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12CHAPTER

Cloud Computing and Virtualization

Chapter Outline

12-1 Introduction

12-2 Virtualization

12-3 Cloud Computing

12-4 Enterprise Storage

Questions and Problems

Objectives

Describe the concept and benefits of virtualization
Discuss the concept of the cloud
Explain the purpose of a hypervisor
Develop an appreciation for the benefit of outsourcing services to the cloud
Understand the steps in setting up virtualization on a PC

Key Terms

Type 1 hypervisor

Type 2 hypervisor

vMotion, XenMotion, Live Migration

cloud service/cloud computing

MX (Mail Exchange) record

CNAME (Canonical Name) record

infrastructure as a service (IaaS) ...

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