Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due NOW

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Define cloud computing workload and environmental constraints.

Discuss how these concepts affect the performance and the capability of the cloud instance. Consider the effects of each individually as well as combined.

Offer a solution to reduce cloud constraints on cloud performance.

Consider suggesting additional solutions of elasticity, shared resources, or infrastructure consolidation to reduce the constraints while highlighting the benefits of the selected solution.

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Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

Wk 1 – Drotos Engineering: Cloud Solution Proposal [due Mon]

Assignment Content

1. 
   
   Read the Drotos Engineering Cloud Migration Project Overview.
   Imagine you are the only IT employee at Drotos Engineering. After discussing the company needs with the company owner, referred to as Senior, you recommended the company transition to a cloud-based IT management solution. Senior directed you to create a high-level overview of what it would take to migrate the company’s internal, private network to a cloud-based solution.
   Create the following materials to review with Senior:

   • A diagram of the current network environment
   • A diagram of the proposed cloud-based network environment with annotations of what is new or changed from the current environment
   • A 3- to 4-page summary that includes:
   • A rationale for transitioning from the traditional network environment to a cloud-based environment (i.e., how the cloud-based solution is better than trying to modify and adapt the current network to meet the business needs)
   • The identification of new or different hardware requirements to support the cloud-based environment
   • A listing of the high-level steps to implement the recommended cloud-based solution
   • A listing of additional considerations or information needed to create a more thorough listing
   • A final opinion as to whether the proposal will address all of the business’s needs or whether additional modifications or solutions will eventually be needed

   Create your diagrams in Microsoft® Visio® and write your summary in Microsoft® Word.
   Note: You will use the proposed cloud-based network diagram in the Week 2 individual assignment, Drotos Engineering: Security Considerations.
   Compress your files into a ZIP file.
   Submit your assignment.