
Discover data center hardware, including servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling, and learn access rules and safety. Compare Ethernet and fiber optic cabling by speed, distance, and cost.
Show how the domain name system translates human-friendly domain names into IP addresses and back, letting browsers fetch websites in the background.
Explore virtualization and hypervisors, including type one and type two, with VMware ESXi and Hyper-V, and tools like vCenter Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager for data center consolidation.
Move virtual machines across a cluster to balance memory and CPU usage and prevent downtime during maintenance or upgrade; learn cold migration and hot or live migration with shared storage.
Discover how network protocols, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, DNS, and TCP/IP, serve as a common language for devices to transfer data between servers and switches, defining formatting, error detection, and encryption.
Secure cloud infrastructure with security technologies, practices, and measures to protect services and data from hackers. Explore three methods—firewalls, DMZ, and virtual private networks—to bolster protection.
Firewalls act as data center security devices, monitoring traffic and blocking malicious or unauthorized access. They enforce access control rules to protect sensitive data from hackers and ransomware.
The lecture compares HDDs, SSDs, and NVMe drives, detailing how each stores data and differs in performance, durability, and typical use cases.
Explore shared storage as the storage infrastructure that lets multiple servers access the same pool of storage resources, enabling seamless vmotion and uninterrupted virtual machine workloads. Learn how redundancy and high availability, data replication, and RAID preserve data integrity, while scalable storage supports centralized data management in enterprise data centers.
Summarizes key concepts in data center hardware, cloud services, domain and DNS, virtualization with high availability and VM migration, storage sizing, networking, security, and backup types.
In today's fast-paced digital world, information technology (IT) has become an essential component of all industries. As the demand for competent IT professionals grows, it is critical to keep ahead of the competition and equip yourself with the knowledge and abilities required to succeed in this dynamic area.
One important thing I've learned from my IT experience, particularly when it comes to infrastructure and datacenters, is that you don't have to spend hours and days trying to understand concepts, and you don't have to go in depth on each topic when you first start out because you'll have the opportunity to do so throughout your career. However, the objective of this course is to discuss where you should begin in terms of technicalities and what you should know if you want to start cloud computing journey.
Also, for beginners in IT or fresh grads seeking a strong foundation, there are core skills and concepts to master. Moreover, it's essential to comprehend IT terms and jargon to engage effectively with colleagues, resolve issues, and implement solutions confidently. Understanding these terminologies is vital for navigating technical documentation, contributing to discussions, and keeping up with industry advancements. This course empowers you with IT fluency, enabling career growth and impactful contributions to projects and teams.
This thorough course is intended to lead you through the enormous terrain of IT, covering key topics from several infrastructure domains such as hardware, virtualization, cloud, network, storage, and backup.