Cloud Service Types

Question 1

IaaS

Answer 1

infrastructure as a service

-most flexible
- max amount of control

Question 2

What is the cloud provider responsible for in IaaS?

Answer 2

Hardware
Network connectivity
Physical Security

Question 3

What is the consumer responsible for in IaaS?

Answer 3

everything expect hardware, network connectiviting, and physical security.

• operating system installation
• configuration
• maintenance
• network configuration
• database
• storage configuration, etc

Question 4

Is IaaS similar to renting hardware?

Answer 4

Yes, think of it as renting hardware and doing what you want with the hardware

Question 5

PaaS

Answer 5

Platform as a Service

• middle ground when it comes to control

Question 6

What does the cloud provider maintain in PaaS?

Answer 6

• physical infrastructure
• physical security
• connection to internet
• OS (operating systems)
• middleware
• development tools
• business intelligence services that make up a cloud solution

Question 7

True or False
In PaaS you have to worry about licensing or patching for OS or database

Answer 7

False. You do not need to worry about licensing or patching

Question 8

True or False
Depending on the configuration, you or the cloud provider may be responsible for network settings and connectivity within your cloud environment, network, and application security, and the directory infrastructure

Answer 8

True

Question 9

SaaS

Answer 9

Software as a Service

least flexible - yet easiest to get up and running.

basically renting or using a fully developed application such as:

Email
Financial software
Messaging Applications
Connectivity software

Question 10

Scenarios for SaaS

Answer 10

Email and messaging
Business productivity applications
Finance and expense tracking

Question 11

Scenarios for PaaS

Question 12

Scenarios for IaaS