Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter
1
Understanding Cloud
Characteristics
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
INCLUDE:
✓
Basic terms and characteristics
Elasticity
■
On-demand/self-service
■
Pay-as-you-grow
■
Chargeback
■
Ubiquitous access
■
Metering and resource pooling
■
Multitenancy
■
Cloud bursting
■
Rapid deployment
■
Automation
■
✓
Object storage concepts
ObjectID
■
Metadata
■
Extended metadata
■
Data/blob
■
Policies
■
Replication
■
Access control
■
