Analysis of Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Regional Gardens Ltd

This report provides an overview of cloud computing, discussing its benefits, types, and applications. It explains the need for cloud computing, including data storage, application development, and website hosting. The report details the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models, highlighting their characteristics. The recommended cloud structure for Regional Gardens Ltd. is IaaS, with the report outlining its advantages such as full control over virtual machines and simplified integration, and disadvantages like higher costs and the need for customer-managed backups. The report also lists various IaaS service providers. The content is supported by references to relevant research papers. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments to aid in student learning.

CLOUD COMPUTING
INFRASTRUCTURE
For Regional Gardens

Cloud Computing
 Cloud Computing is generally a delivery service for
delivering the computing services.
 Computing services includes networking,
analytics, storage, databases all over internet.
 Companies that provide computing services are
generally known as cloud providers.
 On the basis of using cloud services, the service
provider charges the users accordingly.

Need of Cloud Computing
 Creating new applications and
services
 Storing, back ups and
recovering of data
 Host websites as well as blogs
 Stream audio as well as video
 Deliver all the software that are
demand
 Analyzing data for all patterns
and also make predictions
Source: Ibrahim, Hamlyn-Harris & Grundy, 2016

Advantages of Cloud Computing
 Cost
 Speed
 Global scale
 Productivity
 Performance
 Reliability
(Source: Krishnan, Bhagwat & Utpat, 2015)

Types of Cloud Computing
Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
 Basic category of cloud
computing is the Infrastructure-
as-a-service model.
 The rent of IT infrastructure
including the virtual machines
and the servers, networks,
storage, and operating systems
are provided by IaaS.
(Source: Hashem, 2016)

Types of Cloud Computing
Platform as a service
(PaaS)
 When service id
given on demand of
the customers are
generally provided
by the Platform as a
Service cloud
computing.
 On demand developing involves testing, managing,
developing, and delivering the software applications.
PaaS helps to create quick mobile applications without
concerning about managing or setting up of the underlying
infrastructure.
(Source: Bruneo, 2015)

Types of Cloud Computing
Software as a service
(SaaS)
 The process of
delivering the software
appications over the
internet is known as
SaaS.
 The applications are
done over Internet and
on demand, mostly
based on the
subscription basis.
 The cloud providers are able to manage and host the software application with
SaaS.
 Software applications includes software upgrades, security patching, and many
more.
 For connecting to SaaS, users have to connect to the internet using the web
browser on their systems.
(Source: Almorsy, Grundy & Müller, 2016)

Recommended Cloud Structure
for Regional Gardens
 The recommended solution
for Regional Gardens Ltd. is
using the IaaS cloud
infrastructure in its business.
 IaaS is a model that helps the
organization for outsourcing
the equipment of computing
and all the resources
including the storage,
networking, and many more.
(Source: Ali, Khan & Vasilakos, 2015)

Advantages of IaaS
 The customers using IaaS has full
control over the virtual machine and all
the components in them.
 A customer has the ability to run
anything of their choice in the VM.
 The user has full control in the virtual
machine.
 The integration can be simplified with
the enterprise.
 The user has the ability to control an
drum their own infrastructure without
overhead cost.
(Source: Botta et al., 2016)

Disadvantages of IaaS
 The IaaS is the most expensive model among
all three cloud computing models. The
service provider of IaaS charges a lot for only
a little amount of space.
 The backups are to be done by the customers
themselves, which can lead to some mistake.
 The management of VM is done by the users
that is a extra burden for the users.
 There is no control on the server in IaaS.

Service Providers of IaaS
 RackSpace Open Cloud
 HP Enterprise Converged Infrastructure
 Windows Azure
 Amazon Web Services (AWS)
 IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
 Google Computing Engine

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