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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Understanding EBS

When we run out of storage on our home PC, we usually buy a new disk drive, shut down the computer, install the disk drive, reboot the computer to recognize the new disk drive, and then log into the computer guest OS to format the new disk drive and start using it.

This type of disk storage is called block storage, which is a technology that controls storage on the computer, using a block as the storing unit. It takes the data to be stored, divides it into blocks of equal sizes, and stores the data blocks on the underlying physical storage. With block storage, a block is the unit for data storing and retrieving, and only changes to the blocks are written to the disk. For example, when you change a sentence in a Microsoft Word doc and save the doc, only the blocks that store the sentence were updated to the physical disk drive, in contrast to object storage, which uses an object (such as a fingerprint file) as a storing unit - any partial changes to the object will...