Wednesday, November 12, 2014



Models of Cloud
Two Models of Cloud
1. Deployment Model
2. Service Model

The details about these models are given below.
1. Deployment Models
There are four  types of deployment models [1-2].
1.Private Cloud: The infrastructure of a private cloud is available  for an organization and is managed by the organization or a third party. Private cloud may exist  on or off premises of the organization.
2. Public Cloud: The infrastructure is available to the general public in a pay-as-you-go manner. It is owned by an organization selling cloud.
3. Hybrid Cloud: Hybrid cloud is the combination of two or more clouds. It may be combination of private and public cloud or may be combination of all the three deployment models.
4. Community Cloud: The infrastructure in the community cloud is shared by several organization. It may be managed by the organization or a third party

References
[1] Dan C. Marinescu, Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, Published by Elsevier, pp 1 - 19, 2013.
[2] William Voorsluys,  James Broberg and Rajkumar Buyya, "Introduction to Cloud Computing," In: Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms, Edited by  Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg and Andrzej Goscinski , Publisher, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,  New Jersey, pp 3 - 41, 2011.
 

Tuesday, November 11, 2014



 A Simple Cloud Architecture

 
 
References 
 
[1] Michael Miller, "Beyond the Desktop: An Introduction to Cloud Computing," In: Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate, Pearson Education, Inc., pp 7 - 21, 2009.
[2] Barrie Sosinsky "Defining Cloud Computing", In: Cloud Computing Bible, Wiley Publishing Inc., Indianapolis, pp 3-22, 2011.