Introduction
In this module, we'll take a closer look at storage and network virtualization.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Recall the design considerations in datacenter networks and describe the need for virtualization to support multiple tenants.
- Compare and contrast traditional datacenter networks and software-defined networking (SDN) for the purposes of multi-tenant networks.
- List the various types of storage systems used in datacenters.
- Compare and contrast traditional datacenter storage and software-defined storage (SDS), and list some of the benefits of SDS.
Prerequisites
- Understand what cloud computing is, including cloud service models and common cloud providers.
- Know the technologies that enable cloud computing.
- Understand how cloud service providers pay for and bill for the cloud.
- Know what datacenters are and why they exist.
- Know how datacenters are set up, powered, and provisioned.
- Understand how cloud resources are provisioned and metered.
- Be familiar with the concept of virtualization.
- Know what the different types of virtualization are.
- Understand CPU virtualization.
- Understand memory virtualization.
- Understand I/O virtualization.