CompTIA A+ Core 1 Exam 220-1101
Lesson 7
Summarizing Virtualization and Cloud
Concepts
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Objectives
• Summarize client-side virtualization
• Summarize cloud concepts
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Lesson 7
Topic 7A
Summarize Client-side Virtualization
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Hypervisors
• Functions
• Emulation and resource
allocation
• Guest OS support
• Types
• Host-based (Type II) installed to
an existing OS
• Bare metal (Type I) installed
directly to the computer
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Uses for Virtualization
• Client-side virtualization
• Sandboxes, install legacy software applications
and operating systems, test software across
different platforms, training, …
• Server-side virtualization
• Better hardware utilization and resource
flexibility
• Application virtualization
• Install software to server and stream to clients
• Container virtualization
• Run apps within an isolated workspace
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Virtualization Resource Requirements
• CPU platform
• Virtualization extensions
• Virtual CPU allocation
• Other resource
• System RAM allocation
• Mass storage space for disk
images
Screenshot courtesy of Microsoft
• Networking
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Virtualization Security Requirements
• Guest OS security
• Manage patches and security apps on each guest
• Rogue VMs
• Host security
• Increased risk from hardware failures
• Hypervisor security and VM escaping
• Manage patches and security of hypervisor
• Isolate host from guests and isolate guests from other guests
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Review Activity: Client-side Virtualization
• Hypervisors
• Uses for Virtualization
• Virtualization Resource and Security Requirements
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Lesson 7
Topic 7B
Summarize Cloud Concepts
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Cloud Characteristics
• Cloud versus on-premises or hosted services
• For cloud consumers
• Metered utilization
• For cloud service providers
• High availability
• Scalability
• Rapid elasticity
• Shared resources
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Common Cloud Deployment Models
• Public cloud
• Cloud service provider (CSP)
• Multitenant
• Private cloud
• Organization’s departments or business users are the customers
• Community cloud
• Hybrid cloud
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Common Cloud Service Models
• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• Unconfigured network and computing
resources
• Virtual machines, switches, routers,
firewalls, load balancers, …
• Software as a service (SaaS)
• Fully configured applications
• Platform as a service (PaaS)
• Virtual machines with pre-installed
operating systems and software/database
environments
Screenshot courtesy of Amazon
• Customer creates and maintains the
applications
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Desktop Virtualization
• Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
• Provision client desktops as VMs
• Installed with OS version plus relevant applications software
• User access via minimal client hardware (thin client) or via browser/RDP
client
• Virtualization server
• On-premises versus cloud
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Cloud File Storage
• Personal file storage
• File synchronization between devices
• Document sharing
• Synchronize user changes
• Comment and review features
• Cloud replication
• Replication of files to different datacenter zones and geographies
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Software-defined Networking
• Provision and configure
network appliances through
code
• Layer model and SDN controller
• Application programming
interface (API)
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Review Activity: Cloud Concepts
• Cloud Characteristics
• Common Cloud Deployment and Service Models
• Desktop Virtualization
• Cloud File Storage
• Software-defined Networking
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CompTIA A+ Core 1 Exam 220-1101
Lesson 7
Summary
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