Infrastructure as a Service
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a cloud computing model that provides virtualized computing resources—such as servers, storage, and networking—over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure as a Service canonical | 2 |
| infrastructure-as-a-service | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud computing service model
ⓘ
service model ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IaaS ⓘ |
| benefit |
faster time to provision infrastructure
ⓘ
geographic distribution of workloads ⓘ improved scalability ⓘ reduced capital expenditure ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Platform as a Service
NERFINISHED
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Software as a Service ⓘ |
| customerResponsibility |
application deployment
ⓘ
operating system management ⓘ runtime and middleware management ⓘ |
| deploymentModel |
hybrid cloud
ⓘ
private cloud ⓘ public cloud ⓘ |
| enables |
elastic scaling of infrastructure
ⓘ
on-demand provisioning of resources ⓘ outsourcing of physical infrastructure management ⓘ self-service resource management ⓘ |
| feature |
API-based access to resources
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automated provisioning ⓘ metered usage ⓘ multi-tenant architecture ⓘ resource pooling ⓘ |
| hasExampleProvider |
Amazon Web Services EC2
NERFINISHED
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Google Compute Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Cloud IaaS NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines NERFINISHED ⓘ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| layerInStack | infrastructure layer ⓘ |
| pricingModel |
pay-as-you-go
ⓘ
usage-based billing ⓘ |
| providerResponsibility |
data center facilities
ⓘ
network infrastructure ⓘ physical servers ⓘ virtualization layer ⓘ |
| provides |
data center infrastructure over the internet
ⓘ
virtual networking ⓘ virtual servers ⓘ virtual storage ⓘ virtualized computing resources ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cloud orchestration
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software-defined networking ⓘ software-defined storage ⓘ virtualization ⓘ |
| typicalComponent |
block storage
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firewall service ⓘ load balancer ⓘ object storage ⓘ virtual machine ⓘ virtual network ⓘ |
| underlies |
Platform as a Service
ⓘ
Software as a Service ⓘ |
| usedFor |
big data processing
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development and testing environments ⓘ disaster recovery solutions ⓘ hosting web applications ⓘ running enterprise workloads ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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infrastructure-as-a-service