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Cloud computing is …
• A technical solution which gives the possibility to externalize the resources
needed for running an application or obtaining a service.
• The result is that you can have a “light” terminal working as being a
“supercomputer” with “super applications”.
– E.g. renting processing power and platform from Amazon and running
Matlab applications from your smart phone
• Breaks limits
– Offer of resources that would be probably impossible to be owned by
a normal end-user
• Provides:
– Flexibility
– Resiliency
– Scalability
– Workload migration
– Virtualization
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Types of Cloud Computing Services
• 3 major categories:
– IaaS (Infrastructure As A Service)
• E.g. Buying/renting three IBM System Z servers by a small
company that wants to install its own platform and run
applications on it
– Private
• The infrastructure is controlled by the cloud provider
• The client controls of the cloud resources
• The resources are independent from other resources handled
by different clients
– Internal
• Similar to Private Cloud but the security is not such a high
concern anymore as the physical resources are inside the
company’s infrastructure
• The idea for any cloud application is that it should be reachable through
any internet/public network connection.
– The idea is taken from the grid computing (plug in, get the resource
and pay per use)
• For the “Private Clouds” – the end-to-end connection between client and
user might be well known and probably designed accordingly to the
needs.
• Usually even for the “Private Clouds” the network access is designed
more as a global network perspective and less from a “cloud perspective”
– Normally clients use the usual Internet connections and in case this is
not enough then they use the “leased line” solutions.
• It is hard to look into the low layers design of the network being driven
by the cloud computing application requirements.
• Sharing infrastructure
– Using more efficient the transport network
• Flexible capacity
– Depending on the traffic (specific events) on every antenna covered area,
the capacity can be concentrated in one point or distributed => eliminating
the bottleneck specific e.g. to football games or concerts
• Reduces CAPEX
– Easier to deploy new antennas, having the controllers working remotely
• High reliability
– Due to the specific topology protection schemes
• Multi technology
– Possible to have GSM, 3G and LTE on the same site
• Multi operator
– Possible to have two or more operators running resources on the same site
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Issues to be considered
• Which topology should be used for the metro part ?
– Ring, point to point ?