Cloud Concepts

Question 1

Cloud Computing

Answer 1

using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or PC

Question 2

Cloud Provider v On-Prem - 6

Answer 2

1. No upfront costs - pay on demand
2. Benefit from Massive economies of scale
3. Stop guessing capacity
4. Increase speed
5. Stop spending money on data centers
6. Go global in minutes

Question 3

Types of CC - SaaS

Answer 3

Software as a Service - Completed product run and managed by the service provider. Gmail, Salesforce, Office365

Question 4

Types of CC - PaaS

Answer 4

Platform as a Service - For Developers. Provides hardware and OS. Heroku, Elastic Beanstalk

Question 5

Types of CC - IaaS

Answer 5

Infrastructure as a Service - For Admins - cloud IT - provides IT staff, data centers, hardware. AWS, GCP, Azure