Which of the following cloud computing service model is a provision model in which an organization outsources the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking components?
A. Infrastructure as a service
B. Software as a service
C. Platform as a service
D. Data as a service
Answer: A
Explanation:
Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which an organization outsources
the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking
components. The service provider owns the equipment and is responsible for housing, running
and maintaining it. The client typically pays on a per-use basis.
For your exam you should know below information about Cloud Computing:
Cloud computing is 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. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five
essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.
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Software as a Service (SaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.SaaS is closely related to the ASP (application service provider) and on demand computing software delivery models. IDC identifies two slightly different delivery models for SaaS. The hosted application management (hosted AM) model is similar to ASP: a provider hosts commercially available software for customers and delivers it over the Web. In the software on demand model, the provider gives customers network-based access to a single copy of an application created specifically for SaaS distribution.
Provider gives users access to specific application software (CRM, e-mail, games). The provider gives the customers network based access to a single copy of an application created specifically for SaaS distribution and use.
Benefits of the SaaS model include:
easier administration automatic updates and patch management compatibility: All users will have the same version of software.
easier collaboration, for the same reason
global accessibility.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a way to rent hardware, operating systems, storage and network
capacity over the Internet. The service delivery model allows the customer to rent virtualized
servers and associated services for running existing applications or developing and testing new
ones.
Cloud providers deliver a computing platform,which can include an operating system, database,
and web server as a holistic execution environment. Where IaaS is the "raw IT network," PaaS is
the software environment that runs on top of the IT network.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is an outgrowth of Software as a Service (SaaS), a software
distribution model in which hosted software applications are made available to customers over the
Internet. PaaS has several advantages for developers. With PaaS, operating system features can
be changed and upgraded frequently. Geographically distributed development teams can work
together on software development projects. Services can be obtained from diverse sources that
cross international boundaries. Initial and ongoing costs can be reduced by the use of
infrastructure services from a single vendor rather than maintaining multiple hardware facilities that
often perform duplicate functions or suffer from incompatibility problems. Overall expenses can
also be minimized by unification of programming development efforts.
On the downside, PaaS involves some risk of "lock-in" if offerings require proprietary service
interfaces or development languages. Another potential pitfall is that the flexibility of offerings may
not meet the needs of some users whose requirements rapidly evolve.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Cloud providers offer the infrastructure environment of a traditional data center in an on-demand
delivery method. Companies deploy their own operating systems, applications, and software onto
this provided infrastructure and are responsible for maintaining them.
Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which an organization outsources the equipment
used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking components. The
service provider owns the equipment and is responsible for housing, running and maintaining it.
The client typically pays on a per-use basis.
Characteristics and components of IaaS include:
Utility computing service and billing model.
Automation of administrative tasks.
Dynamic scaling.
Desktop virtualization.
Policy-based services.
Internet connectivity.
Infrastructure as a Service is sometimes referred to as Hardware as a Service (HaaS).
The following answers are incorrect:
Data as a service - Data Provided as a service rather than needing to be loaded and prepared on
premises.
Software as a service - Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which
applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a
network, typically the Internet. SaaS is closely related to the ASP (application service provider)
and on demand computing software delivery models.
Platform as a service - Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a way to rent hardware, operating systems,
storage and network capacity over the Internet. The service delivery model allows the customer to
rent virtualized servers and associated services for running existing applications or developing and
testing new ones.
The following reference(s) were/was used to create this question:
CISA review manual 2014 page number 102
Official ISC2 guide to CISSP 3rd edition Page number 689
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Software-as-a-Service
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Platform-as-a-Service-PaaS
http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Infrastructure-as-a-Service-IaaS