Cloud Concepts & Service Models
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Terms in this set
- Cloud Computing Delivery of computing services — servers, storage, databases, networking, software — over the internet on demand.
- IaaS Infrastructure as a Service — the cloud provider supplies virtualized compute, storage, and networking; you manage the OS and up.
- PaaS Platform as a Service — the provider manages the OS and runtime so you only deploy and run your application.
- SaaS Software as a Service — fully managed applications you simply use, such as Microsoft 365.
- Public Cloud Cloud services offered over the public internet and shared across many organizations (tenants).
- Private Cloud Cloud computing resources used exclusively by a single organization, on-premises or hosted.
- Hybrid Cloud A computing environment that combines public and private clouds so workloads can move between them.
- Shared Responsibility Model The split of security duties between the cloud provider and the customer, which shifts by service model.
- Consumption-Based Model Paying only for the resources you actually use, with no upfront cost.