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Cloud Computing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scalability | The costs of scaling up service to more users as a linear, planned model. |
| "Hosted Private" - Cloud Deployment Model | Hosted by a third-party for exclusive use by an organization. More secure, better performance, more expensive. |
| Elasticity | Refers to the cloud environment's ability to handle changes on demand, in real time. |
| "Public," or "multitenant" - Cloud Deployment Model | A service offerred to TENANTS that offers SUBSCRIPTIONS, or PAY-AS-YOU-GO financing, while offering lower-tier services free. It is a SHARED RESOURCE and there are RISKS regarding PERFORMANCE and SECURITY. |
| "Private-Cloud" - Cloud Deployment Model | Infrastructure that is COMPLETELY PRIVATE and OWNED by the organization. |
| "Community" - Cloud Deployment Model | Several organizations sharing the costs of either a Hosted-Private or fully Private Cloud. |
| "Hyprid" - Cloud Deployment Model | A solution implementing any mix of public/private/community/hosted/onsite/offsite solution. |
| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Service Models | A means of provisioning IT resources such as servers, load balancers, and SAN components quickly. |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) - Cloud Service Models | Provisioning applications as a pay-as-you-go or lease arrangement rather than purchasing software licenses. |
| Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Cloud Service Models | Provides resources somewhere between SaaS and IaaS. Would provide virtual hardware resources (IaaS) and also back-end software to run on them. |
| Desktop as a Service (DaaS) - Cloud Service Models | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) provisioning. |
| Options to connect enterprise to Cloud | Web App, VPN, or Colocation (direct link by cross connect cable or VLAN) |
| Automation - IaaS | Using scripts and APIs to provision and de-provision systems without manual intervention. |
| Two types of automation tool - IaaS | - Imperative tools: literal command execution a la Bash/PowerShell scripting - Delcarative tools take the requested configuration as input and allow an "implementation platform" to decide how it is achieved. |
| Orchestration - IaaS | Automation of MULTIPLE coordinated steps in a deployment process. |