Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Regional Gardens Ltd.

Regional Gardens Ltd. is planning to move its existing infrastructure to cloud services. This assignment provides a detailed analysis of cloud computing concepts, advantages, and disadvantages. It also recommends the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model for the organization's cloud architecture. The report covers topics such as scalability, disaster recovery, auto software updates, and high security and privacy.

Cloud Computing

Regional Gardens Ltd. is one of the most popular
organizations that has several gardening enterprises.
This organization comprises of a large display garden,
that is opened for all the public inspections on annual
basis. There are various important enterprises and
amongst all of them few nurseries are present that sell
several garden supplies as well as plants. Regional
Gardens Ltd. has thus decided to move their existing
infrastructure in cloud (Manvi & Shyam,,2014).
Introduction
(Source: Dinh et al., 2013)

 It is the practice to use various networking of the
remote servers.
 Cloud Computing is utilized for storing, managing
and processing data (Hashizume et al., 2013).
 Cloud computing helps in the deployment of
various networks of software, for enabling
centralized data storage.
 It also helps to involve the Internet service delivery.
Cloud Computing
Definition
(Source:
Manvi &
Shyam,,
2014)

Cloud Computing could be significantly sub
divided into three service architectures.
 Infrastructure as a Service
 Platform as a Service (Manvi & Shyam,
2014).
 Software as a Service
Cloud Computing Concepts
(Source:
Rittinghouse &
Ransome,
2016)

Four specific types of cloud deployment
models are present (Rittinghouse &
Ransome, 2016).
 Public Cloud
 Private Cloud
 Hybrid Cloud
 Community Cloud
Cloud Deployment Models
(Source: Dinh et al., 2013)

Cloud computing has various advantages.
 Scalability and Flexibility
 Disaster Recovery Planning
 Auto Software Updates
 Incremented Collaboration
 Simple Accessibility
 High Security and Privacy
Advantages of Cloud in Regional
Gardens

 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
 Platform as a Service (PaaS)
 Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cloud Architectures for Regional
Gardens
(Source:
Kavis,
2014)

Advantages of three service models
 IaaS: High Security, effective, efficient
(Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016)
 PaaS: Cost Effective, Flexibility
 SaaS: Cheapest, Scalability
Selection of Infrastructure
(Source: Hashizume et al., 2013)

In recent times, Regional Gardens Ltd. comprises
of following web infrastructure:
 Windows Server 2008 R2
 SQL Server 2003
 Exchange 2007 Server (Hashizume et al., 2013).
 Windows Server 2003 File and Print Servers
 Red Hat Enterprise 5
Recent Web Infrastructure in
Regional Gardens Ltd.

The organization of Regional Gardens Ltd. should
be following typical processes for moving their
infrastructure to cloud services (Fernando, Loke &
Rahayu, 2013).
 Managing changes
 Knowing about Cloud Computing
 Checking for Software Licenses
 Checking Problems in Data Protection
 Checking of the Cost of Migration
 Keeping track of the Connectivity Costs
Process of Moving to Cloud
(Source: Almorsy,
Grundy & Müller,
2016)

Regional Gardens Ltd. should be choosing
the cloud infrastructure perfectly after
taking into consideration of all the benefits
and disadvantages. The recommended
architecture for the organization of Regional
Gardens Ltd. is the IaaS or the
Infrastructure as a Service.
Conclusion

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