Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS
Introduction
It is the on-demand delivery of computing resources through a cloud services platform with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Types of Cloud computing
IAAS (infrastructure as a service)
PAAS (Platform as a service)
SAAS (Software as a service)
Advantages of Cloud Computing
Trade capital expense for variable expense
Benefit from massive economies of scale
Stop guessing capacity
Increase speed and agility
Stop spending money on running and maintaining data centers
Go global in minutes
Cloud Computing Deployment Models
Cloud (Model in which a third-party provider makes compute resources available to the public over the internet)
Hybrid (Model that includes a combination of on-premises, private cloud, and third-party public cloud)
On-Premises (a model that uses the same legacy IT infrastructure and runs cloud resources within its own data center)
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