Cloud Computing: Implementing IaaS for Regional Gardens Ltd. Upgrade

This report assesses the suitability of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for Regional Gardens Ltd., considering their current use of Windows Server 2008 and Linux 2008 infrastructure, which is now considered obsolete. It highlights the major concepts of cloud computing, focusing on IaaS as the optimal solution due to its scalability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and disaster recovery capabilities. The report suggests a migration to IaaS to address the limitations of the existing infrastructure, providing Regional Gardens Ltd. with a modern and efficient IT environment. The content is for informational purposes and students can find similar documents on Desklib.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Major Concepts of Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing can be defined as the
information technology paradigm for
accessing to various system resources.
Major concepts of Cloud computing are as
follows:
 IaaS
 PaaS
 SaaS
(Source: Dinh et al., 2013)

Infrastructure as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service would be the best
solution for Regional Gardens Ltd.
The advantages of IaaS are as follows:
 Scalability and Elasticity
Flexibility
 Cost Effective
 Disaster Recovery Plan
(Source:
Rittinghouse &
Ransome, 2016)

Cloud Deployment within Regional Gardens
Ltd.
Regional Gardens Ltd. is utilizing the
Windows Server 2008 as the infrastructure.
Moreover, Linux 2008 is used.
The most significant issue with the
infrastructure is that it has become obsolete
in the present days.
Therefore, they should migrate to IaaS
(Source: Kavis,
2014)

References
Dinh, H. T., Lee, C., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2013). A
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Hashizume, K., Rosado, D. G., Fernández-Medina, E., &
Fernandez, E. B. (2013). An analysis of security issues
for cloud computing. Journal of internet services and
applications, 4(1), 5.
Kavis, M. J. (2014). Architecting the cloud: design
decisions for cloud computing service models (SaaS,
PaaS, and IaaS). John Wiley & Sons.
Rittinghouse, J. W., & Ransome, J. F. (2016). Cloud
computing: implementation, management, and security.
CRC press.