IT3315 Hardware and Operating Systems
Unit 4 Assignment
Computer Virtualization, Storage, and Cloud-Based Application and Storage
Preparation
By now you should have completed the practice labs for this unit and pasted the screenshots into a word document called “Unit 4 Screenshots” for submission with this assignment.
Instructions
In this assignment, you need to do the following in a Word document titled “Unit 4 Assignment:”
Imagine that you are tasked with storing digital files for a feature length movie that is in production. Suggest and defend a solution that meets the needs of large data files (500 T) that can be easily accessed for editing and stored safely.
Compare the architectures of virtual machine-based and container-based virtualization. Be sure to provide insights on the host operating system, storage and software deployment issues of both technologies, and the relationship between Linux container services and Windows platforms.