Cloud Types
The NIST model
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a set of
working definitions that separate cloud computing into service models and
deployment models.
Broad network access refers to resources hosted in a cloud network that are
available for access from a wide range of devices, such as tablets, PCs, Macs
and smartphones.
Rapid elasticity is used to describe the scalable provisioning or the
capability to provide scalable cloud computing services.
, It allows consumers to acquire cloud computing resources very quickly in
any quantity and to achieve this the cloud infrastructure must be highly
scalable to entertain changing user demands.
Cloud assistance should not only scale up, but also scale down if the
resources are not utilised by the consumer.
Measured Service- The NIST talks about measured service as a setup where
cloud systems may control a user or tenant’s use of resources by a metering
capability somewhere in the system.
The general idea is that in automated remote services, these measurement
tools will provide both the customer and the provider with an account of
what has been used.
On-demand self service refers to the service provided by cloud computing
vendors that enables the provision of cloud resources on demand whenever
they are required.
The Cloud Cube Model
The Open Group maintains an association called the Jericho Forum, whose
main focus is how to protect cloud networks.
The group has an interesting model that attempts to categorize a cloud
network based on four dimensional factors.
The four dimensions of the Cloud Cube Model are:
Physical location of the data: Internal (I) / External (E) determines your
organization’s boundaries.
The NIST model
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a set of
working definitions that separate cloud computing into service models and
deployment models.
Broad network access refers to resources hosted in a cloud network that are
available for access from a wide range of devices, such as tablets, PCs, Macs
and smartphones.
Rapid elasticity is used to describe the scalable provisioning or the
capability to provide scalable cloud computing services.
, It allows consumers to acquire cloud computing resources very quickly in
any quantity and to achieve this the cloud infrastructure must be highly
scalable to entertain changing user demands.
Cloud assistance should not only scale up, but also scale down if the
resources are not utilised by the consumer.
Measured Service- The NIST talks about measured service as a setup where
cloud systems may control a user or tenant’s use of resources by a metering
capability somewhere in the system.
The general idea is that in automated remote services, these measurement
tools will provide both the customer and the provider with an account of
what has been used.
On-demand self service refers to the service provided by cloud computing
vendors that enables the provision of cloud resources on demand whenever
they are required.
The Cloud Cube Model
The Open Group maintains an association called the Jericho Forum, whose
main focus is how to protect cloud networks.
The group has an interesting model that attempts to categorize a cloud
network based on four dimensional factors.
The four dimensions of the Cloud Cube Model are:
Physical location of the data: Internal (I) / External (E) determines your
organization’s boundaries.
