Assessment Brief: BIS3005 Cloud Computing Trimester 1, 2022 Assessment Overview Assessment Task Type Weighting Length Due ULOs Assessed Assessment 1: Quiz Quiz of key content areas to identify further...

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Assessment Brief: BIS3005 Cloud Computing Trimester 1, 2022 Assessment Overview Assessment Task Type Weighting Length Due ULOs Assessed Assessment 1: Quiz Quiz of key content areas to identify further support needs Individual Invigilated 25% 20 mins each (equiv. 1600 words) Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5 Assessment 2: Lab Participation and Submission Weekly lab activities and exercises assess students’ ability to understand theoretical materials. Individual Invigilated 15% (equiv. 1000 words) Week 3, 5, 7, 9 ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5 Assessment 3: Report Research, Analyse, Compare and report Individual 30% 2000 words Week 7 ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO5 Assessment 4: Cloud design and deployment Test your ability of launching, resizing, managing, and monitoring an Amazon EC2 instance. Group 30% 2500 words Week 12 ULO1 ULO2 ULO3 ULO4 ULO5 Assessment 1: Quiz Due date: Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Group/individual: Individual Word count/Time provided: 20 mins Weighting: 25% Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5 Assessment 1 Detail This assessment includes invigilated quiz that will assess your ability to understand theoretical materials and your knowledge of key content areas. The quiz will be either multiple choice questions or short questions which are relevant to the lectures of lecture materials. For successful completion of the quiz, you are required to study the material provided (lecture slides, tutorials, and reading materials) and engage in the unit’s activities. The prescribed textbook is the main reference along with the recommended reading materials. Assessment 1 Marking Criteria and Rubric Weekly labs will have questions and activities to be completed for a total of 100 marks then will be scaled to 25% Assessment 2: Lab Participation and Submission Due date: Week 3, 5, 7, 9 Group/individual: Individual Word count/Time provided: equiv. 1000 words Weighting: 15% Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5 Assessment 2 Detail Practical exercises assess students’ ability to apply theoretical learning to practical, real world situations on a weekly basis. The practical exercises will improve student’s ability to practice cloud computing using different cloud platforms specified in the weekly workshop activities. Students will be required to complete the practical exercises during the workshop and therefore, attendance is required as part of this assessment. Students will not be assessed on work that not produced in workshop so that attendance is required as part of this assessment. Students are required to submit the work that they have completed during the workshop session only. The details of the lab work and requirements are provided on the online learning system. Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric Weekly labs will have questions and activities to be completed for a total of 100 marks then will be scaled to 15. Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric Marking Criteria Not Satisfactory (0-49% of the criterion mark) Satisfactory (50-64% of the criterion mark) Good (65-74% of the criterion mark) Very Good (75-84% of the criterion mark) Excellent (85-100% of the criterion mark) Lab Completion (10 Marks) Activities and questions completed by the due date Student has been unable to provide at least 50% of the cumulative mark of the chapter labs. To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 50%-64% of the chapter labs. To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 65%-74% of the chapter labs. To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 75%-84% of the chapter labs. To meet this level, you will attain a cumulative mark between 85%-100% of the chapter labs. Apply Technical Knowledge (45 Marks) Connect, Setup, configure lab tasks as requested in the lab document Major errors in the submission. Working lab not completely demonstrated. Demonstrated some analysis with a partially working lab with very limited description. Demonstrated sound judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with brief description supported by some diagrams. Demonstrated good judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with good description supported by good quality diagrams. Demonstrated exceptional judgement and analysis of a fully working lab with comprehensive description supported by high-quality diagrams. Apply Theoretical Knowledge (45 Marks) Answer to most of the questions were inconsistent and did not match with the approach taken to complete the assessment tasks. Answered most of the questions with some minor errors and demonstrated fair understanding of the completed assessment tasks. Answered most of the questions satisfactorily and demonstrated sound understanding of the completed assessment tasks. Answered all questions satisfactorily and demonstrated good understanding and analysis of the completed assessment tasks. Answered all questions satisfactorily and demonstrated exceptional understanding and analysis of the completed assessment tasks. Assessment 3: Report Due date: Week 7 Group/individual: Individual Word count/Time provided: 2000 Weighting: 30% Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, and ULO5 Assessment 3 Detail Task Answer each of the questions below: · Describe the difference between a locally hosted service (ie. in an enterprise data centre) and a service provided using a SaaS provider. What are the critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise would need to consider in choosing to migrate from a locally hosted service to an SaaS service? Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages. · Describe the difference between locally hosted infrastructure (ie. in an enterprise data centre) and infrastructure provided using an IaaS provider. What are the critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise would need to consider in choosing to migrate from local hosted infrastructure to an IaaS service provider? Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages. · APIC, wants to investigate moving to a service-based model where many of its services would be supplied to its clients as a service, in addition to its plans to move to an IaaS model. There are several infrastructure models that could possibly be used to achieve this. Some of these models are: 1. Local hosted infrastructure and applications. 2. Local hosted infrastructure with some SaaS applications. 3. Hybrid infrastructure (some locally hosted infrastructure with some IaaS) and applications. 4. Hybrid infrastructure and applications with some SaaS applications. 5. Full IaaS model with some with SaaS apps. 6. Full SaaS model. You are required to choose an infrastructure model that you think will achieve the APIC Roadmap; Describe the benefits and drawbacks, excluding costs, of your chosen infrastructure model. Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages. Assessments 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark. The marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page. Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric Marking Criteria Excellent (85-100% of the criterion mark) Very Good (75-84% of the criterion mark) Good (65-74% of the criterion mark) Satisfactory (50-64% of the criterion mark) Not Satisfactory (0-49% of the criterion mark) Q1 – Services (30 Marks) Clear, comprehensive description of service differences, critical points identified & discussed Detailed description of service differences, critical points identified & discussed, Good description of service differences, some critical points identified & discussed, Adequate description of service differences, some critical points identified Incomplete or inadequate description of service differences, none or few critical points identified Q2 – Infrastructure (30 Marks) Clear, comprehensive description of infrastructure differences, critical points identified & discussed, Detailed description of infrastructure differences, critical points identified & discussed, Good description of infrastructure differences, some critical points identified & discussed, Adequate description of infrastructure differences, some critical points identified Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure differences, none or few critical points identified Q3a Infrastructure Model (20 Marks) Clear & comprehensive description of infrastructure model choice and reasoning Detailed description of infrastructure model choice and reasoning Good description of infrastructure model choice with some reasoning Adequate description of infrastructure model choice with limited reasoning Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure model choice with no reasoning Q3b Benefits & Drawbacks (20 Marks) Clear & comprehensive description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with reasoning Detailed description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with reasoning Good description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with some reasoning Adequate description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with limited reasoning Inadequate or incomplete description of infrastructure benefits and drawbacks with no reasoning Spelling, Grammar, Presentation Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar Assessment 4: Cloud design and deployment Due date: Week 12 Group/individual: Group Word count/Time provided: 2500 words Weighting: 30% Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5 Assessment 4 Detail In this task, you must work as a group to test your ability of launching, resizing, managing, and monitoring an Amazon EC2 instance. Fill the following table with the information related to all member of your group: Sn. No APIC Student ID First Name Last Name 1 {Student-ID1} {FirstName-1} {LastName-1} 2 {Student-ID2} {FirstName-2} {LastName-2} Table 1: Group Information Required Tasks 1. Launch a web server instance with termination protection enabled (Student-ID1) (35 Marks) 2. Monitor Your EC2 instance (Student-ID2) (15 Marks) 3. Modify the security group that your web server is using to allow HTTP access (Student-ID2) (15 Marks) 4. Resize your Amazon EC2 instance to scale (Student-ID2) (10 Marks) 5. Explore EC2 limits (Student-ID1) (10 Marks) 6. Test termination protection (Student-ID2) (7.5 Marks) 7. Terminate your EC2 instance (Student-ID2) (7.5 Marks) Duration: This assessment should be completed in 2 hours In your report, you must provide screenshots and analysis to demonstrate the steps you followed during the process of conducting the required tasks.       