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Learn the basics of cloud storage, including how to plan cloud storage, estimate costs, and secure storage instances.
Storage is one of the most widely utilized cloud-computing services. Companies are eager to take advantage of object-based storage with unlimited scalabilityâand IT professionals are the ones who need to make it work. This course covers the basics of cloud storage, including storage planning, budgeting, and security. Instructor David Linthicum demos account creation and management with Amazon Web Services, but the lessons are high level and applicable to almost any cloud solution. Learn about file, block, and object storage; explore planning and requirements gathering; and review three practical use cases for cloud storage, including one featuring logging and other storage management subsystems.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Cloud storage overview
- Block storage
- Object storage
- File storage
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Planning your storage
- Creating the business case for cloud storage
- Allocating storage instances
- Placing data on cloud storage instances
- Securing cloud storage instances
- Removing storage instances
- Usage-based accounting
- Understanding how to define the value
- Understanding your storage requirements
- Defining costs
- Defining projected storage growth
- Defining implementation
- File system storage
- Data storage
- Logging and other storage requirements
- Next steps
