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Cloud Computing: Deployment Models

Deployment Models of Cloud Computing:

Cloud Computing is a growing trend that offers an innovative way to deliver software, data storage and computing services. Cloud services can be deployed in different ways, depending on the organizational structure and the provisioning location. Four deployment models are usually distinguished, namely public, private, community and hybrid cloud service usage.

Public Cloud:-

The public cloud deployment model represents true cloud hosting. In this deployment model, services and infrastructure are provided to various clients. Google is an example of a public cloud. This service can be provided by a vendor free of charge or on the basis of a pay-per-user license policy.
This model is best suited for business requirements wherein it is required to manage load spikes, host SaaS applications, utilize interim infrastructure for developing and testing applications, and manage applications which are consumed by many users that would otherwise require large investment in infrastructure from businesses.
This model helps to reduce capital expenditure and bring down operational IT costs.

Private Cloud:- 

Private clouds give users immediate access to computing resources hosted within an organization's infrastructure and the resources are dedicated solely for that organization's use. Users self-provision and scale collections of resources drawn from the private cloud, typically via web service interface, just as with a public cloud. However, because it is deployed within the organization's existing data center—and behind the organization's firewall—a private cloud is subject to the organization's physical, electronic, and procedural security measures and thus offers a higher degree of security over sensitive code and data.
With private cloud, the performance of physical hardware can be controlled and maintained by the organization, and can thus markedly improve data center efficiency while reducing operational expense.

The Hybrid Cloud:-

The hybrid cloud computing model employs aspects of all of the other cloud models and it is the most common method of cloud deployment within a large organization. A company may use internal resources in a private cloud maintain total control over its proprietary data. It can then use a public cloud storage provider for backing up less sensitive information. At the same time, it might share computing resources with other organizations that have similar needs. By combining the advantages of the other models , the hybrid model offers organizations the most flexibility. 

Community Cloud:-

The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of consumers from organizations that have shared concerns (e.g., mission, security requirements, policy, and compliance considerations). It may be owned, managed, and operated by one or more of the organizations in the community, a third party, or some combination of them, and it may exist on or off premises. 

 

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