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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Cloud Computing Configurations and Deployments |
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Introducing Cloud Computing |
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Cloud Reference Designs and Delivery Models |
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Introducing Cloud Components |
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Connecting the Cloud to the Outside World |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Selecting Cloud Compute Resources |
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14 | (1) |
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Validating and Preparing for the Move to the Cloud |
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What Is the Architecture? |
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Choosing Elements and Objects in the Cloud |
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16 | (1) |
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Creating and Validating a Cloud Deployment |
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The Cloud Shared Resource Pooling Model |
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Organizational Uses of the Cloud |
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Scaling and Architecting Cloud Systems Based on Requirements |
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20 | (1) |
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Understanding Cloud Performance |
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21 | (1) |
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Delivering High Availability Operations |
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21 | (1) |
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Connecting Your Organization to the Remote Cloud Data Center |
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22 | (1) |
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What Are the Tools Used for Remote Management? |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (1) |
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Verifying System Requirements |
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26 | (8) |
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Correct Scaling for Your Requirements |
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26 | (1) |
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Making Sure the Cloud Is Always Available |
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27 | (1) |
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Understanding Direct and Virtual Cloud Connections |
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28 | (4) |
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Keeping Your Data Safe (A Word About Data Integrity) |
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32 | (1) |
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Making Sure Your Cloud Deployment Is Functioning as Expected |
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32 | (1) |
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Writing It All Down (Documentation) |
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33 | (1) |
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Creating a Known Reference Point (Baselines) |
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33 | (1) |
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What Is the Responsibility of the Cloud Service Provider? |
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33 | (1) |
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Variations in the Cloud: Performance Metrics |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 Cloud Deployments |
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Executing a Cloud Deployment |
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48 | (14) |
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Understanding Deployment and Change Management |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (2) |
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Network Deployment Considerations |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (1) |
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Matching Physical Resources to the Virtualized World of the Cloud |
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62 | (5) |
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What Are Available and Proposed Hardware Resources? |
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63 | (2) |
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Physical Resource High Availability |
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65 | (1) |
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Introducing Disaster Recovery |
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65 | (1) |
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Physical Hardware Performance Benchmarks |
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66 | (1) |
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Costs Savings When Using the Cloud |
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66 | (1) |
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Energy Savings in the Cloud |
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66 | (1) |
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Shared vs. Dedicated Hardware Resources in a Cloud Data Center |
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67 | (1) |
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Configuring and Deploying Storage |
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67 | (15) |
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Identifying Storage Configurations |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (2) |
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Storage Priorities: Understanding Storage Tiers |
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72 | (1) |
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Managing and Protecting Your Stored Data |
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73 | (5) |
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Storage Security Considerations |
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78 | (3) |
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Accessing Your Storage in the Cloud |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Performing a Server Migration |
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82 | (6) |
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Different Types of Server Migrations |
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83 | (2) |
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Understanding the Virtualization Formats Needed When Migrating |
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85 | (1) |
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Addressing Application Portability |
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86 | (1) |
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Workload Migration Common Procedures |
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86 | (1) |
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Examining Infrastructure Capable of Supporting a Migration |
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86 | (2) |
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Managing User Identities and Roles |
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88 | (5) |
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RBAC: Identifying Users and What Their Roles Are |
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88 | (1) |
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Identity Applications in the Public Cloud |
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89 | (1) |
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What Happens When You Authenticate? |
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89 | (1) |
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Giving Authorization to Access Specific Cloud Services |
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89 | (1) |
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Understanding Federations |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Understanding Infrastructure Services |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Security in the Cloud |
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Cloud Security Compliance and Configurations |
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103 | (13) |
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Establishing Your Company's Security Policies |
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104 | (1) |
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Selecting and Applying the Security Policies to Your Cloud Operations |
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105 | (1) |
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Some Common Regulatory Requirements |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (3) |
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Security Certificates and Keys |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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Automating Cloud Security |
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114 | (1) |
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Security Templates for Compute Platforms |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (6) |
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Accessing Cloud-Based Objects |
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116 | (2) |
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Cloud Service Models and Security |
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118 | (1) |
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Cloud Deployment Models and Security |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Implementing Cloud Security |
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129 | (24) |
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Implementing Security in the Cloud |
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131 | (6) |
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131 | (1) |
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Segmenting Your Deployment |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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Applying Multifactor Authentication |
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135 | (1) |
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Regulatory and Compliance Issues During Implementation |
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136 | (1) |
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Automating Cloud Security |
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137 | (7) |
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137 | (3) |
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Techniques for Implementing Cloud Security |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (5) |
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Chapter 5 Maintaining Cloud Operations |
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153 | (28) |
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Applying Security Patches |
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155 | (6) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (4) |
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Patching Order of Operations and Dependencies |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (3) |
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Understanding the Different Types of Updates |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (1) |
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Virtualization Automation Tools and Activities |
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164 | (5) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (2) |
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Backup and Restore Operations |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Ongoing Maintenance |
