CLOUD COMPUTING OVERVIEW

 

Cloud Overview:

Definition:

Cloud computing refers to the on-demanddelivery of IT resources and applications via the internet with pay as you go.

If we need we can get it right away

If we don’t we can give it away.

These services are available over internet, we just need web browser and internet connection, we can request computing or storage infrastructure

Pay as you go: postpaid mobile bill or electricity bill

SAAS – Software as service

Cloud Computing: The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer

 

 

Features:

On demand provisioning

Scalability in minutes: we can scale out, or  scale in

Horizonal scalability: can scale from 1 instance to several instances

Or can scale down from several instances to 1

Vertical Scalability:  can go from 1GB RAM to 100GB RAM – for a single machine

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