HRM/300 WEEK 4 Class Discussion Question
Discussion Question: Performance Tuning Best Practice
Select a performance tuning best practice you learned about this week and answer the following questions:
• How does this best practice contribute to an optimized implementation of a cloud
system?
• How does changing data or changes within a cloud environment alter how this best
practice can be used for tuning?
• How can this best practice be used to ensure alignment with a service level
agreement?
Post your answers to the discussion area.
Respond to at least one of your peers. In your response, consider sharing how a change to data or the environment could affect the value of the best practice.
Discussion Question: Service Level Agreement Components
You have been asked by your manager to draft a service level agreement (SLA) with your new third-party cloud service provider.
Identify three components (e.g., uptime or storage availability) you believe are critical to include in the SLA.
Describe the component and why the component is critical to include.
Post your explanations to the discussion area.
Respond to at least one of your peers. In your response, consider commenting on the value of the component your peer shared and related considerations that should be noted in the SLA. Where appropriate, include the monetary compensation importance.
Discussion Question: New Tools
Research news releases touting new cloud resource monitoring and management tools and services.
Identify a company with which you are familiar that uses a cloud-based solution of any kind.
Write a brief description of the company and the cloud solution it uses.
Select one of the tools you found and explain how the tool could be used by the company you identified to maintain its optimum security or performance.
Post your response to the discussion area.
Respond to at least one of your peers. In your response, consider sharing additional insights about how the tool could help the company you identified or noting something you learned from your peer.
