Fundamentals of Cloud Computing and its Architectures

ASSIGNMENT 1 BRIEF
Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing
Unit number Unit 16: Cloud computing
Assignment title Cloud Computing Solutions
Academic Year 2021 – 2022
Unit Tutor Ho Hai Van
Issue date Submission date
IV name and date
Submission Format:
Format: The submission is in the form of 1 document
You must use font
Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at
1.3. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested by
the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note: The Assignment
must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style. Make sure that you know how to reference
properly, and that understand the guidelines on plagiarism.
If you do not, you definitely get failed
Unit Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of Cloud Computing and its architectures.
LO2 Evaluate the deployment models, service models and technological drivers of Cloud Computing and
validate their use.
Assignment Brief and Guidance:
Scenario
ATN is a Vietnamese company which is selling toys to teenagers in many provinces all over Vietnam. The
company has the revenue over 700.000 dollars/year. Currently each shop has its own database to store
transactions for that shop only. Each shop has to send the sale data to the board director monthly and
the board director need lots of time to summarize the data collected from all the shops. Besides the
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board can’t see the stock information update in real time.
The table of contents in your technical report should be as follows:
1. As a developer, explain to the board director the fundamentals of cloud computing and how it is
popular nowadays (about 2500 words)
2. Proposed solution (higher level solution description – around 700 words) and explain the
appropriateness of the solution for the scenario (about 400 words with images and diagrams)
which might include:
a. Architectural design (architectural diagram and description).
b. Detailed design:
i. Deployment model (discussion on why that model was chosen).
ii. Service model (discussion on why that model was chosen).
iii. Programming language/ webserver/database server chosen.
3. Summary.
General guidelines:
 Instead of providing definitions but also provide with examples.
 Provide more own arguments instead of definitions
 Making use of academic references instead of web tutorials
 For a cloud architecture look at the bottom of this document
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of
Cloud Computing and its architectures
LO1 & 2
D1 Justify the tools chosen
to realize a Cloud
Computing solution.
P1 Analyse the evolution and
fundamental concepts of
Cloud Computing.
P2 Design an appropriate
architectural Cloud
Computing framework for a
given scenario.
M1 Discuss why an
organisation should migrate
to a Cloud Computing
solution.
LO2 Evaluate the deployment models, service models and
technological drivers of Cloud Computing and validate their
use
P3 Define an appropriate
deployment model for a given
scenario.
P4 Compare the service
models for choosing an
adequate model for a given
scenario.
M2 Demonstrate these
deployment models with real
world examples.
A cloud architecture example:
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The dynamic scalability architecture can be applied to a range of IT resources, including
virtual servers and cloud storage devices. Besides the core automated scaling listener and
resource replication mechanisms, the following mechanisms can also be used in this form
of cloud architecture:
• Cloud Usage Monitor – Specialized cloud usage monitors can track runtime usage
in response to dynamic fluctuations caused by this architecture.
• Hypervisor – The hypervisor is invoked by a dynamic scalability system to create or
remove virtual server instances, or to be scaled itself.
• Pay-Per-Use Monitor – The pay-per-use monitor is engaged to collect usage cost
information in response to the scaling of IT resources.
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