Understanding Cloud Computing:

Varieties of Cloud Services:

• Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Hybrid Clouds are common types.

The Concept of Cloud Computing:

• Cloud Clients, Cloud Storage, Cloud Servers are different aspects of cloud services.
• Cloud computing is a concept, not a single technology.
• Resources are provisioned in a shareable way for users' needs.
• Relies on companies providing services for each other using shared resources.

Hardware Virtualization:

• Core concept in cloud technologies.
• Virtualization allows physical machines (hosts) to run multiple virtual instances (guests).
• Hypervisor (hardware virtualization) manages and abstracts guest instances, resembling real hardware.
• Hypervisor is a piece of software that runs and manages virtual machines while also offering these guests a virtual operating platform that's indistinguishable from actual hardware

Advantages of Cloud Computing:

• Cost-effective resource allocation and sharing.
• Cloud providers offer various services beyond basic virtual instances.
• Quick provisioning, scalable services, and seamless hardware management.

Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud: