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Cluster Computing
Cloud Computing
Grid Computing
What is the cloud?
• IT as a service
• What is
Cloud allows access to services without user technical knowledge or control of
supporting infrastructure
• Cloud Computing?
Best described in terms of what happened to mechanical power over 100 yrs ago
• Data processing, storage and software applications that used to run locally are now being
supplied by big central computing stations. They're becoming, in essence, computing
utilities.
SaaS
Software as a Service
PaaS
Platform as a Service
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
SaaS
Software as a Service
SaaS Software delivery model
• Storage
PaaS • Database
• Scalability
Advantages
• Flexiscale
• AWS: EC2
IaaS
SaaS
Software as a Service
PaaS
Platform as a Service
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
SaaS Common Factors
• Pay per use
PaaS • Instant Scalability
• Security
• Reliability
• APIs
IaaS
SaaS Advantages
• Multi-tenented
PaaS • Virtualisation lowers costs by
increasing utilisation
• Economies of scale afforded
IaaS by technology
• Automated update policy
SaaS Risks
• Security
PaaS • Downtime
• Access
• Dependency
IaaS • Interoperability