Datacenter components
Beginner
Developer
Student
Azure
Take a deep dive into datacenters to discover how they are laid out and how computing resources are provisioned and metered.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Describe various information technology components that you find in a datacenter
- Recall facilities' components to a datacenter
- Recall the various features provided by cloud middleware
- Describe the resource provisioning process from the context of a cloud service provider
- Recall the issues related to resource metering for cloud service providers
- Describe the metering architecture in OpenStack's Ceilometer
- Recall the service components of OpenStack and identify their individual functions
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
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