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CY-703 (D) RGPV B.Tech

Cloud Computing (CC)

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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 1 notes
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 2 notes
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 3 notes
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 4 notes
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
Unit 5 notes
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