
Architecture, Resource Pooling Architecture, Dynamic Scalability
Architecture, Elastic Resource Capacity Architecture, Service Load
Balancing Architecture, Cloud Bursting Architecture, Elastic Disk
Provisioning Architecture, Redundant Storage Architecture. Advanced
Cloud Architectures: Hypervisor Clustering Architecture, Load
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Balanced Virtual Server Instances Architecture, Non-Disruptive
Service Relocation Architecture, Zero Downtime Architecture, Cloud
Balancing Architecture, Resource Reservation Architecture, Dynamic
Failure Detection and Recovery Architecture, Bare-Metal Provisioning
Architecture, Rapid Provisioning Architecture, Storage Workload
Management Architecture
V Cloud Delivery Model Considerations: Cloud Delivery Models: The
Cloud Provider Perspective, Cloud Delivery Models: The Cloud
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Consumer Perspective, Cost Metrics and Pricing Models: Business
Cost Metrics, Cloud Usage Cost Metrics, Cost Management
Considerations, Service Quality Metrics and SLAs: Service Quality
Metrics, SLA Guidelines
Books and References:
Sr. No. Title Author/s Publisher Edition Year
1. Mastering Cloud Rajkumar Buyya, Elsevier - 2013
Computing Foundations and Christian
Applications Programming Vecchiola, S.
Thamarai Selvi
2. Cloud Computing Thomas Erl, Prentice - 2013
Concepts, Technology & Zaigham Hall
Architecture Mahmood,
and Ricardo
Puttini
3. Distributed and Cloud Kai Hwang, Jack MK -- 2012
Computing, From Parallel Dongarra, Geoffrey Publishers
Processing to the Internet of Fox
Things
