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Explain cloud computing Architecture.

Cloud Computing Architecture

As we know, cloud computing technology is used by both small and large organizations to store
the information in cloud and access it from anywhere at anytime using the internet connection.

Cloud computing architecture is a combination of service-oriented architecture and event-driven


architecture.

Cloud computing architecture is divided into the following two parts

o Front End
o Back End

The below diagram shows the architecture of cloud computing

Front End
The front end is used by the client. It contains client-side interfaces and applications that are required
to access the cloud computing platforms. The front end includes web servers (including Chrome,
Firefox, internet explorer, etc.), thin & fat clients, tablets, and mobile devices.

Back End
The back end is used by the service provider. It manages all the resources that are required to provide
cloud computing services. It includes a huge amount of data storage, security mechanism, virtual
machines, deploying models, servers, traffic control mechanisms, etc.

Components of Cloud Computing Architecture


There are the following components of cloud computing architecture -
1. Client Infrastructure:Client Infrastructure is a Front end component. It provides GUI (Graphical
User Interface) to interact with the cloud.

2. Application:The application may be any software or platform that a client wants to access.

3. Service:A Cloud Services manages that which type of service you access according to the client’s
requirement.

Cloud computing offers the following three type of services:

i. Software as a Service (SaaS) – It is also known as cloud application services. Mostly, SaaS
applications run directly through the web browser means we do not require to download and
install these applications. Some important example of SaaS is given below –

Example: Google Apps, Salesforce Dropbox, Slack, Hubspot, Cisco WebEx.

ii. Platform as a Service (PaaS) – It is also known as cloud platform services. It is quite
similar to SaaS, but the difference is that PaaS provides a platform for software creation, but
using SaaS, we can access software over the internet without the need of any platform

Example: Windows Azure, Force.com, Magento Commerce Cloud, OpenShift.

iii. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – It is also known as cloud infrastructure services. It


is responsible for managing applications data, middleware, and runtime environments.

Example: Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, Google Compute Engine (GCE), Cisco Metapod

4. Runtime Cloud: Runtime Cloud provides the execution and runtime environment to the virtual
machines.

5. Storage: Storage is one of the most important components of cloud computing. It provides a
huge amount of storage capacity in the cloud to store and manage data.

6. Infrastructure: It provides services on the host level, application level, and network level. Cloud
infrastructure includes hardware and software components such as servers, storage, network
devices, virtualization software, and other storage resources that are needed to support the cloud
computing model.

7. Management: Management is used to manage components such as application, service, runtime


cloud, storage, infrastructure, and other security issues in the backend and establish coordination
between them.

8. Security: Security is an in-built back-end component of cloud computing. It implements a security


mechanism in the back end.

9. Internet: The Internet is medium through which front end and back end can interact and
communicate with each other.

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