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 +~~REVEAL~~
 +<wrap footer> de.NBI Cloud course </wrap>
  
 +{{no-footer}}
 +===== Cloud Intro =====
 +
 +Introduction to //cloud//, OpenStack and technology terms
 +
 +===== Term: virtualization =====
 +
 +  * providing a system and its environment
 +  * often the same or similar architecture as underlying //bare metal// system
 +  * emulation of foreign architectures possible
 +  * usually more than just a virtual system
 +    * network
 +    * storage
 +  * full virtualization vs. para virtualization
 +
 +<notes>
 +  - explain virtualization vs. emulation
 +  - explain difference full virtualization (simulation of hardware) and para virtualization (special devices, faster)
 +</notes>
 +
 +===== Term: hypervisor =====
 +
 +  * a software for providing virtualization
 +    * qemu/kvm, Xen, vmWare, HyperV, ...
 +    * provides a virtual environment
 +  * also: a (bare metal) host for running hypervisor software
 +
 +
 +===== Term: virtual machine =====
 +
 +  * a virtual computer
 +  * virtual resources (CPU, RAM, disk, ...)  provides by hypervisor / virtual environment
 +  * often using predefined storage (//image//
 +  * referred to as //instance// in cloud environment
 +
 +===== Term: cloud =====
 +
 +  * ambiguous, overloaded marketing term
 +  * //IaaS//: infrastructure as a service
 +    * provides an environment for virtual machines
 +    * including network, storage, ...
 +  * also PaaS, SaaS, DaaS, FaaS, LBaaS, ...
 +
 +
 +===== Cloud vs. Virtualization =====
 +
 +  * virtualization is base for cloud
 +  * pets vs. cattle
 +  * specialized virtualization management software for pets (e.g. vmWare)
 +  * //cloud// management software for cattle (Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, Openstack, ...)
 +
 +===== OpenStack =====
 +
 +{{https://www.openstack.org/assets/openstack-logo/2016R/OpenStack-Logo-Horizontal.png}}