Task 1: Launch Your Amazon EC2 Instance (Student-ID1) Step 1: Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)  Step 2: Choose an Instance Type Step 3: Configure Instance Details Step 4: Add Storage Step 5: Add Tags Step 6: Configure Security Group Security group name: GroupFirstname1 Firstname1 (example: GroupBobAlice) Description: Security group for Lastname1Lastname2 Step 7: Review Instance Launch In this assessment you will not log into your instance, so you do not require a key pair. Choose an existing key pair take a snapshot Show Instance State:  running Status Checks:  2/2 checks passed (Take a snapshot)   Task 2: Monitor Your Instance (Student-ID2) Enable detailed (one-minute) monitoring. Get System Log, wait until it populates then take a snapshot  In this task you will not reach your instance via SSH or RDP, you can capture a screenshot of your instance and view it as an image. This provides visibility as to the status of the instance and allows for quicker troubleshooting.    Task 3: Update Your Security Group and Access the Web Server (Student-ID2) Take a screenshot of your IPv4 Public IP of your instance to your report. Question: Check if you can access your webserver; are you able to access your web server? Why not?    Task 4: Resize Your Instance: Instance Type and EBS Volume (Student-ID2) Stop Your Instance Change The Instance Type Resize the EBS Volume Start the Resized Instance    Task 5: Explore EC2 Limits (Student-ID1) What are the limits of your default account? Task 6: Test Termination Protection (Student-ID2) Task 7: Terminate your EC2 instance (Student-ID2) Assessments 4 Marking Criteria and Rubric The assessment will
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Q1 – Services
Hosted service provides a secure option for blocking up data regularly with 2importantnote that reliability is limited by hardware along with the hosted solution. The service can be customized accordingly and includes the use of the local database. The software is installed at the data center and it includes the use of the virtualized server (Jiang and Wang, 2022). The solution can be implemented including
a large upfront payment and it has to be installed and downloaded on the company server. This required maintenance and continuous monitoring. It is useful for providing high security and ensuring the confidentiality of information. The hosted information can be updated on regular basis. The data can be kept secured in a data center with consistent backups and it provides a range of customization and feature options.
SaaS is a cloud service and it provides software over the internet. It provides a complete software solution for purchasing and paying based on cloud service. This ensured the security and availability of applications and data. It can help in quickly running and setting up applications with minimum cost. Most SaaS applications can be run with the use of web browsers and it can be accessed easily with an internet-connected computer system. The service provider should be chosen carefully for ensuring the security of data and it includes types of devices. Users can have access to information with an internet-connected computer and no data is lost if the computer system of the user fails. It handles scaling up applications like the addition of more database space. This increases accessibility for applications and includes controlling access levels.
Rehosting is required and there is no architectural change to servers and applications. This is simply taken from life and it can be moved to the same type of system on cloud service. It starts with the journey of migration that is used for the lift and shift strategy. Migration from local host to SaaS service should include goals that can help in determining important aspects that are required for migration. This includes factors like timeframe and performance that are considered most along with several aims. Development of security strategy includes approaches for security on-premise (Wulf et al. 2021). This required thinking of traffic on the cloud. Access of users on the cloud should also be monitored by all users and it leverages least privilege access. Ensuring ongoing entire migration can have a positive impact and it includes the use of cloud databases. Rewriting business intelligence can help in providing a custom dashboard that helps take larger initiatives for getting transition. Dependencies between applications are another critical factor that should be considered during the process of migration. This means that moving applications can break dependencies and it can also affect the work. The operational load for system maintenance includes configuration components in the cloud. Choosing the right cloud model can help in getting the right market and this can provide the right price for services.
Q2 – Infrastructure
Locally hosted services include functions and components for external service providers. It is considered secure and it provides a wide range of data warehousing, services, and backups. It provides hosted services and it includes security, web hosting, and security. This includes provisioning for physical infrastructure, lifecycle management, and software by the third-party provider. It offers services with a cloud-style model for private cloud resources that are deployed (Sunchu and Dhainje, 2020). It includes responsibility for maintaining control for software maintenance like upgrades and patching for pre-bundled software. It can be used for storing sensitive information that may be different from the cloud providers.
IaaS is a type of cloud computing service that offers essential storage, networking, and computing resources on demand. This solution can help in reducing maintenance and save hardware costs for gaining real-time business. The solution can provide flexibility for scaling resources and increase the reliability of the underlying infrastructure. This can help in...
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