Cloud Computing
Hi CEans,
The term cloud computing has become one of the hottest talked about topic.
Technology is growing fast.It all began with the concept of distributed computing.
We had cluster computing, then we had grid computing and now we have moved on to cloud. Ultimate objective was to increase the computing power thereby perform voluminous tasks within a shorter interval of time.
In simpler terms, cloud is all about getting anything anywhere (internet service)..Clouds promote the concept of leasing remote resources rather than buying own hardware.Hardware, software and even the entire infrastructure could be provided as a service on a cloud.
Clouds eliminate the physical overhead cost of adding new hardware such as compute nodes to clusters or supercomputers and the financial burden of permanent over-provisioning of occasionally needed resources.
The main reason for we being moved from grid to cloud is that resources are unreliable in a grid.We have to perform the task of maintaining those resources, adjust with the dynamism exihibited by them.
Virtualization is another closely related concept to this cloud computing. We have various corporates like amazon and google providing us with cloud services.
I just request all ceans to share their views on this topic. Even posting a basic definition regarding this would help all of us in learning this new upcoming technology.
The term cloud computing has become one of the hottest talked about topic.
Technology is growing fast.It all began with the concept of distributed computing.
We had cluster computing, then we had grid computing and now we have moved on to cloud. Ultimate objective was to increase the computing power thereby perform voluminous tasks within a shorter interval of time.
In simpler terms, cloud is all about getting anything anywhere (internet service)..Clouds promote the concept of leasing remote resources rather than buying own hardware.Hardware, software and even the entire infrastructure could be provided as a service on a cloud.
Clouds eliminate the physical overhead cost of adding new hardware such as compute nodes to clusters or supercomputers and the financial burden of permanent over-provisioning of occasionally needed resources.
The main reason for we being moved from grid to cloud is that resources are unreliable in a grid.We have to perform the task of maintaining those resources, adjust with the dynamism exihibited by them.
Virtualization is another closely related concept to this cloud computing. We have various corporates like amazon and google providing us with cloud services.
I just request all ceans to share their views on this topic. Even posting a basic definition regarding this would help all of us in learning this new upcoming technology.
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