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181 | (30) |
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Implementing a Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan |
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183 | (9) |
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Service Provider Responsibilities and Capabilities |
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184 | (2) |
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Disaster Recovery Models and Techniques |
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186 | (6) |
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192 | (4) |
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Establishing a Business Continuity Plan |
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193 | (2) |
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Establishing Service Level Agreements |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (6) |
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Establishing Maintenance Windows |
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196 | (1) |
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Maintenance Interruptions to Operations |
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197 | (1) |
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Maintenance Automation Impact and Scope |
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197 | (1) |
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Common Maintenance Automation Tasks |
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197 | (5) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 Cloud Management |
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Introduction to Cloud Management |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (9) |
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Monitoring Your Deployment |
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216 | (5) |
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221 | (1) |
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Standard Cloud Maintenance Responsibilities |
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222 | (1) |
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Configuration Management Applications and Tools |
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222 | (1) |
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Change Management Processes |
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222 | (2) |
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Adding and Removing Cloud Resources |
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224 | (10) |
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Determining Usage Patterns |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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Migrating Between Cloud Providers |
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224 | (1) |
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Scaling Resources to Meet Requirements |
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225 | (3) |
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Extending the Scope of the Cloud |
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228 | (1) |
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Understanding Application Life Cycles |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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Managing Account Provisioning |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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Managing the Account Life Cycle |
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232 | (1) |
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Account Automation and Orchestration |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Cloud Management Baselines, Performance, and SLAs |
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243 | (22) |
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Measuring Your Deployment Against the Baseline |
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245 | (12) |
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Object Tracking for Baseline Validation |
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246 | (3) |
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Applying Changes to the Cloud to Meet Baseline Requirements |
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249 | (4) |
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Changing Operations to Meet Expected Performance/Capacity Requirements |
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253 | (2) |
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Cloud Accounting, Chargeback, and Reporting |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 Troubleshooting |
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265 | (22) |
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Examining Common Cloud Issues |
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267 | (5) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Resource Contention and Starvation |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Cloud Capacity Issues |
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272 | (4) |
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Capacity Boundaries in the Cloud |
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273 | (2) |
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Exceeding Your Baseline Measurements |
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275 | (1) |
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Expecting the Unexpected, Unplanned Expansions |
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276 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Automation and Orchestration |
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276 | (4) |
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Process and Workflow Issues |
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276 | (4) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Networking and Security Issues and Understanding Methodologies |
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287 | (42) |
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Troubleshooting Cloud Networking Issues |
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290 | (20) |
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Identifying the Common Networking Issues in the Cloud |
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291 | (7) |
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Network Troubleshooting and Connectivity Tools |
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298 | (9) |
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307 | (3) |
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Troubleshooting Security Issues |
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310 | (5) |
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Account Privilege Escalation |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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Certificate Configuration Issues |
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312 | (1) |
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Device-Hardening Settings |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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Identifying Weak or Obsolete Security Technologies |
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313 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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Maintain Sufficient Security Controls and Processes |
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313 | (1) |
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Network Access Tunneling and Encryption |
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314 | (1) |
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Physical Access, Infrastructure, and Availability |
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314 | (1) |
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Unencrypted Communications and Data |
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315 | (1) |
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Troubleshooting Methodology |
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315 | (5) |
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Corporate Policies, Procedures, and the Impact of Implementing Changes |
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317 | (1) |
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Steps to Identify the Problem |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (6) |
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Appendix A Answers to Review Questions |
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329 | (16) |
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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Cloud Computing Configurations and Deployments |
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330 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Cloud Deployments |
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331 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Security in the Cloud |
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332 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 Implementing Cloud Security |
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334 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Maintaining Cloud Operations |
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335 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Ongoing Maintenance |
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337 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Cloud Management |
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338 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Cloud Management Baselines, Performance, and SLAs |
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340 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Troubleshooting |
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341 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Networking and Security Issues and Understanding Methodologies |
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342 | (3) |
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Appendix B Answers to Written Labs |
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345 | (6) |
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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Cloud Computing Configurations and Deployments |
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346 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Cloud Deployments |
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346 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Security in the Cloud |
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346 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Implementing Cloud Security |
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347 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Maintaining Cloud Operations |
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347 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Ongoing Maintenance |
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348 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Cloud Management |
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348 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Cloud Management Baselines, Performance, and SLAs |
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349 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Troubleshooting |
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349 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Networking and Security Issues and Understanding Methodologies |
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350 | (1) |
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