CompTIA Cloud (PLA)

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe the different Cloud Services and Deployment models

• List and explain Cloud Computing terms and characteristics

• Understand RAID concepts and disk types

• List Storage technologies and their respective protocols

• Understand Switching and Routing, including ports and protocols

• List the several types of networks

• Define a hypervisor, Virtual Machine, and VM Host

• List the benefits of virtualisation in the Cloud

• Describe the concept of Server Migration

• List and explain the various remote-access tools

• Discuss the need for remote monitoring techniques

• Explain hot resource, and VM resource allocation

• List the available tuning tools to assist in optimising performance

• Discuss system management best practices

• List the available troubleshooting tools and testing techniques

• Explain the need for data encryption

• List the various access control methods available

• Describe the different methods of High Availability

• List the various Disaster Recovery methods available

It is recommended that delegates have at least 24-36 months of work experience in IT networking, storage, or data centre administration. CompTIA Network+ and/or Server+ would also be beneficial but these are not required.

As this is an online course, you will require access to a computer/laptop with internet. 

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• Additional support is available for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
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