Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide - Editio

An indispensable guide to the newest version of the Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification
 
The newly revised Second Edition of the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide delivers a proven and effective roadmap to success on the latest Professional Cloud Architect accreditation exam from Google. You'll learn the skills you need to excel on the test and in the field, with coverage of every exam objective and competency, including focus areas of the latest exam such as Kubernetes, Anthos, and multi-cloud architectures. The book explores the design, analysis, development, operations, and migration components of the job, with intuitively organized lessons that align with the real-world job responsibilities of a Google Cloud professional and with the PCA exam topics. Architects need more than the ability to recall facts about cloud services, they need to be able to reason about design decisions. This study guide is unique in how it helps you learn to think like an architect: understand requirements, assess constraints, choose appropriate architecture patterns, and consider the operational characteristics of the systems you design. Review questions and practice exams use scenario-based questions like those on the certification exam to build the test taking skills you will need.
 
In addition to comprehensive material on compute resources, storage systems, networks, security, legal and regulatory compliance, reliability design, technical and business processes, and more, you'll get:
* The chance to begin or advance your career as an in-demand Google Cloud IT professional
* Invaluable opportunities to develop and practice the skills you'll need as a Google Cloud Architect
* Access to the Sybex online learning center, with chapter review questions, full-length practice exams, hundreds of electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms
 
The ideal resource for anyone preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect certification from Google, Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide, 2nd Edition is also a must-read resource for aspiring and practicing cloud professionals seeking to expand or improve their technical skillset and improve their effectiveness in the field.

List of contents

Introduction xxiii
 
Assessment Test xxix
 
Answers to the Assessment Test xxxv
 
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Google Professional Cloud Architect Exam 1
 
Exam Objectives 2
 
Analyzing Business Requirements 3
 
Reducing Operational Expenses 3
 
Accelerating the Pace of Development 4
 
Reporting on Service- Level Objectives 5
 
Reducing Time to Recover from an Incident 5
 
Improving Compliance with Industry Regulations 6
 
Analyzing Technical Requirements 8
 
Functional Requirements 8
 
Exam Case Studies 11
 
EHR Healthcare 12
 
Helicopter Racing League 13
 
Mountkirk Games 14
 
TerramEarth 15
 
Summary 16
 
Exam Essentials 16
 
Review Questions 18
 
Chapter 2 Designing Solutions to Meet Business Requirements 23
 
Business Use Cases and Product Strategy 24
 
EHR Healthcare 25
 
Helicopter Racing League 26
 
Mountkirk Games Strategy 26
 
TerramEarth Strategy 27
 
Application Design and Cost Considerations 27
 
Managed Services 28
 
Reduced Levels of Services 30
 
Data Lifecycle Management 32
 
Systems Integration and Data Management 33
 
Systems Integration Business Requirements 33
 
Data Management Business Requirements 36
 
Compliance and Regulation 38
 
Privacy Regulations 38
 
Data Integrity Regulations 39
 
Security 39
 
Confidentiality 40
 
Integrity 40
 
Availability 41
 
Success Measures 41
 
Key Performance Indicators 41
 
Return on Investment 42
 
Summary 43
 
Exam Essentials 43
 
Review Questions 45
 
Chapter 3 Designing Solutions to Meet Technical Requirements 51
 
High Availability 52
 
Compute Availability 54
 
Storage Availability 56
 
Network Availability 60
 
Application Availability 60
 
Scalability 61
 
Scaling Compute Resources 62
 
Scaling Storage Resources 64
 
Network Design for Scalability 64
 
Reliability 65
 
Measuring Reliability 65
 
Reliability Engineering 65
 
Summary 66
 
Exam Essentials 66
 
Review Questions 68
 
Chapter 4 Designing Compute Systems 73
 
Compute Services and Use Cases 74
 
Compute Engine 75
 
App Engine 80
 
Cloud Functions 82
 
Cloud Run 84
 
Kubernetes Engine 84
 
Anthos 90
 
Overview of Anthos 91
 
Anthos Service Mesh 91
 
Anthos Multi Cluster Ingress 92
 
Anthos Deployment Options 92
 
AI and Machine Learning Services 93
 
Vertex AI 94
 
Cloud TPU 94
 
Data Flows and Pipelines 94
 
Cloud Pub/Sub Pipelines 95
 
Cloud Dataflow Pipelines 96
 
Cloud Dataproc 96
 
Cloud Workflows 96
 
Cloud Data Fusion 96
 
Cloud Composer 97
 
Compute System Provisioning 97
 
Additional Design Issues 97
 
Managing State in Distributed Systems 98
 
Synchronous and Asynchronous Operations 99
 
Summary 100
 
Exam Essentials 101
 
Review Questions 102
 
Chapter 5 Designing Storage Systems 107
 
Overview of Storage Services 108
 
Object Storage with Google Cloud Storage 109
 
Organizing Objects in a Namespace 109
 
Cloud Storage FUSE 110
 
Storage Tiers 110
 
Cloud Storage Use Cases 111
 
Network- Attached Storage with Google Cloud Fi

About the author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAN SULLIVAN is a software architect specializing in data analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing. He is the author of Google Cloud certification study guides for the Professional Architect, Professional Data Engineer, and Associate Cloud Engineer exams. Dan is also an instructor with LinkedIn Learning, where he develops courses on data science, machine learning, and data management as well as with Udemy where he provides Google Cloud certification preparation courses.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Sullivan, Sullivan Dan
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2022
• EAN: 9781119871057
• ISBN: 978-1-119-87105-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Sybex Study Guide
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Informatik, Prüfungsvorbereitung, Zertifizierung, computer science, google cloud, test prep, Grid & Cloud Computing, Grid- u. Cloud-Computing, Misc (other) certifications, Sonstige Zertifizierungen