Top Cloud Computing Deployment Models

April 15, 2013 Off By David
Object Storage

Grazed from DZone. Author: Omri Erel.

Many people are becoming curious, with the increasing popularity of cloud topology, as to what cloud computing deployment models exist, and which ones are popular. While cloud is a big buzzword right now, a lot of people are kind of mystified in regards to what it really is. That’s ok, that’s what I’m here for.

So, today, I’m going to clarify once more, for those new here, what cloud computing is, then go over some cloud computing deployment models which are popular, and maybe talk a little bit about how they work. First off, cloud just means that it exists off location, and is being stored, processed and/or served by an outside machine or machines…

This is usually utilized so that software or processes can be controlled from devices too weak to actually perform them, but which clusters of servers, or one really strong server, can execute easily. It is an effective way of putting super computing into Joe Everyguy’s hands without a lot of fuss. It’s also pursued as a safe and secure backup and storage system, as well as used for communications and cooperative software use and work performance online. So it’s pretty much anything web sources or web powered that’s not local network…

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