Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Cloud Architecture -- Cloud Architectures -- Private Cloud -- Public Cloud -- Hybrid Cloud -- Community Cloud -- Accountability in Cloud Computing -- Cloud Security Essentials -- Private Cloud Security Issues -- Cloud Laws and Regulations -- Cloud Orchestration -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 2 Cloud Computing Service Models -- SPI Service Models -- Software as a Service (SaaS) -- Platform as a Service (PaaS) -- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) -- Communications as a Service (CaaS) -- Desktop as a Service (DaaS) -- Everything as a Service (XaaS) -- Non-NIST Cloud Service Models -- Service Model Accountability -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3 Object Storage -- Object-Based Storage -- Traditional Storage -- Object Storage -- Object Storage Operations -- Web Services -- Object Storage Web Service Operations -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 4 The Benefits of Virtualization -- Virtualization -- Virtualized Environments -- Performance in the Cloud -- Virtualization Recovery Plans -- VM Backup and Recovery -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 5 Virtual Components of a Cloud Environment -- Virtual Network Components -- Virtual Network Concepts -- Hypervisor Systems -- Type I Hypervisor -- Type II Hypervisor -- Client Hypervisor -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 6 Management of a Virtual Environment -- Creating a Virtual Environment -- Preparing for a Virtual Environment -- Virtual Network -- Virtual Machines -- Snapshots, Clones, and Backups -- Snapshots -- Cloning -- Backups -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 7 Virtual Resource Migration -- Establish System Requirements -- Benefits of Virtualization -- Virtualization Disadvantages -- Resource Planning -- Physical and Virtual Migration -- P2V Migration Systems -- V2V Migration -- V2P Migration -- Virtual Environment Maintenance Mode -- Maintenance Mode -- Host Migration.

VM Migration -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 8 Storage Technologies -- Network Storage -- Network Attached Storage (NAS) -- Direct Attached Storage (DAS) -- Storage Area Network (SAN) -- Storage Provisioning -- Storage Provisioning Steps -- Thin and Fat Provisioning -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 9 Storage Configuration -- Hard Disk Types -- Hard Disk Drive (HDD) -- Solid State Drive (SSD) -- Tiered Storage -- Storage Tiers -- Tiered Storage Operations -- RAID -- Disk Striping -- Disk Mirroring -- RAID Levels -- File Systems -- Disk Allocation -- Windows File Systems -- The UNIX File System -- Linux File Systems -- Virtual File Systems -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 10 Protocols -- Access Protocols -- Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) -- Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) -- Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) -- Common Internet Protocols -- Data Link Protocols -- Network Protocols -- Higher-Layer Protocols -- Application Layer Protocols -- Ports and Binding -- Common Ports -- Trunk Ports -- Port Binding -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 11 Virtual Environment Planning -- Capacity Planning for a Virtual Environment -- ITIL Capacity Planning -- IT Services Capacity Planning -- Virtualization Hardware Considerations -- Virtualization Design Considerations -- Memory Virtualization -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 12 Implementation -- Switching and Routing -- Network Switching Basics -- Network Switching -- Routing -- Switching in Virtual Environments -- Network Port Configuration -- Ports and Sockets -- Port Configuration -- Subnetting and Supernetting -- Subnetting -- Classless Subnetting -- NAT and PAT -- Network Address Translation (NAT) -- Port Address Translation (PAT) -- VLAN and VLAN Tagging -- Virtual LAN (VLAN) -- VLAN Tagging -- Network Optimization -- WAN Optimization -- Connectivity Testing -- Network Ping -- Traceroute -- Netstat.

Nslookup and Dig -- Ipconfig/Ifconfig -- Route -- Configuration Documentation -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 13 Monitoring -- Effective Network Monitoring -- Areas to Monitor -- Monitoring Protocols -- Alert Systems -- Baselines and Thresholds -- CPU Reservations/Entitlements/Shares -- Resource Licensing -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 14 Physical Resource Allocation -- Allocating Physical Resources -- Allocating CPU Resources -- Allocating Memory -- Storage Allocation -- Dynamic Resource Allocation -- Mapping Ports -- Remote Access -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 15 Security -- Storage Security Concepts -- Data Security Controls -- Access Control -- Security Attacks -- Types of Attacks -- Detection and Prevention -- Encryption -- Symmetric Key Encryption -- Public Key Encryption -- Encryption Algorithms and Security Protocols -- Host Hardening -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 16 System Management -- Network and IP Planning -- IP Addressing Scheme -- IPv4 and IPv6 Summary -- Configuration Management and Control -- System Life Cycle Management -- Configuration Standardization -- Change Control -- Capacity Management -- Business Capacity Planning -- Service Capacity Planning -- Component Capacity Planning -- Monitoring and Planning Capacity -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 17 Optimization -- Optimizing Data Storage -- Disk Optimization -- Change Control in a Virtual Environment -- Virtualization Change Management Tools -- Change Management Essentials -- System Performance Concepts -- Metadata Performance -- Cache -- NIC Bonding and Teaming -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 18 Deployment -- Components of Virtual Systems -- VMware Virtual Systems -- Microsoft Hyper-V -- System Deployment Testing -- Testing Applications -- Cloud Testing -- Separation of Duties -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 19 Availability and Disaster Recovery -- Availability.

Causes for System Failure -- Fault Tolerance -- High Availability -- Disaster Recovery -- Disaster Types -- Disaster Recovery Planning -- Disaster Recovery in the Cloud -- Chapter Summary -- Appendix A: Cloud+ Examination Objectives -- Appendix B: Cloud+ Practice Exam -- 1.0 Cloud Concepts and Models -- 2.0 Virtualization -- 3.0 Infrastructure -- 4.0 Network Management -- 5.0 Security -- 6.0 Systems Management -- 7.0 Business Continuity in the Cloud -- Appendix C: Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Appendix D: Cloud+ Practice Exam Answers -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.