You work for a medium sized organisation that runs approximately 35 Linux server

Question

You work for a medium sized organisation that runs approximately 35 Linux servers that perform
a variety of tasks such web hosting, database hosting, application hosting, email relay, file serving, etc.
You are required to compare services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure,
and one other cloud based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, specifically looking at: [5
marks]
a. Service Features: Detail and compare the services provided for virtual Linux server
hosting, storage, virtual machine management and network services. List which Linux
distributions are supported by each IaaS provider.
b. IPv4 and IPv6 addressing: What options and services does each IaaS provider have in
regards to IP address allocation and management for virtual machines?
c. Redundancy and Backup: What features and services does each IaaS provider have to
improve client uptime, protect services from outages and undertake backups of virtual
machines?

Explanation / Answer

a) Microsoft azure and amazon web services have same features which is differed by pricing and storage.
Services provided by virtual Linux server:
• Scalability of the cloud
• Pay for what you use
• Encryption of the data and security
• Secure network traffic
• Adhere to compliance polices
• Easily deploy security solutions to cloud
• Fast detection of threats and deployment
• Memory optimized
• Computational optimized
• Iaas supports Ubuntu (the most popular cloud Linux)
b) Azure Iaas supports both public ip address and private ip address.
Public ip address are used for communication with internet and it includes public services.
Public ip address can be addressed with any of the following resources:
• Virtual machines
• Vpn gateways and application gateways
Private ip address include azure virtual network and on premises network which you can use vpn gateway or express route to extent your network
Private ip address will address the following resources:
• Virtual machines
• Application gateways
Amazon web services supports both ipv4 and ipv6 address
c)
Amazon web services storage solutions are designed in such a way that it is secured and scalable over time and also durable for business to achieve efficiency and have proper backup and recovery environments without need of proper infrastructure.
Microsoft azure gives cloud backup and restore your data in Microsoft cloud. This backup facility replaces your off-shore backup solution with a cloud-based solution. This cloud base solution is very reliable, secure, and also cost effective.

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