BSIT400-T301 - Week 04 Posting - AWS Regions Compared to Game Servers

Reading up on the AWS regions made me think about how much that reminds me of online gaming. AWS has different regions where your site can be hosted, depending on your needs, similar to the servers when logging into a game. Of course, the further you are from the server hosting your site, the longer the delay will be between your clicks on the website and the page displaying your results, and the closer you are to the server, the faster your information will load.

Gaming companies are also beginning to do the same regarding online games. When you log into a game and take Path of Exile, you are asked to enter the region you want to join. I live in California, so I would like to select the NA West server instead of the NA East or EU servers.

Some games like Street Fighter dynamically change servers for you and your opponent, since playing on a server closest to you and not your opponent would give you an unfair advantage. So, those games choose a server between the two players and even add artificial lag between player input and character actions. 

I found that pretty neat, and I wanted to bring this up.

BSIT400-T301 - Week 03 Posting - Reasons for Migration Failure

 After doing the discussion for this week and seeing the success story of how Netflix migrated its resources and services to the cloud, I decided to look up different reasons why and how cloud migration could fail. I found an article explaining the top ten reasons for cloud migration failure.

Insufficient Planning

The biggest reason for cloud migration failures is the failure to plan.

Lack of Expertise

Not having the skills and know-how can lead to problems with migrating the data over.

Compatibility Issues

There can be compatibility issues with legacy systems, which can lead to data loss.

Data Security Concerns

Data security can be a deterrent for many organizations.

Insufficient Test

Inadequate testing to see if any applications might not work with the migration and things of that sort can be a point of failure.

Overlooking Compliance Requirements

Not looking into the regulatory standards for storing sensitive data has led to legal consequences.

Poor Change Management Practices

Not easing the employees into the migration can lead to backlash and disrupt business operations.

Limited Visibility Into Cloud Costs

Exceeding their budget due to improper management of resources can be another cause.

Lack of Scalability

Making the migration too soon and not taking full advantage of the benefits provided by the cloud can lead to overprovisioning of resources.

Poor Post-Migration Management

Even if the migration was completed, not properly managing their cloud environment can lead to significant problems.

This article was fun, and I wanted to share this with everyone.

References

Developr. (2024, October 27). Why does cloud migration fail? Top 10 causes and solutions. https://developr.com/why-does-cloud-migration-fail-top-10-causes-and-solutions/

BSIT400-T301 - Week 02 Posting - Type 3 hypervisor

 When reading the module, I wondered if there were more than just the two types of hypervisors. I started checking online and read that there are type 3 hypervisors. According to an article by Keith Ward on Virtualization Review, Phoenix is making a hypervisor embedded in a system's BIOS. So, it runs alongside your installed OS. So that means type 1 gets installed directly onto the physical hardware, type 2 gets installed over the OS installed on the physical hardware, and type 3 lives between both. Since type 3 lives at the BIOS level, the virtualized applications should run nearly instantly on computer start-ups. Something else was pretty cool about having a type 3 hypervisor. The article mentions that if anything ever happens to your system and it is stuck on the blue screen of death, you could still access things such as email or even the internet through your browser if it was installed onto the type 3 hypervisor.

Ward, K. (2008, March 12). A new hypervisor hits the scene. Virtualization Review. https://virtualizationreview.com/blogs/mental-ward/2008/03/a-new-hypervisor-hits-the-scene.aspx

BSIT400-T301 - Week 01 Posting - Hello Classmates!

I am back in the blogging world for another semester. This is the final semester where I am taking courses that are part of my major, and I am excited to see it through all the way. After this, I must complete the Kirkpatrick Signature Series to finish everything. Regarding my knowledge, I have been putting together PCs for friends and family for about eleven years. Thanks to the courses here, I translated the knowledge gained to troubleshoot problems on some of their PCs, which was exciting to fix. I went from just knowing how to put them together to be able to do basic troubleshooting for the software and the hardware as well.

I look forward to getting to know you throughout the rest of the semester!