You're reading from AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies A guide to understand AWS services using easy-to-follow analogies from real life

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611425

Length 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (3):

Marco Tamassia

Ashish Prajapati

Juan Carlos Ruiz

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Cloud Infrastructure and Core Services

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Cloud Computing – Demystifying the Cloud FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Global Infrastructure behind Cloud Platforms – What Is the Cloud Made of?

4. Chapter 3: Computing – In Cloud We Trust, Everything Else We Compute

5. Chapter 4: Storage – Where Should I Keep My Data and Maybe Publish It?

6. Chapter 5: Networking – So, How Do I Get Inside, Outside, and Across the Cloud?

7. Part 2: Platform Services

8. Chapter 6: Databases – To SQL or Not to SQL for So Many Records…

9. Chapter 7: Identity and Access Management – Who Am I and What Can I Do?

10. Chapter 8: Monitoring – Is Big Brother Watching?

11. Chapter 9: Scalability – I Scale to the Moon and Back

12. Part 3: Application Services

13. Chapter 10: Automation – Look, My Infrastructure Is in Code!

14. Chapter 11: Decoupled Architectures – in Space and Time

15. Chapter 12: Containers – Contain Yourself and Ship Some Containers

16. Chapter 13: Serverless – So, Where Are My Servers?

17. Chapter 14: Caching – Microseconds Latency: Why Are We Always in a Rush?

18. Chapter 15: Blockchain – Who Watches the Watchmen?

19. Chapter 16: What the Future Holds

20. Index

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Shared storage

This time it is Raj’s turn to explain file storage.

Raj: As Charles mentioned, shared storage systems are designed to be used by multiple clients at the same time. And they operate using some very specific protocols, such as NFS and SMB. Now, these protocols are suitable for a specific operating system type. Most Linux distributions have NFS client software built-in and come with utilities and tools to connect to shared storage systems over a network. On the other hand, Windows-based operating systems favor the SMB protocol. AWS has services to offer both options. When you are looking for NFS-based shared storage, you can leverage Amazon Elastic File System (EFS). As its name suggests, it is elastic in nature. You don’t have to pre-provision a specific size of storage. The storage grows and shrinks with usage. So, you are only charged for the actual storage consumed.

Charles: That’s interesting...

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