Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud

✍ Scribed by Reese, George

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you're involved in planning IT infrastructure as a network or system architect, system administrator, or developer, this book will help you adapt your skills to work with these highly scalable, highly redundant infrastructure services. Cloud Application Architectures will help you determine whether and how to put your applications into these virtualized services, with critical guidance on issues of cost, availability, performance, scaling, privacy, and security.;Cloud Application Architectures; Organization of the Material; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; We'd Like Your Feedback!; Acknowledgments; 1. Cloud Computing; Hardware; Hardware virtualization; Cloud storage; Cloud Application Architectures; Transactional Computing; The Value of Cloud Computing; The Economics; Cost comparison; The bottom line; Cloud Infrastructure Models; Infrastructure As a Service; Private Clouds; All of the Above; An Overview of Amazon Web Services; Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3); Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS).

✦ Table of Contents

Cloud Application Architectures
Organization of the Material
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safari® Books Online
We'd Like Your Feedback!
Acknowledgments
1. Cloud Computing
Hardware
Hardware virtualization
Cloud storage
Cloud Application Architectures
Transactional Computing
The Value of Cloud Computing
The Economics
Cost comparison
The bottom line
Cloud Infrastructure Models
Infrastructure As a Service
Private Clouds
All of the Above
An Overview of Amazon Web Services
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS). Amazon CloudFrontAmazon SimpleDB
2. Amazon Cloud Computing
BitTorrent
S3 in Action
Amazon EC2
EC2 Access
Instance Setup
Access to an Instance
Security Groups
Availability Zones
Static IP Addresses
Data Storage in EC2
Volume management
Snapshots
AMI Management
3. Before the Move into the Cloud
The Shift to a Cloud Cost Model
A Sample Cloud ROI Analysis
Where the Cloud Saves Money
Service Levels for Cloud Applications
What constitutes.

✦ Subjects

Cloud Computing;Cloud computing;Internet programming;Electronic books