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Engineering the Cloud

Engineering the Cloud. Andrew McCombs March 10th, 2011. What is the Cloud. What is the Cloud?. What is the "Cloud"? According to Microsoft, "The cloud is simply another name for the internet." No formal definition  Why a "Cloud"? Used to show network diagrams.

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Engineering the Cloud

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  1. Engineering the Cloud Andrew McCombs March 10th, 2011

  2. What is the Cloud

  3. What is the Cloud? What is the "Cloud"? • According to Microsoft, "The cloud is simply another name for the internet." • No formal definition  Why a "Cloud"? • Used to show network diagrams • What is the "Cloud" in cloud computing? • Refers to where applications are run and stored.

  4. Benefits of Cloud Computing  Reduced Costs • Initial infrastructure setup • Infrastructure maintenance and upgrades Reliability • Google Apps boasts a 99.9% uptime Scalability • Virtually unlimited computing power and storage Security of the cloud • More dedicated resources 

  5. Risks of Cloud Computing No internet? • One big problem. Outages • At the mercy of your cloud provider Big Brother? • Cloud provider has access to personal information Security • Limited to the security of your cloud provider

  6. Engineering the Cloud

  7. IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service  What is IaaS? • Service which delivers computer infrastructure • Typically consists of virtual platforms Why use an IaaS provider? • Don't have to purchase expensive equipment  • Don't have to deal with maintenance on equipment • Create customized instances of an OS • Scalability

  8. Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) • provides scalable computing capacity in the cloud. • Pay for what you use • Start new server instances on-demand Can run instances of different OS's • RedHat Linux, Windows Server, openSuSE Linux, Fedora, Debian, OpenSolaris, Cent OS, Gentoo Linux, and Oracle Linux. Allows small businesses to inexpensively acquire the resources they need

  9. Engineering the Cloud

  10. SaaS -Software as a Service What is SaaS? • Web based applications • No hardware or software to install • End users just login and go. Benefits of SaaS applications? • Saves space on users computer • Everything is done in the browser • Don't have to worry about hardware

  11. SaaS -Software as a Service What is SaaS? • Web based applications • No hardware or software to install • End users just login and go. Risks of SaaS applications? • Must have the internet • Password protected • Personal privacy

  12. Engineering the Cloud

  13. PaaS - Platform as a Service What is PaaS? • Set of web based development tools that are hosted on a cloud provider's infrastructure. Benefits of developing with an PaaS • Easy to upload to the cloud. • Don't have to worry about hosting your application • Provides full analytics software. • Dynamically Scales

  14. Windows Azure What is Windows Azure • Platform for developing web applications that fully integrates into Visual Studio Supported Languages • Standard .Net languages • PHP • Java • Ruby  Benefits of Windows Azure • Great pool of resources • Integrates into Visual Studio

  15. Google App Engine What is Google App Engine? • Platform for developing web applications on Google's data centers • Supported Languages • Java and JavaScript • Ruby • Python • Benefits of Google App Engine • 500 MB of storage and 5 million page views / month Free • Cost Efficient • Instant Scalability • Easy to use

  16. Resources [1] “Amazon Web Services.”Amazon Web Services. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. <http://aws.amazon.com/>.[2] "Google App Engine." Google Code. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. <http://code.google.com/appengine/>.[3] Rittinghouse, John W., and James F. Ransome. Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security. Boca Raton, Fla. [u.a.: CRC, 2010. Print.[4] Windows Azure. Web. 06 Mar. 2011. <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/windowsazure/#>. [5] Start Up- To the Cloud - Windows . Tue. 08 Mar. 2011.<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRrbLA7rss>

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