Case studies: Distributed file systems
Beginner
Developer
Student
Azure
Discover how distributed file systems work, then learn about Hadoop and Ceph.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Review the design goals and architectural characteristics of Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS)
- Review the design goals and architectural characteristics of the Ceph file system (Ceph FS)
- Compare and contrast HDFS and the Ceph file system
In partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.
Prerequisites
- Understand what cloud computing is, including cloud service models, and common cloud providers
- Know the technologies that enable cloud computing
- Understand how cloud service providers pay for and bill for the cloud
- Know what datacenters are and why they exist
- Know how datacenters are set up, powered, and provisioned
- Understand how cloud resources are provisioned and metered
- Be familiar with the concept of virtualization
- Know what the different types of virtualization are
- Understand CPU virtualization
- Understand memory virtualization
- Understand I/O virtualization
- Know about the different types of data and how they are stored
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