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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 Snowball and Snowmobile

To help customers transfer a huge amount of data (close to petabytes) to the cloud, Amazon offers data transportation services including AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile.

AWS Snowcone is a small, rugged, but secure and versatile device that can help organizations to extend their AWS infrastructure to the edge and enable them to do fast data transfers. With Snowcone, you can collect, process, and transfer data to AWS, either offline by shipping the device or online with AWS DataSync.

AWS Snowball is an appliance-based data transfer service that uses secure, portable storage devices that are delivered to your doorstep, for you to load your data and then send it back to AWS after the data transfer is complete. The data is encrypted during the transferring process, leveraging Amazon S3 for secure storage and Amazon Key Management Service (KMS) for encrypting the data on the device. An AWS Snowball appliance provides up to 80 TB...