Cloud Service Model (Concept)
April 27, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
Description
The type of service provided by a cloud provider
Tags
model
Subordinates
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Container as a Service (CaaS) | Allows users to manage and deploy containers, which are lightweight, standalone, executable packages that include everything needed to run an application, including the code, runtime, system tools, libraries, and settings. |
| Function as a Service (FaaS) | Allows users to run pieces of code in response to events or triggers in a serverless deployment. |
| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Provides virtualized network and computing resources over the internet |
| Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Provides a platform of services allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity managing virtual machines |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | A software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications in the cloud and makes them available to customers over the Internet |
Feature of
| Concept | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloud Computing | A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. |
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Concept Map for Cloud Computing
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