Cloud Computing: BC/DR Best Practices

Course details

The cloud is a force multiplier for businesses, enabling companies of all sizes to scale quickly and efficiently. However, running your workloads in the cloud doesn't mean they're immune to disruptions. In the event of a disaster that interrupts services, whether a large-scale event or an incident specifically impacting your business, you need to have a plan in place to minimize downtime and the resulting loss of revenue. In this course, instructor David Linthicum reviews best practices and approaches for building a strategy around business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR). Examine real-world case studies and explore specific technologies available for business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. This practical course helps you identify the requirements specific to your business and translate them into a real-world BC/DR strategy and toolset.

Learning objectives
Identify how AI impacts BC/DR and the AI tools that are available for your BC/DR strategy.
Determine which data to build into your BC/DR strategy and how to assign a level of criticality.
Become familiar with the tools and services available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Identify the storage and database options available in the cloud and how to build them into your BC/DR strategy.

Concepts

Introduction

Introduction to business continuity and disaster recovery (BC DR) in the cloud
What you should know

BC DR Basics

What is BC DR
BC DR case studies
BC DR tools for the cloud
Understanding BC DR requirements
How AI impacts BC DR

BC DR for Data

Identifying data for backup
BC DR for cloud storage systems
BC DR for cloud database systems
BC DR for AI system data
Challenge - BD DR data planning for Atlas Inc.
Solution - BD DR data planning for Atlas Inc.

BC DR for Processing

Identifying processes for backup
BC DR for platform instances
BC DR for other cloud services
BC DR for AI ML inference processing
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) and BC DR
Challenge - BC DR AI processing for Atlas Inc.
Solution - BC DR AI processing for Atlas Inc.

BC DR for the Cloud - Tools and Services

Amazon Web Services BC DR tools
Google Cloud Platform BC DR tools
Azure BC DR tools
Choosing a BC DR tool for your cloud deployment

Conclusion

Putting it all together
Where to go next