{"id":1527,"date":"2011-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/three-benefits-of-public-cloud-computing\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T00:00:00","slug":"three-benefits-of-public-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/three-benefits-of-public-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Benefits of Public Cloud Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 550px; background-color: #ffffff; color: white; padding: 10px; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p style=\"color: black; text-align: left; padding: 10px;\"><strong style=\"color: black;\">Update December 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Some of the drawbacks mentioned below are no longer a concern, such as compliance and fraudulent servers. Today, top concerns include data privacy, visibility and redundancy. For more information about these drawbacks and other benefits\/challenges of cloud computing, download our free ebook, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.otava.com\/white-papers\/adopting-hybrid-cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guide to Building and Managing a Cost-Effective Hybrid Cloud.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cloud Computing is moving into 3 separate distinct directions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public Cloud Computing<\/strong> \u2013 like Amazon\u2019s EC2 and Rackspace, designed to provide the lowest cost shared computing service with a utility delivery model where you can pay for services by the hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Private Cloud Computing<\/strong> \u2013 the opposite end of the spectrum where the entire cloud infrastructure (servers, storage and network) is dedicated to a single company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Managed Cloud Computing<\/strong> \u2013 where a secure private cloud is sold by the server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve written about the <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/the-six-benefits-of-cloud-computing\/\">benefits of private cloud computing<\/a> in a previous blog. In this blog post, we\u2019ll discuss the benefits of public cloud computing along with some of its drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, the public cloud is designed around the \u201ccomputing as a utility\u201d model.\u00a0 Amazon\u2019s EC2 is the ultimate example of this model, followed by others like Rackspace and SoftLayer.<\/p>\n<p>Like Amazon, most public clouds are designed to compete on price.\u00a0 Despite <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/amazon-ec2-confusing-price-model\/\">Amazon\u2019s confusing pricing model<\/a>, it looks like they try to break up their public cloud offering into the tiniest compute components so users can optimize their cloud computing coding around cost.\u00a0 Amazon\u2019s public cloud is designed around an open source hypervisor, non-redundant hosts and local storage.\u00a0 This provides the lowest cost platform available, but has some drawbacks as I discuss below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2159\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/blog\/three-benefits-of-public-cloud-computing\/public-cloud-hosting\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2159 \" title=\"public cloud hosting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/public-cloud-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"public cloud\" width=\"365\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">public cloud hosting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let start with the Public Cloud Benefits:<\/p>\n<p>1.<strong> Utility Price Model<\/strong> \u2013 One of the most attractive benefits of public cloud computing is that you can pay for your computing by the hour.\u00a0 If you only need a test server to run a 1 hour regression test, you can spin up the server, run your test, and turn down the server for less than $0.10.\u00a0 Amazon even sells compute cycles at spot demand prices through an auction process.<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> API access<\/strong> \u2013 Many public cloud hosts provide APIs (albeit proprietary) which allow users to programmatically spin up and kill servers through API access. These can be very beneficial for systems that need to spin up a massive number of servers such as research and test environments.<\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Configure and Pay Online<\/strong> \u2013 As opposed to a private cloud where the entire infrastructure is designed around a client\u2019s specific requirements, the public cloud can be purchased online, configured and deployed, in most cases, automatically through the provider\u2019s web site.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time there are some drawbacks to also be aware of with the public cloud:<\/p>\n<p>1.<strong> Security and Compliance \u2013 <\/strong>Mid-size and large enterprises overwhelmingly prefer private clouds because of network and data security issues associated with the public cloud.\u00a0 You simply cannot achieve <a href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/compliance-security\/hipaa-compliant-cloud\/\">HIPAA Compliance<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/compliant-hosting\/pci-compliant-hosting\">PCI Compliance<\/a> in a public cloud.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Data Loss &#8211; No High Availability Fail Over \u2013 <\/strong>If a host crashes at Amazon, all of the virtual servers and data on that hardware host is lost.\u00a0 Public cloud servers are not built for high availability or automatic fail over. There are numerous Twitter posts &amp; blogs on the pain felt when Amazon&#8217;s cloud crashed and there was no one to call at Amazon.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an article on <a title=\"Amazon Data Loss\" href=\"https:\/\/technolog.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2011\/04\/28\/6549775-amazons-cloud-crash-destroyed-many-customers-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon&#8217;s cloud crash wiping out their customers&#8217; data<\/a> and their impersonal response to their customers.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Fraud and Spammers \u2013<\/strong> One public cloud hosting provider has fraud rates as high as 80%.\u00a0 Because sign up and deployment is fast and easy, a fraudulent user can spin up a cloud server on a stolen credit card, launch attacks and be gone before the credit card fraud is found.\u00a0 The only concern for legitimate users is if the shared server hardware is seized under warrant because of another user\u2019s fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Not all applications are a good fit for the public cloud.\u00a0 Many mid-size and large enterprises that want to assure the security and safety of their corporate and client data will move to the private cloud and won\u2019t deploy their critical systems in the public cloud.\u00a0 However, there are a number of applications that are ideal for public cloud hosting including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Development and Test Environments<\/strong> &#8211; Regression testing is a great example of an application for the public cloud.\u00a0 In a past software development life, I\u2019d spin up a dozen servers to run thousands of test scenarios every 24 hours.\u00a0 With the ability to spin up 1000\u2019s of servers programmatically, the test time can be reduced to minutes, speeding up software development cycles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Compute Intensive Research Applications <\/strong>\u2013 At the University of Michigan, researchers are spinning up 1000\u2019s of cores to run their DNA, genome and weather analysis programs. Most of these programs are written to withstand the crash of a server or two so the public cloud with spot demand pricing can provide tremendous resources very cost effectively for research computing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noncritical Web Servers <\/strong>and other applications where a crash of the server or loss of data isn\u2019t critical to the organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s important to select the right cloud architecture for the application.\u00a0 Public clouds, <a title=\"Private Cloud Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/solutions\/cloud\/private-cloud\/\">private cloud hosting<\/a> and <a title=\"Managed Cloud Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/otavawebsite.wpengine.com\/reference\/managed-cloud-vs-public-cloud\/\">managed cloud hosting<\/a> all have benefits and drawbacks.\u00a0 Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each model makes it easier to select the best cloud computing for the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update December 2017:\u00a0Some of the drawbacks mentioned below are no longer a concern, such as compliance and fraudulent servers. Today, top concerns include data privacy, visibility and redundancy. For more information about these drawbacks and other benefits\/challenges of cloud computing, download our free ebook, Guide to Building and Managing a Cost-Effective Hybrid Cloud. Cloud Computing is moving into 3 separate distinct directions: Public Cloud Computing \u2013 like Amazon\u2019s EC2 and Rackspace, designed to provide the lowest cost shared computing service with a utility delivery model where you can pay for services by the hour. Private Cloud Computing \u2013 the opposite end of the spectrum where the entire cloud infrastructure (servers, storage and network) is dedicated to a single company. Managed Cloud Computing \u2013 where a secure private cloud is sold by the server. I\u2019ve written about the benefits of private cloud computing in a previous blog. In this blog post, we\u2019ll discuss the benefits of public cloud computing along with some of its drawbacks. For the most part, the public cloud is designed around the \u201ccomputing as a utility\u201d model.\u00a0 Amazon\u2019s EC2 is the ultimate example of this model, followed by others like Rackspace and SoftLayer. 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