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IaaS
IaaS

ABOUT

IaaS, which stands for Infrastructure as a Service, is a LOCATION type of cloud.

  • Provisioned and managed by the Internet
  • On-premises handling
  • Provide tools to support development of software

SERVICE THAT IAAS SUPPLIES

  • Detailed Billing
  • Monitoring
  • Log access
  • Security
  • Load balancing and clustering
  • Storage recilliancy
    • Backup
    • Replication
    • Recovery

PROS AND CONS

Pros:

  • Only pay for what you use
  • Quickly scale up and down with demand
  • Convenient for mass data analysis
  • A customer can run anything inside the VM that they want
  • They have full control of processing
  • The integration with enterprise infrastructure is simplified
  • It is the most secure cloud device
    • It uses PuC due to a better control of the VM
  • The customer can essentially control their own virtual infrastructure
    • It uses PuC due to a better control of the VM
  • They can choose to build their own VM

Cons:

  • Most expensive
    • The customer is leasing tangible resources
  • The customer has to be responsible for back ups
  • The customer is responsible for VM Management and all aspects of it
  • You don’t have control over the VM location
  • The provider has the ability to charge for every
    • Cycle
    • Bit of RAM is used
    • Disk space is used