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Cloud Computing Deployment Models

There are four main types of cloud deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and community cloud. Public cloud infrastructure is owned by cloud service providers and shared among organizations, private cloud is for exclusive use by a single organization, hybrid cloud combines public and private, and community cloud is for specific organizations with shared concerns like a particular industry. Each type varies in terms of security, accessibility, control, and costs.

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Cloud Computing Deployment Models

There are four main types of cloud deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and community cloud. Public cloud infrastructure is owned by cloud service providers and shared among organizations, private cloud is for exclusive use by a single organization, hybrid cloud combines public and private, and community cloud is for specific organizations with shared concerns like a particular industry. Each type varies in terms of security, accessibility, control, and costs.

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Cloud Computing – Types of Cloud

What is Cloud Computing?


In one statement, Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand IT resources over the
internet. The companies that offer these computing services are called Cloud Service
Providers (CSPs). CSPs charge users/organizations based on Cloud resources used through a
variety of billing models. Cloud resources are the resources that are abstracted from the
underlying physical hardware with the help of a Hypervisor.

 Public Cloud Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Community Cloud


These deployment models differ on the basis of implementation type, hosting type and who
has access to it. All Cloud deployment models are based on the same principle of
Virtualization (abstraction of resources from bare metal hardware) but differ in terms of
location, storage capacity, accessibility, and more. Depending on the type of data you are
working with, you will want to compare Public, Private, Hybrid, and Community Clouds in
terms of different levels of security they offer and the management required.
Public Cloud Model
The entire computing infrastructure is located on the premises of the CSP that offers Cloud
services over the internet. This is the most economical option for those
individuals/organizations that do not wish to invest in IT infrastructure. In a Public Cloud
environment, the resources are shared between multiple users who are also called ‘Tenants’.
The cost of using Cloud services is determined through the usage of IT resources consumed.
Public Cloud allows systems and services to be easily accessible to general public. The IT
giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft offer cloud services via Internet. The Public
Cloud Model is shown in the diagram below.
Some of the popular examples of public clouds:  Amazon Elastic Cloud
Compute(EC2), Google App Engine, Blue Cloud by IBM and Azure
services Platform by Windows, IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, Microsoft,
Google App Engine, Windows Azure Services Platform.

 Public cloud is owned, managed, and operated by businesses, universities,


government organizations, or a combination of them.

Benefits

Cost Effective
Since public cloud shares same resources with large number of customers it turns out
inexpensive.
Reliability
The public cloud employs large number of resources from different locations. If any of the
resources fails, public cloud can employ another one.
Flexibility
The public cloud can smoothly integrate with private cloud, which gives customers a
flexible approach.
Location Independence
Public cloud services are delivered through Internet, ensuring location independence.
Utility Style Costing
Public cloud is also based on pay-per-use model and resources are accessible whenever
customer needs them.
High Scalability
Cloud resources are made available on demand from a pool of resources, i.e., they can be
scaled up or down according the requirement.
Disadvantages

Low Security
In public cloud model, data is hosted off-site and resources are shared publicly, therefore
does not ensure higher level of security.
Less Customizable
It is comparatively less customizable than private cloud.
Private Cloud Model
Individuals/organizations that choose Private Cloud gets dedicated infrastructure that is not
shared by any other individual/organization. The security and control level is highest while
using a private network. The costs are born by an individual/organization and are not shared
with any other individual/organization. Management of Private Cloud is taken care of by the
user and the CSP does not provide any Cloud management services.
Private Cloud allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization. The
Private Cloud is operated only within a single organization. However, it may be managed
internally by the organization itself or by third-party. The private cloud model is shown in
the diagram below.
Private cloud is also known as an internal cloud or corporate cloud. It is used by
organizations to build and manage their own data centers internally or by the third party. It
can be deployed using Opensource tools such as Openstack and Eucalyptus.

Based on the location and management, National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) divide private cloud into the following two parts-

o On-premise private cloud


o Outsourced private cloud

 Examples: HP Data Centers, Microsoft, Elastra-private cloud, and Ubuntu

Benefits

High Security and Privacy


Private cloud operations are not available to general public and resources are shared from
distinct pool of resources. Therefore, it ensures high security and privacy.
More Control
The private cloud has more control on its resources and hardware than public cloud because
it is accessed only within an organization.
Cost and Energy Efficiency
The private cloud resources are not as cost effective as resources in public clouds but they
offer more efficiency than public cloud resources.
Disadvantages

Restricted Area of Operation


The private cloud is only accessible locally and is very difficult to deploy globally.
High Priced
Purchasing new hardware in order to fulfil the demand is a costly transaction.
Limited Scalability
The private cloud can be scaled only within capacity of internal hosted resources.
Additional Skills
In order to maintain cloud deployment, organization requires skilled expertise.
Hybrid Cloud Model
This Cloud deployment model includes the characteristics of Public Cloud and Private Cloud.
Hybrid Cloud allows the sharing of data and applications between Public and Private Cloud
environments. Organizations mainly use Hybrid Cloud when their On-Premise infrastructure
needs more scalability, so they make use of scalability on Public Cloud to meet fluctuating
business demands. Organizations can keep their sensitive data on their Private Cloud when
reaping the power of the Public Cloud.

Hybrid Cloud is a mixture of public and private cloud. Non-critical activities are


performed using public cloud while the critical activities are performed using private cloud.
The Hybrid Cloud Model is shown in the diagram below.

Examples: Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure, Google


Application Suite (Gmail, Google Apps, and Google Drive), Office 365 (MS
Office on the Web and One Drive).

o Mainly, a hybrid cloud is used in finance, healthcare, and Universities.

o The best hybrid cloud provider companies are Amazon, Microsoft, Google,


Cisco, and NetApp.

Benefits

Scalability
It offers features of both, the public cloud scalability and the private cloud scalability.
Flexibility
It offers secure resources and scalable public resources.
Cost Efficiency
Public clouds are more cost effective than private ones. Therefore, hybrid clouds can be cost
saving.
Security : The private cloud in hybrid cloud ensures higher degree of security.
Disadvantages
Networking Issues
Networking becomes complex due to presence of private and public cloud.
Security Compliance
It is necessary to ensure that cloud services are compliant with security policies of the
organization.
Infrastructure Dependency
The hybrid cloud model is dependent on internal IT infrastructure, therefore it is necessary
to ensure redundancy across data centres.

Community Cloud Model


A Community Cloud is a Cloud infrastructure that is shared by users of the same industry or
by those who have common goals. This Cloud infrastructure is built after understanding the
computing needs of a community as there are many factors including compliances and
security policies which need to be included in the community Cloud infrastructure.
Community Cloud allows system and services to be accessible by group of organizations.
It shares the infrastructure between several organizations from a specific community. It may
be managed internally by organizations or by the third-party. The Community Cloud Model
is shown in the diagram below.

Example: Health Care community cloud


Example: Our government organization within India may share computing
infrastructure in the cloud to manage data.

Benefits

Cost Effective
Community cloud offers same advantages as that of private cloud at low cost.
Sharing Among Organizations
Community cloud provides an infrastructure to share cloud resources and capabilities among
several organizations.
Security
The community cloud is comparatively more secure than the public cloud but less secured
than the private cloud.
Issues
 Since all data is located at one place, one must be careful in storing data in
community cloud because it might be accessible to others.
 It is also challenging to allocate responsibilities of governance, security and cost
among organizations.

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