Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in Cloud Computing
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What is IaaS in cloud computing?
IaaS is a cloud service model where the physical resources or hardware—like storage, computing, and network resources—are provisioned and maintained by a cloud provider. Organizations can access these resources virtually via the internet on a subscription or licensing basis.
What is the use of IaaS in cloud computing?
IaaS provides the basic infrastructure (e.g., storage, network, compute resources) as well as other services such as load balancing, clustering, and security virtually through the cloud computing environment. This enables organizations to focus on building their applications, without expending resources maintaining infrastructure or installing hardware and software, which reduces costs and speeds up development timelines.
Who are some of the major IaaS providers?
The most common IaaS providers include Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
What are IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS in cloud computing?
IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS are three fundamental cloud computing service models. IaaS is the foundation of the three, where physical resources are virtualized and provided to consumers on-demand. PaaS includes the platform e.g., operating system, web servers, database, runtime environment) along with IaaS so that developers can easily build their applications. SaaS is the highest level of service, where the cloud providers manage all the applications and the client simply uses the services IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) via their browser.
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