Purdue University Cloud Architecture & System Administration Questions Part 1
A. You are a software engineer for a small company. The company runs several small services, such as a website, a blog, and an internal Web application for order management. Your boss wants to move to the cloud but is not sure what provider would be best. Based upon your reading and exploration of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft® Azure, write 2 paragraphs each in an APA paper that addresses the following:
1. Describe what steps would be needed to get started on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
2. Compare the differences in terminology encountered when creating a Linux server on each cloud provider.
3. Recommend one cloud provider over the other. Backup your recommendation with appropriate reasoning, including opinion on the experience and available components.
B. The position of a System Administrator can be very complex depending on the work environment. An administrator must constantly maintain the system, but also must be cognizant of the users and the group environment in which they work. Over time, system professionals become aware and implement best practices to demonstrate professionalism in a variety of situations.
Do some research on best practices for a System Administrator in the library or on the Internet. You can also use your own best practices if you have been working in IT. In a minimum 2-page paper, provide and explain three best practices in each of the following areas of a System Administrator’s role:
The ability to focus on multiple tasks
The ability to meet deadlines
The ability to utilize system users’ feedback to improve system performance
The ability to balance the quality of work against meeting deadlines
The ability to acknowledge mistakes and correct errors
Part 2
A. Write a 2-paragraph summary on using traditional storage over VHD or vice versa. Include the pros/cons and features relevant to its use on a current version of Windows Server operating system.
B. Write a 2-paragraph summary on the basics and use of storage pools in Windows Server 2016 for virtual machines. Detail the benefits and or limitations of its use compared to a method without use of storage pools.