Understanding Multi-Tenancy in Cloud Computing
Multi-tenancy is a fundamental concept in cloud computing that enables providers to serve many customers efficiently using shared infrastructure. This course explains how it works and why it matters.
Why Multi-Tenancy Matters
When you use a cloud service, you're likely sharing the underlying infrastructure with thousands of other users. Multi-tenancy is what makes this possible while keeping your data and workloads secure.
Understanding multi-tenancy helps you:
- Make informed decisions about cloud providers
- Assess security and compliance risks
- Optimize costs and performance
- Design cloud-native applications
What You'll Learn
By the end of this course, you'll understand:
- The different models of multi-tenancy
- How isolation is achieved at various levels
- Security considerations and best practices
- How resources are fairly shared and managed
- How GPU cloud platforms implement multi-tenancy
Course Structure
Chapter 1: What is Multi-Tenancy?
Understanding the basics and why it exists.
Chapter 2: Isolation Models
From shared everything to dedicated instances.
Chapter 3: Security Considerations
Data isolation, access control, and compliance.
Chapter 4: Resource Management
Fair scheduling, quotas, and quality of service.
Chapter 5: Multi-Tenancy in GPU Cloud
How Float16 implements multi-tenancy for GPU workloads.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts
- Familiarity with virtualization (covered in VM vs Container course)
- Interest in cloud architecture
Who Should Take This Course?
- Cloud architects designing multi-tenant systems
- DevOps engineers managing shared infrastructure
- Security professionals assessing cloud risks
- Anyone using or evaluating cloud services
Let's begin by understanding what multi-tenancy really means.