Seminar 2

Below are the instructions for the seminar. Please note that you need to complete both the seminar and the written examination to pass this part of the course.

This seminar will concentrate on hardware, operating system, how and where you can run you applications. Below follows the seminar questions.

Hardware

Explain the below hardware parts and how they relate to each other

• Storage
• RAM
• Swap disk
• CPU
• CPU cache memory
• Microprocessor
• Processor register

Operating system

• What is a operating system and how is it related to:

  • Applications?
  • Servers?
  • Services?

• Describe the difference between these operating system

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Mac OS X
  • Unix

  Try to focus on the different characteristics!

Pysical vs. Virtualization

• Describe the difference between the following:
  • Virtual machine
  • Hypervisor
  • Containers
  • Cloud computing
  • Data centers

Presenting the findings at the seminar

At the seminar we will discuss your findings from the questions above. Since there are a lot of questions and up to six members to each seminar group, some questions will probably be left out - but you cannot tell which before hand so you should be able to answer the questions above. Remember that a constructive contribution to the discussion is more important than "being right".

A few pointers:

• Make your voice heard - participation is mandatory and participation means contributing to the discussion.
• Listen to what the other participants say, think about it and then deliver your reaction.
• When one questions seems answered, try to find a "natural" way into the next questions.
• If you are a person who usually talks a lot, please be observant and try to figure out who is not talking - invite that person into the conversation (that is a positive contribution to the discussion on your part).
• If you are a person who usually is quiet and do not talk, see the first point above.