A+ Certification/Exam Objectives/Virtualization and Cloud Computing

The fourth domain on the 220-1002 exam is Virtualization and Cloud Computing. A completely new subject introduced with the emerging technology of off-loading computationally intensive tasks to server farms, as well as running your own virtual machines.

This domain is about 12% of the exam.

The objectives listed below will give you a general sense of what you need to know.

Compare and contrast cloud computing concepts

 * Common cloud models
 * Shared resources
 * Rapid elasticity
 * On-demand
 * Resource pooling
 * Measured services
 * Metered
 * Off-site email applications
 * Cloud file storage services
 * Virtual application streaming/cloud-based applications
 * Virtual desktop

Given a scenario, set up and configure client-side virtualization

 * Purpose of virtual machines
 * Resource requirements
 * Emulator requirements
 * Security requirements
 * Network requirements
 * Hypervisor

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