Datacenter application delivery (5 cr)

Objective

You know the basics of datacenter application delivery.
You understand application delivery architecture and methods of ensuring application availability and security.
You are able to implement a basic application delivery system and improve the performance and security of the system.

Content

What design architectures are used in datacenter application delivery?
How to ensure high availability and security in application delivery?
How to improve the performance of an application using application delivery controllers?

Course material

Online self-study material, online resources and remote laboratory exercises

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
You participate into scheduled contact lessons. You studies are progressing in the pace of the group schedule and self paced learning activities.

Independent track:
You study the topics by yourself and execute required learning activities. You can also demonstrate the required skills via demonstration of prior learning of the topic. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree on the required activities and demonstration of your skills.

Blended track:
You study the topics by yourself and execute required learning activities. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree on the required activities and demonstration of your skills.

RDI and work-related cooperation

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Timing of exams and assignments

Retakes are arranged as needed in agreement with the responsible teacher

Student workload

Achieving the learning outcomes requires 135 hours of work of which about a third is contact lessons and laboratory exercises and the rest self study, practise exams and remote laboratory exercises.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to
(a) use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
(e) choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment is based on learning activities and exams