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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

Summary

Congratulations! We have completed Chapter 2 of our AWS self-learn journey: Amazon Cloud Storage Services. In this chapter, we introduced the Amazon EBS and EFS concepts, provisioned block storage and network filesystems for EC2 instances step by step, and then discussed the Amazon S3 services and Amazon data transfer services: Snowcone, Snowball, and Snowmobile.

As you can see, AWS provides these storage solutions to meet different business needs. Amazon EBS provides block storage volumes for EC2 instances, and some use cases include running a database that needs high-performance block storage, hosting a website that requires persistent storage, or an application that requires low-latency access to data. Amazon EFS provides a shared filesystem that can be accessed from multiple EC2 instances simultaneously. Some use cases for EFS include running web applications that require shared file storage, or a big data application that requires shared storage. Amazon S3 provides...