(Unit 2 of 3) Platform as a Service

Question 1

What is the CLOUD PROVIDER responsible for regarding PaaS?

Answer 1

The cloud provider maintains:
1. The physical infrastructure,
2. Physical security,
3. Connection to the internet.
4. They also maintain the operating systems, middleware, development tools, and business intelligence services

HINT: Think of PaaS like using a domain joined machine: IT maintains the device with regular updates, patches, and refreshes.

Question 2

Give the benifits of PaaS over IaaS.

Answer 2

In a PaaS scenario, you don’t have to worry about the licensing or patching for operating systems and databases.

Question 3

Name and describe theMODEL type that PaaS runs on.

Answer 3

The shared responsibility model applies to all the cloud service types. PaaS splits the responsibility between you and the cloud provider

Question 4

Name and describe a common scenario for PaaS:(1)

Answer 4

**Development framework: **PaaS provides a framework that developers can build upon to develop or customize cloud-based applications. Similar to the way you create an Excel macro.

Question 5

Name and describe a common scenario for PaaS:(2)

Answer 5

Analytics or business intelligence: Tools provided as a service with PaaS allow organizations to analyze and mine their data, finding insights and patterns and predicting outcomes to improve forecasting, product design decisions, investment returns, and other business decisions.

Question 6

Name and describe a common scenario for PaaS:(3)