Cloud Computing Storage and Content Delivery Networks

Question 1

Describe a characteristic of object storage?

Answer 1

Great repository for all sorts of unstructured data types

Question 2

Direct-attached, file, block, and object are examples of what?

Answer 2

Types of cloud storage

Question 3

What is the purpose of a content delivery network (CDN)?

Answer 3

To make websites faster and more responsive

Question 4

Poor performance when data needs to be shared is considered a disadvantage of which type of storage?

Answer 4

Direct attached

Question 5

Describe a characteristic of direct attached storage?

Answer 5

The operating system only last as long as the compute resource is attached to it

Question 6

What is the definition of a Content Delivery Network?

Answer 6

A Content Delivery Network is a distributed server network that delivers temporarily stored, or cached, copies of website content to users based on the users’ geographical location.

Question 7

How does a Content Delivery Network reduce the distance between website visitors and the website server?

Answer 7

A Content Delivery Network stores content in geographically distributed locations (proxy servers and data centers) globally.

Question 8

Which type of storage is also referred to network attached storage, network file storage, or simply NFS?

Answer 8

File storage

Question 9

Which type of storage is accessed via an application program interface (API), and is not attached to a compute node?

Answer 9

Object storage

Question 10

Highly available and resilient and will often include data encryption at rest and in transit are characteristics attached to what type of storage?

Answer 10

Block storage