CY-703 (D) RGPV B.Tech
Cloud Computing (CC)
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Previous Year Papers
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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CY-703 (D)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction of Grid and Cloud Computing 11 topics
- Grid and Cloud computing concepts
- Characteristics of cloud computing
- Components of cloud computing
- Business and IT perspective of cloud
- Cloud services requirements
- Cloud service models (public, private, hybrid)
- Security in public cloud model
- Public versus private clouds
- Cloud computing platforms: Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure
- Utility Computing
- Elastic Computing
Unit 2 Cloud Services 12 topics
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Cloud design and implementation using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Conceptual cloud model
- Cloud stack
- Computing on demand
- Information life‑cycle management
- Cloud analytics
- Information security in cloud
- Virtual desktop infrastructure
- Storage cloud
Unit 3 Virtualization Technology 10 topics
- Definition and benefits of virtualization
- Sensor virtualization
- Hardware‑assisted virtualization (HVM)
- Study of hypervisors
- Logical partitioning (LPAR)
- Storage virtualization
- Storage Area Networks (SAN)
- Network‑attached storage (NAS)
- Cloud server virtualization
- Virtualized data centre
Unit 4 Cloud Security Fundamentals 13 topics
- Vulnerability assessment tools for cloud
- Privacy and security in cloud environments
- Cloud security architecture
- Architectural considerations – general issues
- Trusted cloud computing
- Secure execution environments and communications
- Micro‑architectures
- Identity management
- Access control mechanisms
- Autonomic security
- Virtualization security management
- Virtual machine (VM) security recommendations
- VM‑specific security techniques
Unit 5 SOA and Cloud 13 topics
- SOA integration with IaaS
- Cloud infrastructure benchmarks
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
- Business intelligence in cloud
- e‑Business considerations
- Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in cloud
- Cloud performance monitoring commands
- Quality of Service (QoS) issues in cloud
- Mobile cloud computing
- Inter‑cloud issues
- Sky computing
- Cloud computing platforms: Xen, Eucalyptus, OpenNebula, Nimbus, TPlatform, Apache Virtual Computing Lab (VCL)
- Anomaly Elastic Computing Platform
Other 7th semester CY subjects
- CY-701 Machine Learning
- CY-702 (A) Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis
- CY-702 (B) Block Chain & Crypto-Currencies
- CY-702 (C) Mobile Security and Forensics
- CY-702 (D) Multimedia Security & Forensics
- CY-703 (A) Ethical Hacking
- CY-703 (B) Cyber Security Policies & Standards
- CY-703 (C) Data Engineering