Cloud Deployment
Cloud Deployment
Models
Cloud computing ?
April 2009
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Architecture
10/15/201
Cloud Reference Architecture(s) IIT-RTC
3
Grid Vs Cloud
Common to both
Maximise the use of existing resources
Economise computing cost
Uses abstraction extensively ( concepts looks similar)
Grid
one large job is divided into many small portions and
executed on multiple machines.
Meant for large scale computing
Cloud
allow the users to avail of various services without investing
in the underlying architecture ( HW,SW,NW)
offers many different services, from web hosting, right down
to word processing
Grid Vs Cloud
Grid Computing Cloud Computing
Big Org. pay for the services ( Univ. / Users pay for the leased services
Govt)
Managed by providers and Users ( Univ. / Managed by Cloud providers only. No role
Govt) for user.
Big Org. Provide the services ( Univ. / Commercial companies provide services
Govt/ Research org.)
Handles huge amount of data, complex Handles reasonable amount of data for
calculations ( e.g.weather forecast) commercial and other org.
Uses open source technology Uses proprietary technology
Suitable for research org. to carry out tasks Suitable for business houses to effectively
like global climate modelling etc.. use computing without investing