Lean Computing for the Cloud by Bauer, Eric -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Front matter Title page Copyright Introduction Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Basics

1.1 CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS 1.2 ROLES IN CLOUD COMPUTING 1.3 APPLICATIONS 1.4 DEMAND, SUPPLY, CAPACITY, AND FUNGIBILITY 1.5 DEMAND VARIABILITY 1.6 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

2 Rethinking Capacity Management

2.1 CAPACITY MANAGEMENT 2.2 DEMAND MANAGEMENT 2.3 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 2.4 CANONICAL CAPACITY MANAGEMENT 2.5 THREE CLOUD CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS 2.6 CLOUD CAPACITY MANAGEMENT AS A VALUE CHAIN 2.7 CHAPTER REVIEW

3 Lean Thinking on Cloud Capacity Management

3.1 LEAN THINKING OVERVIEW 3.2 GOAL 3.3 SEEING WASTE (NONVALUE-ADDING ACTIVITIES) 3.4 KEY PRINCIPLES 3.5 PILLAR: RESPECT 3.6 PILLAR: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 3.7 FOUNDATION 3.8 CADENCE 3.9 LEAN CAPACITY MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY 3.10 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

4 Lean Cloud Capacity Management Strategy

4.1 LEAN APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER STRATEGY 4.2 LEAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE PROVIDER STRATEGIES 4.3 FULL STREAM OPTIMIZATION 4.4 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

5 Electric Power Generation as Cloud Infrastructure Analog

5.1 POWER GENERATION AS A CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ANALOG 5.2 BUSINESS CONTEXT 5.3 BUSINESS STRUCTURE 5.4 TECHNICAL SIMILARITIES 5.5 IMPEDANCE AND FUNGIBILITY 5.6 CAPACITY RATINGS 5.7 BOTTLED CAPACITY 5.8 LOCATION OF PRODUCTION CONSIDERATIONS 5.9 DEMAND MANAGEMENT 5.10 DEMAND AND RESERVES 5.11 SERVICE CURTAILMENT 5.12 BALANCE AND GRID OPERATIONS 5.13 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

6 Application Capacity Management as an Inventory Management Problem

6.1 THE APPLICATION CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CHAIN 6.2 TRADITIONAL APPLICATION SERVICE PRODUCTION CHAIN 6.3 ELASTICITY AND DEMAND-DRIVEN CAPACITY MANAGEMENT 6.4 APPLICATION SERVICE AS RETAIL ANALOG 6.5 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

7 Lean Demand Management

7.1 INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 7.2 APPLICATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 7.3 FULL STREAM ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY 7.4 CHAPTER REVIEW

8 Lean Reserves

8.1 WHAT IS RESERVE CAPACITY? 8.2 USES OF RESERVE CAPACITY 8.3 RESERVE CAPACITY AS A FEATURE 8.4 TYPES OF RESERVE CAPACITY 8.5 LIMITS OF RESERVE CAPACITY 8.6 IDEAL RESERVE 8.7 CHAPTER REVIEW

9 Lean Infrastructure Commitment

9.1 UNIT COMMITMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT 9.2 FRAMING THE UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEM 9.3 FRAMING THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT PROBLEM 9.4 UNDERSTANDING ELEMENT STARTUP TIME 9.5 UNDERSTANDING ELEMENT SHUTDOWN TIME 9.6 PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER 9.7 CHAPTER REVIEW NOTES

10 Lean Cloud Capacity Management Performance Indicators

10.1 PERFECT CAPACITY METRICS 10.2 CAPACITY MANAGEMENT METRICS 10.3 INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT METRICS 10.4 WASTE METRICS 10.5 KEY PRINCIPLE INDICATORS 10.6 COST OF POOR QUALITY 10.7 METRICS AND SERVICE BOUNDARIES 10.8 MEASUREMENTS AND MATURITY 10.9 CHAPTER REVIEW

11 Summary

11.1 CLOUD COMPUTING AS A SERVICE DELIVERY CHAIN 11.2 LEAN CLOUD COMPUTING 11.3 REIMAGINING CLOUD CAPACITY 11.4 LEAN DEMAND MANAGEMENT 11.5 LEAN RESERVES 11.6 LEAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE PROVIDER CONSIDERATIONS 11.7 LEAN APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER CONSIDERATIONS 11.8 LEAN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT 11.9 VISUALIZING PERFECT CAPACITY 11.10 LEAN CLOUD COMPUTING METRICS 11.11 CONCLUDING REMARKS

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