Start with Some Basics
Explore the foundational concepts of cloud computing by understanding servers, virtualization, data centers, and the advantages of moving to the cloud. This lesson equips beginners with key terminology and technical insights needed to grasp cloud principles, enabling informed discussions and decisions about cloud architecture.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
- Servers
- Virtualization
- Hypervisors
- What is a data center?
- Reasons to move to the cloud
- Capital expense vs. variable expense:
- Benefit from massive economies of scale:
- Stop guessing about capacity:
- Increase speed and agility:
- Stop spending money on running and maintaining data centers:
- Go global in minutes
- Almost zero upfront infrastructure investment:
- Just-in-time infrastructure:
- More efficient resource utilization:
- Usage-based costing:
- Reduced time to market:
- Technical benefits of cloud computing
Below is a glossary of key terms used throughout this course. It’s placed at the start ...