BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY& MGMT

YELAHANKA, BANGALORE – 560064

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
10/11/2017

Module-4

1. What is a data-intensive computing? Describe the characteristics that define this term.
2. List some of the important storage technologies that support data-intensive computing
and describe one of them.
3. Describe the architecture of the Google File System? What does the term NoSQL mean?
4. Describe the characteristics of Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
5. What are the requirements of a programming platform that supports data-intensive
computations? What is Map Reduce?
6. Describe the kinds of problems Map Reduce can solve and give some real examples
7. What are the major components of the Aneka Map Reduce Programming Model?
8. Describe the components of the Scheduling and Execution Services that constitute the
runtime infrastructure supporting Map Reduce.
9. Describe the architecture of the data storage layer designed for AnekaMapReduce and the
I/O APIs for handling MapReduce files.
10. Design and implement a simple program that uses MapReduce for the computation of Pi.

Module-5
1. Describe AmazonEC2 and its basic features.
2. What is a bucket? What type of storage does it provide?
3. What are the differences between Amazon Simple Db and Amazon RDS?
4. What type of problems does the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud address?
5. What is the Amazon Cloud Watch? What type of service is App Engine? .
6. What are the development technologies currently supported by App Engine?
7. What is Data Store? What type of data can be stored in it?

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8. Describe the architecture of Windows Azure. ? What is a role? What types of roles can be
used? Discuss the storage services provided by Windows Azure
9. What is SQL Azure? Illustrate the architecture of SQL Azure.
10. What is the Windows Azure Platform Appliance? For which kinds of scenarios was this
appliance designed
11. What are the types of applications that can benefit from cloud computing?
12. What fundamental advantages does cloud technology bring to scientific applications?
13. Describe how cloud computing technology can be applied to support remote ECG
monitoring.
14. Describe an application of cloud computing technology in the field of biology. What is
the advantages cloud computing brings to the field of geoscience? Explain with an
example
15. . Describe some examples of CRM and ERP implementations based on cloud computing
technologies.
16. What is Salesforce.com? What are Drop box and iCloud? Which kinds of problem do they
solve by using cloud technologies

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