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|  | Author: George Reese
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  34 reviews
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0596156367
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.36
EAN: 9780596156367
ASIN: 0596156367
Publication Date: April 3, 2009
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 George knows his stuff! April 28, 2009
Randy Bias (Stratospheric)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
George Reese is clearly a subject matter expert at building scalable web infrastructures on cloud computing environments. His expertise comes through in this book where he provides clear instructions and best practices for clouds like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Most of these techniques and tips are applicable to other clouds and traditional hosting environments.
Highly recommended as a reference guide when planning your next web application deployment.
Even Grizzled Veterans Benefit April 22, 2009
M. Catlin (Saint Paul, MN USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've been working with Amazon's EC2 environment for nearly a year now. I thought I had a clear understanding of all that involves the Cloud, including spooling up instances, setting up security groups and using off-line storage for backups. However, I never considered many of the issues covered in the book.
I think the most important aspect of the book is that it lays out best practices that I'm leveraging now to scale my large web applications, tighten up my security and automate disaster recovery. It's clear that the author has spent a great amount of time thinking about these issues and has the hardcore experience backing his advice.
I also liked discovering more about the other offerings in the marketplace. It's impossible to tell what a client's needs might be so its nice to have them in mind when making these types of a decisions.
A very good book on cloud computing April 18, 2009
PC (Seattle, WA)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
A very refreshing take at a topic that was always unclear in my head no matter how much I tried to read about it. In this book, the author does not try to impress you with buzzwords and try to establish how great cloud computing is, instead he just lays out his knowledge in a very clear and practical manner. In the very first chapter itself you get a very clear idea of what cloud computing is about. I am also thankful that the author did not try to start from the history of the internet and the web :-)
Here is the table of contents:
Chapter 1. Cloud Computing
Section 1.1. The Cloud
Section 1.2. Cloud Application Architectures
Section 1.3. The Value of Cloud Computing
Section 1.4. Cloud Infrastructure Models
Section 1.5. An Overview of Amazon Web Services
Chapter 2. Amazon Cloud Computing
Section 2.1. Amazon S3
Section 2.2. Amazon EC2
Chapter 3. Before the Move into the Cloud
Section 3.1. Know Your Software Licenses
Section 3.2. The Shift to a Cloud Cost Model
Section 3.3. Service Levels for Cloud Applications
Section 3.4. Security
Section 3.5. Disaster Recovery
Chapter 4. Ready for the Cloud
Section 4.1. Web Application Design
Section 4.2. Machine Image Design
Section 4.3. Privacy Design
Section 4.4. Database Management
Chapter 5. Security
Section 5.1. Data Security
Section 5.2. Network Security
Section 5.3. Host Security
Section 5.4. Compromise Response
Chapter 6. Disaster Recovery
Section 6.1. Disaster Recovery Planning
Section 6.2. Disasters in the Cloud
Section 6.3. Disaster Management
Chapter 7. Scaling a Cloud Infrastructure
Section 7.1. Capacity Planning
Section 7.2. Cloud Scale
Appendix A. Amazon Web Services Reference
Section A.1. Amazon EC2 Command-Line Reference
Section A.2. Amazon EC2 Tips
Appendix B. GoGrid
Section B.1. Types of Clouds
Section B.2. Cloudcenters in Detail
Section B.3. Comparing Approaches
Section B.4. What's Right for You?
orm:knowledge-test B.5.
Appendix C. Rackspace
Section C.1. Rackspace's Cloud Services
Section C.2. Fully Integrated, Backed by Fanatical Support
orm:knowledge-test C.3.
Thank You, Reese and O'Reilly, for Your Impeccable Timing April 17, 2009
Graeme R. Thickins (Minneapolis & San Clemente)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a book that had to be written, and O'Reilly's timing of its publication couldn't be better. It will be gobbled up in this defining year in the mainstreaming of cloud computing. Reese, an experienced O'Reilly author and recognized cloud computing practitioner, delivers a highly readable volume that cuts through all the cloud computing hype to provide real clarity for anyone wanting to better understand this often confusing and frequently derided term. He gives solid, practical advice on how to benefit, today, from this powerful new set of technologies. Cloud computing is a tsunami headed toward old-school corporate computing. Doubters beware. Reese and his O'Reilly editors do a brilliant job covering the bases for anyone "who designs, builds, or maintains web applications that may be deployed into the cloud." But the book's appeal will extend much wider than that -- not only to anyone who manages such technologists, but into C-level suites as well. And I don't just mean the CIO's office. It is an excellent companion purchase to Nicholas Carr's "The Big Switch," delivering the knowledge you and your people need to take the next step -- to actually implement cloud computing.
Chapter 1 is an outstanding overview of the cloud concept and its value to the business enterprise, worth the price of the book alone. Then, Reese delves into an excellent description of the leading provider of cloud computing services today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), including its EC2 and S3 offerings. From there, he describes what you need to know before you move into the cloud, followed by a chapter on getting ready for the cloud. But it's not all sweetness and light. Reese addresses head-on the widely recognized obstacles cited by enterprises to adopting cloud computing today: security and reliability. An entire chapter is devoted to disaster recovery in the cloud, as is scaling a cloud infrastructure. Three excellent appendices round out the book, making it a must for any cloud IT professional's book shelf: an Amazon Web Services reference, plus submissions by technologists at two other leading cloud providers, GoGrid and Rackspace, explaining their offerings. I find it hard to identify anything the book lacks; it appears to cover all the bases business and IT people need -- now -- to take action and start reaping the major costs savings offered by cloud computing. We will undoubtedly see updated editions as changes occur in this field. But do not miss the first printing.
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