COURSE TITLE: VIRTUALIZATION AND DATA CENTRES
Course Code:: 22PCA311 Course Type: SPZ
Teaching Hours/ Week (L:T:P): [Link] Credits: 5
Total Teaching Hours: 60+0+30 CIE + SEE Marks: 50+50=100
Preamble (brief description).
Virtualization has transformed the IT industry by allowing multiple virtual machines to run on a
single physical server, enabling efficient resource utilization and cost savings.
Data centers are critical facilities that house the physical infrastructure required to support various
applications and services. We will examine the components and architecture of data centers,
including servers, storage systems, networking equipment, power and cooling systems, and security
measures.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to…
Explain the concepts and components of cloud architecture and their relevance in
CO1
different deployment models.
CO2 Evaluate based on suitability of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS for specific use cases.
Discuss the key elements of data centers and apply capacity planning techniques for
CO3
efficient management.
Compare and contrast virtualization technologies and select appropriate solutions for
CO4
different scenarios.
Configure, tune, and manage virtual servers and implement backup and migration
CO5
strategies.
PO – CO mapping
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8
CO1 3 2 - 2 - - 2 1
CO2 2 3 2 - 3 - - 2
CO3 3 - 1 2 - - - 2
CO4 - 2 3 2 - 2 1 -
CO5 2 - - 3 - 1 - 3
Note: ‘-‘=Not Relevance; ‘1’=Low Relevance; ‘2’ = Medium Relevance; ‘3’=High
Relevance
Course content
Theory
Unit 1
Getting Started with Cloud Computing 8 Hours
Cloud Computing in a Nutshell, Roots of Cloud Computing, Layers and Types of Clouds, Desired
Features of a Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure as a Service Providers,
Platform as a Service Providers, Challenges and Risks, Introduction to Migration to Cloud, Broad
Approaches to Migrating into the Cloud, The Seven-Step Model of Migration into a Cloud
Unit 2
Cloud architecture – Layers and Models 12 Hours
IaaS - Background and Related Work, Virtual Machines Provisioning and Manageability, Virtual
Machine Migration Services, VM Provisioning and Migration in Action, Provisioning in the Cloud
Context
PaaS - Introduction Technologies and Tools for Cloud Computing, Aneka Cloud Platform, Aneka
Resource Provisioning Service, Hybrid Cloud Implementation, Visionary thoughts for Practitioners
SaaS - An Introduction, The Onset of Knowledge Era , The Evolution of SaaS, The Challenges of
SaaS Paradigm, Approaching the SaaS Integration Enigma, New Integration Scenarios, The
Integration Methodologies, SaaS Integration Products and Platforms, SaaS Integration Services
Unit 3
Data Centers 14 Hours
Introduction to Azure Fundamentals, shared responsibility models, define cloud models,
consumption based model, benefits of high availability and scalability, benefits of reliability and
predictability in the cloud, benefits of security and governance in the cloud, benefits of
manageability in the cloud, Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
Describe Core Architectural components of Azure, what is Microsoft Azure, Get started with
Azure accounts, Learn Azure sandbox, Azure Physical infrastructure, Azure management
Infrastructure.
Unit 4
Virtualization 14 Hours
Azure Compute and Networking Services; Azure Virtual Machines, Create Azure Virtual
Machines, Azure virtual Desktop, Azure containers, Azure functions, Application Hosting Options,
Azure Virtual Networking, Azure VPC, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure DNS
Azure Storage Services; Azure storage accounts, Azure storage Redundancy Azure storage
services, Create a Azure Storage blob, Identify Azure Data Migration Options, Identify Azure File
Movement Options,
Azure Directory Services, Azure Authentication Methods, External Identities, conditional access
Azure RBAC, Zero-trust Model, defense-in-depth, Microsoft defender cloud.
Unit 5
Applying Virtualization 12 Hours
Factor that affect costs in Azure, Compare the Pricing and Total Cost of Ownership Calculators,
Estimate Workload Costs by using Pricing calculator, compare workload costs by using TCO
calculator, Microsoft cost management tool, Purpose of Tags
Microsoft purview, Azure policy, Resource locks, configure a resource lock, purpose of service
trust portal
Tools for Interacting with Azure, Purpose of Azure Arc, Azure Resource manager and Azure ARM
Templates, Purpose of Azure Advisor, Azure Service Health, Azure Monitor
Textbooks
1. Rajkumar Buyya et. Al, Cloud Computing - Principles and Paradigms, Wiley Publications, 2011.
2. Michael Collier, Robin Shahan, “Fundamentals of Microsoft Azure”, 2016
3. Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ 900 official Guide
Practicals
Explore and Implement AZ 900 Assignments as per recent Azure Fundamentals Exercises.
Reference
1. "Virtualization Complete: Business Basic Edition" by Anil Desai (First Edition)
2. "Desktop Virtualization: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications" edited by
Miltiadis D. Lytras and Paraskevi Papadopoulou (First Edition)
Part B: Course Evaluation System
Assessment Assessment Description Weightag Marks
System Component e
Mid Semester Examination (MSE) –I of 1 hour
CIE-I --
duration for 25 marks
Theory Mid Semester Examination (MSE) –II of 1 hour
CIE-II --
Continuous duration conducted for 25 marks
50
Internal -- Average of MSE-1 and MSE-II 25
Evaluation (CIE) CIE-III Assignments/Quizzes/Case Analysis 10
CIE-IV Publications/Seminar/Quiz etc. 10
CIE-V Attendance* 5
CIE (Theory) 60% *30M
Practical Test(s) of 30 Marks with Marks
Distribution for each test as follows:
Practical 1; Write Up- 25 %
Continuous CIE-VI 2: Execution – 35 %
Internal 3: Modification/Testing – 25% 50
Evaluation (CIE) 4: Viva – 15 %
Continuous Evaluation in the form of Record
Write Up, Viva etc ------ 20Marks
CIE (Practical) 40% *20 M
Semester End
Written Examination conducted for 3 hours
Evaluation SEE 50% *50 M
duration **
(SEE)
TOTAL MARKS 100% 100
*Attendance Marks Allotment: 90% and above : 5 Marks
85% to 89% : 4 Marks
80% to 84% : 3 Marks
75% to 79% : 2 Marks
** Semester End Examination to be conducted for 3 hours duration for Courses with 3 or
more credits; 2 hours duration for Courses with 2 credits and 1 hour duration for Courses
with 1 credit.
Question Paper Pattern:
The SEE question paper comprises 5 Modules/Units. Each Module/Unit will have 2 questions
carrying 20 marks each. Each question may have sub questions (a, b & c etc) for a total mark of 20.
Students need to answer 5 questions selecting one FULL question from each module.
**50% weightage given to SEE and 50% weightage to CIE as per Scheme of evaluation.
