Task 1
Cloud basics and technology
The value of this assessment is 5%.
You need to complete the online quiz on Topics 1 and topic 2 in the Interact Test Centre
This assessment covers all the mention below outcomes for this subject.
Be able to compare and assess the ability of different cloud computing Architectures to meet a set of certain business needs.
Marking criteria
Marks will be allocated according to the following scale:
1. HD – At least 85% answer is correct
2. CR – At least 65% answers are correct
3. DI – At least 75% answers are correct
4. PS – At least 50% answers are correct
5. FL – less than 50% answers are correct
Task 2
The value of this assessment is 20%.
Regional Gardens Ltd is a company that runs a number of related gardening enterprises. The company has the following server infrastructure:
1. 2 x Active Directory domain controllers on Windows Server 2008 R2, (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 140GB HDD);
2. 3 x SQL Server 2003 database servers on Windows Server 2003 (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 250GB RAID-5 array);
3. 1 1 x Exchange 2007 email server on Windows Server 2008 R2 (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);
4. 4 x Windows Server 2003 File and Print servers (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);
5. 2 x Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux servers running Apache and TomCat (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 16GB RAM, 140GB HDD).
Regional Gardens has engaged you as a consultant to advise them on the use of Cloud Computing in their daily operations.
Note: we mention this case study of Regional Gardens Ltd. for reference purpose only. You find the actual case study in your assignments.
1. Prepare a PowerPoint briefing for the Regional Gardens board. Your briefing should:
a. Explain the main concepts of Cloud Computing and why you think that a move to the Cloud could be good for Regional Gardens;
b. Explain some of the Cloud Architectures that you think would be useful for Regional Gardens to use as part of their Cloud infrastructure. This explanation should also briefly discuss how the current Regional Gardens infrastructure could be replicated or replaced in a Cloud deployment.
c. Each slide in the briefing must also include speaking notes in the notes section to explain the slide, and all images used in the briefing should be referenced. (20 marks)
2. One of Regional Gardens’s first undertakings is to provide all their staff with the ability to access office automation, such as email, word processing and spreadsheet capabilities, as well as online storage for their files, whether they are in the office, at home, or deployed on a customer’s site in the field. The Regional Gardens board is very concerned to learn about the critical issues, other than cost, that may affect the supply of Cloud-based office automation to their staff. You will need to prepare a report on the best way to provide office automation for Regional Gardens. Your report should:
a. Provide Regional Gardens with TWO different approaches to providing office automation to their staff;
b. Outline the major benefits and issues with each approach;
c. Provide a summary of your advice to this company along with your recommendation about which option to choose. Your report should be no longer than 2 pages. (20 marks)
3. Regional Gardens has a single data centre in Bathurst which contains the following infrastructure:
1. 2 x Active Directory domain controllers on Windows Server 2008 R2, (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 140GB HDD);
2. 3 x SQL Server 2003 database servers on Windows Server 2003 (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 250GB RAID-5 array);
3. 1 x Exchange 2007 email server on Windows Server 2008 R2 (2 x Xeon 3.6GHZ, 8GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);
4. 4 x Windows Server 2003 File and Print servers (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 250GB RAID-1 array);
5. 2 x Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux servers running Apache and TomCat (2 x Xeon 2.8GHZ, 16GB RAM, 140GB HDD).
A. Regional Gardens is considering initially moving its Web infrastructure to a public Cloud, but they are unsure of whether they should migrate to an IaaS or PaaS solution. You are to write a report for the Regional Gardens board that:
a. Describes the difference between infrastructure provided using an IaaS provider and a platform provided by a PaaS provider in a public Cloud. You will need to discuss the critical differences, issues, and factors, other than cost, that Regional Gardens will have to consider in choosing to migrate their existing Web infrastructure to either an IaaS or a PaaS service provider. Your report should take no more than two pages. (30 marks)
4. Regional Gardens is also considering whether to use PaaS or SaaS to provide services to its employees. Regional Gardens has deployed Microsoft SharePoint 2010 from its data centre as a collaboration and document management tool for its 70 staff. The SharePoint 2010 instance has been extensively customized to suit Regional Gardens needs and also runs Project Central, their Project Management tool as a separate application from within SharePoint. All employees have the Microsoft Office 2010 suite of office automation products installed on their respective desktops or laptops. Regional Gardens would like to move its SharePoint 2010 instance to the cloud to make it more accessible, particularly to its users working at customer’s sites. Regional Gardens want you to report on:
a. What are the major differences between the models IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS? (5 marks)
b. Recommend the model that you consider most appropriate for this service and discuss why this model is the most appropriate for the SharePoint service. (10 marks)
c. What are the most likely problems that Regional Gardens will encounter with the model that you recommend? How would you advise Regional Gardens to deal with these issues? (15 marks)
Task 3
Applied Cloud Concepts in AWS
The value of this assessment is 5%.
Complete the online quiz on Applied Cloud Concepts in AWS in the Interact Test Centre.
This assessment covers the following outcomes for this subject:
Be able to relate and assess the capability of dissimilar Cloud Computing Architectures to meet a set of given business requirements;
Marking criteria
Marks will be allocated similarly to the Task 1.
Task 4
Security Management and Migration
The value of this assessment is 20%.
The tasks: Your team’s task is to prepare a report for Regional Gardens that discusses the following:
1. Describe which Cloud architectures you would employ to assist Regional Gardens to meet the Board’s strategy?
a. Describe each of the architectures that you would use, along with your reasons for deploying it. (10 marks)
b. Describe the benefits and issues that would be the result of your deployment of these architectures. (10 marks)
2. Describe the risks that you see associated with this new Hybrid Cloud and Microservices strategy. You should name and describe each risk that you identify, and then describe a possible control for the risk. This should be presented in a tabular form. (20 marks)
3. Describe the general Information Security steps and controls that you would recommend to the Board to secure the Hybrid Cloud. You will need to explain to the Board your reasons for recommending these particular security steps. (20 marks)
4. Discuss briefly what you would recommend should be included in Regional Gardens’s BCP as a result of their adoption of a Hybrid Cloud and Microservices approach. You will need to consider, as a minimum, the issues of application resilience, backup and disaster recovery in a Hybrid Cloud environment. This section should be no more than 2 pages. (10 marks)
5. Discuss the requirements that Regional Gardens will need to consider in order to conduct remote server administration, resource management and SLA management for its proposed IaaS and PaaS instances (it may be useful to consider Morad and Dalbhanjan’s operational checklists for this section). This section should be no more than two to three pages in length. (10 marks)
6. The Regional Gardens board has also decided to move their eMail instance to the AWS cloud in order to begin the migration process, and test their strategy.
a. Describe the steps that you would include in the plan to migrate these services. (10 marks)
b. What are the critical points and issues that you see occurring at each of these steps? Explain why you see these points or issues as critical. (10 marks)
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