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What is the primary reason for the complexity of current infrastructure landscapes?
What is the primary reason for the complexity of current infrastructure landscapes?
- The rapid advancement of big data technologies
- The increasing adoption of cloud computing
- The need for solid, scalable, and modular architecture
- The history of application implementation projects (correct)
What is a characteristic of agile adaptations in IT infrastructure?
What is a characteristic of agile adaptations in IT infrastructure?
- Rigid and inflexible architecture
- Hardware-focused infrastructure design
- Solid, scalable, and modular architecture (correct)
- Limited use of software components
According to Wikipedia, what are the typical components of an IT infrastructure?
According to Wikipedia, what are the typical components of an IT infrastructure?
- People, processes, and documentation
- Physical components, software, and network components (correct)
- Only physical components such as hardware and facilities
- Only software and network components
What is the primary focus of IT infrastructure design?
What is the primary focus of IT infrastructure design?
What is the key benefit of a modular architecture in IT infrastructure?
What is the key benefit of a modular architecture in IT infrastructure?
What is the primary difference between IT infrastructure and IT services?
What is the primary difference between IT infrastructure and IT services?
What is the primary driver of increasing complexity in IT infrastructure?
What is the primary driver of increasing complexity in IT infrastructure?
What is the definition of IT infrastructure according to ITILv3?
What is the definition of IT infrastructure according to ITILv3?
What is the primary benefit of a solid IT infrastructure architecture?
What is the primary benefit of a solid IT infrastructure architecture?
What is the key characteristic of modern IT infrastructure?
What is the key characteristic of modern IT infrastructure?
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Multi-Tier Applications
- A multi-tier application consists of multiple layers, such as a JavaScript application in a browser, an on-premises web server, an application server, and a database.
- These layers communicate with each other, enabling interactive applications to respond to user actions, such as mouse clicks, within 100-300 ms.
Timeliness in Applications
- Interactive applications respond to user actions within 100-300 ms.
- Real-time systems, such as SCADA systems, respond in less than 10 ms and are used in critical environments like manufacturing and logistics.
- Batch-based systems process data for hours at a time.
Application Platform Building Block
- The application platform building block consists of:
- Application servers (e.g., Java or .NET application servers, IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, Red Hat JBoss)
- Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Azure Container Instances, Amazon Elastic Container Service)
- Connectivity (e.g., Enterprise Service Buses like Microsoft BizTalk, TIBCO Service Bus, IBM MQ, SAP NetWeaver PI)
- Databases (e.g., Oracle RDBMS, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache CouchDB, MongoDB)
- Front-end servers provide end users with interactions to applications.
- Application servers act as containers running the actual application.
Infrastructure Building Blocks
- Infrastructure building blocks comprise:
- End User Devices (e.g., PCs, laptops, thin clients, mobile devices, printers)
- Operating Systems (e.g., collections of programs that manage a computer’s internal workings)
- Compute (e.g., physical and virtual computers in the datacenter)
- Storage (e.g., hard disks, tapes, Direct Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage, Storage Area Networks)
- Networking (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, WAN, LAN, Internet access, VPNs)
- Datacenters (e.g., locations hosting IT infrastructure hardware)
- Infrastructure building blocks are not necessarily hierarchically related.
Infrastructure Management
- Infrastructure management involves processes like ITIL, COBIT, and DevOps.
- Tools are used for monitoring, backup, logging, and other infrastructure services.
- DNS, DHCP, and time services are also part of infrastructure management.
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