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Building Your Private Cloud With Linux
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X422.7 (2 semester units in EECS)
A requirement in the Professional Series in Virtual and Cloud ComputingDiscover the practical side of cloud computing using the Linux operating system. Acquire hands-on experience to install, configure, test and troubleshoot cloud system platforms, as well as the tools and techniques to manage and monitor these platforms. Start by examining and discussing cloud computing concepts such as infrastructure, platform and software as a service (SaaS). Next, build two different cloud computing systems available on the Linux operating system: the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) and the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). Finally, implement several managing and monitoring cloud system tools to ensure you fully understand how to realize the potential of cloud computing using Linux.
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San Francisco, Tues. March 19, 6:30 pm, 10 meetings
- 10 meetings
- March 19 to May 21: Tues., 6:30-9:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 812, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $675 (EDP 156562)
Marcelo Carvalho, M.A., is a data network, voice communications and software application engineer at Usabound, where he manages the company's servers, Voiceover Internet Protocol (VoIP) and data networks across the United States and Europe. He has been teaching UC Extension courses since 2000 on UNIX, shell programming, C language and Perl programming. He served as technical reviewer for the third edition of the best-selling UNIX Made Easy (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media). Carvalho also developed a textbook on Perl programming for his UC Berkeley Extension course.