Cloud Computing Basics

by T.B. Rehman

This book is designed for use as a primary textbook for a course in cloud computing or as a resource for professionals in industry seeking to explore cloud services. The book highlights the recent developments in distributed computing and details the architecture, virtualization concepts, and security concerns of cloud computing. It also provides a detailed understanding of the benefits of cloud computing that can encourage enterprises to switch to the cloud. Features +Provides a basic understanding of the computing paradigm of cloud computing +Gives a brief introduction to cloud computing, its architecture, and the Hadoop Distributed File System +Deals with cloud management concepts like scalable, fault tolerance, resiliency, provisioning, asset management, cloud governance, high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-tenancy +Includes case studies on MS Azure, the Google App engine, Amazon Web Services, Aneka, etc. Brief Table of Contents 1. Overview of the Computing Paradigm. 2. Roadmap for Cloud Computing. 3. Cloud Virtualization Technology. 4. Cloud Computing Architecture. 5. Cloud Management. 6. Cloud Security. 7. Case Studies. Index.

Genres: Reference

276 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Luis · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is a bit weak and feels more like a course syllabus than a textbook. So far not one reference encountered in-text/in-place, diagrams have no attribution, comparison table has some arbitrary data (just values that are not discussed elsewhere like "half" for virtualization), projects a vision that is dogmatic and a bit removed from reality.

For instance, in a paragraph it mentions "cloud infrastructure is very robust and is always available at any time". The various status pages across the various cloud providers (on each of the respective regions) and recent outages would seem evidence to the contrary.

The content on security is much more passable. However, the first few chapters were mostly a waste of time. Also, it feels as if many sources were copy and pasted such that the same terms get redefined at least twice. Some sections are of much better quality than others so perhaps the book just needed more editing.

[franthormel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this since I was learning Google Cloud Platform in my projects and I thought this book would be interesting. In the first few chapters, an overview of computing is discussed. This followed by its key attributes and then several examples of cloud providers, subvariants, and their features.

[Timothy Pecoraro · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book does do what the title says. There are plenty of better free online resources with better information and examples. This book might have been more relevant four years ago when it was published than it is today.