Introduction to public cloud

WORKING WITH PUBLIC CLOUDS
by
Ambrish Gangal

What is Public Cloud ??
• A public cloud is one based on the
standard cloud computing model, in which a
service provider makes resources, such as
virtual machines (VMs), applications or
storage, available to the general public over
the internet.
• Public cloud services may be free or offered
on a pay-per-usage model.

BENEFITS OF USING A PUBLIC CLOUD
• The main benefits of using a public cloud service
are:
• it reduces the need for organizations to invest in
and maintain their own on-premises IT resources;
• it enables scalability to meet workload and user
demands; and
• there are fewer wasted resources because
customers only pay for the resources they use.
NOTE : Public cloud also include other major
benefits of Cloud computing eg. Mobility ,etc

WHEN TO OPT FOR PUBLIC CLOUD
Which cloud deployment model to choose

When to choose Private Cloud ?

Types of organizational Goals to Public
Cloud

Types of organizational/ Applications
NOT for Public Cloud

Opportunities and Challenges
• The use of the cloud provides a number of
opportunities:
– It enables services to be used without any understanding
of their infrastructure.
– Cloud computing works using economies of scale:
• It potentially lowers the outlay expense for start up companies, as
they would no longer need to buy their own software or servers.
• Cost would be by on-demand pricing.
• Vendors and Service providers claim costs by establishing an
ongoing revenue stream.
– Data and services are stored remotely but accessible from
“anywhere”.

Opportunities and Challenges
• In parallel there has been backlash against cloud computing:
– Use of cloud computing means dependence on others and that could
possibly limit flexibility and innovation:
• The others are likely become the bigger Internet companies like Google
and IBM, who may monopolise the market.
• Some argue that this use of supercomputers is a return to the time of
mainframe computing that the PC was a reaction against.
– Security could prove to be a big issue:
• It is still unclear how safe out-sourced data is and when using these
services ownership of data is not always clear.
– There are also issues relating to policy and access:
• If your data is stored abroad whose policy do you adhere to?
• What happens if the remote server goes down?
• How will you then access files?
• There have been cases of users being locked out of accounts and losing
access to data.

Advantages of Public Cloud Computing
• Lower computer costs:
– You do not need a high-powered and high-priced computer
to run cloud computing's web-based applications.
– Since applications run in the cloud, not on the desktop PC,
your desktop PC does not need the processing power or hard
disk space demanded by traditional desktop software.
– When you are using web-based applications, your PC can be
less expensive, with a smaller hard disk, less memory, more
efficient processor...
– In fact, your PC in this scenario does not even need a CD or
DVD drive, as no software programs have to be loaded and
no document files need to be saved.

• Improved performance:
– With few large programs hogging your computer's
memory, you will see better performance from your PC.
– Computers in a cloud computing system boot and run
faster because they have fewer programs and processes
loaded into memory…
• Reduced software costs:
– Instead of purchasing expensive software applications, you
can get most of what you need for free-ish!
• most cloud computing applications today, such as the Google Docs suite.
– better than paying for similar commercial software
• which alone may be justification for switching to cloud applications.

• Instant software updates:
– Another advantage to cloud computing is that you are no longer faced
with choosing between obsolete software and high upgrade costs.
– When the application is web-based, updates happen automatically
• available the next time you log into the cloud.
– When you access a web-based application, you get the latest version
• without needing to pay for or download an upgrade.
• Improved document format compatibility.
– You do not have to worry about the documents you create on your
machine being compatible with other users' applications or OSes
– There are potentially no format incompatibilities when everyone is
sharing documents and applications in the cloud.

• Unlimited storage capacity:
– Cloud computing offers virtually limitless storage.
– Your computer's current 1 Tbyte hard drive is small
compared to the hundreds of Pbytes available in the cloud.
• Increased data reliability:
– Unlike desktop computing, in which if a hard disk crashes
and destroy all your valuable data, a computer crashing in
the cloud should not affect the storage of your data.
• if your personal computer crashes, all your data is still out there in
the cloud, still accessible
– In a world where few individual desktop PC users back up
their data on a regular basis, cloud computing is a data-
safe computing platform!

• Universal document access:
– That is not a problem with cloud computing, because you
do not take your documents with you.
– Instead, they stay in the cloud, and you can access them
whenever you have a computer and an Internet connection
– Documents are instantly available from wherever you are
• Latest version availability:
– When you edit a document at home, that edited version is
what you see when you access the document at work.
– The cloud always hosts the latest version of your documents
• as long as you are connected, you are not in danger of having an outdated
version

• Easier group collaboration:
– Sharing documents leads directly to better collaboration.
– Many users do this as it is an important advantages of cloud
computing
• multiple users can collaborate easily on documents and projects
• Device independence.
– You are no longer tethered to a single computer or network.
– Changes to computers, applications and documents follow
you through the cloud.
– Move to a portable device, and your applications and
documents are still available.

Disadvantages of Public Cloud Computing
• Requires a constant Internet connection:
– Cloud computing is impossible if you cannot connect to the
Internet.
– Since you use the Internet to connect to both your
applications and documents, if you do not have an Internet
connection you cannot access anything, even your own
documents.
– A dead Internet connection means no work and in areas
where Internet connections are few or inherently
unreliable, this could be a deal-breaker.

• Does not work well with low-speed connections:
– Similarly, a low-speed Internet connection, such as that
found with dial-up services, makes cloud computing
painful at best and often impossible.
– Web-based applications require a lot of bandwidth to
download, as do large documents.
• Features might be limited:
– This situation is bound to change, but today many web-
based applications simply are not as full-featured as their
desktop-based applications.
• For example, you can do a lot more with Microsoft PowerPoint
than with Google Presentation's web-based offering

• Can be slow:
– Even with a fast connection, web-based applications can
sometimes be slower than accessing a similar software
program on your desktop PC.
– Everything about the program, from the interface to the
current document, has to be sent back and forth from your
computer to the computers in the cloud.
– If the cloud servers happen to be backed up at that
moment, or if the Internet is having a slow day, you would
not get the instantaneous access you might expect from
desktop applications.

• Stored data might not be secure:
– With cloud computing, all your data is stored on the cloud.
• The questions is How secure is the cloud?
– Can unauthorized users gain access to your confidential data?
• Stored data can be lost:
– Theoretically, data stored in the cloud is safe, replicated
across multiple machines.
– But on the off chance that your data goes missing, you have
no physical or local backup.
• Put simply, relying on the cloud puts you at risk if the cloud lets you
down.

• HPC Systems:
– Not clear that you can run compute-intensive HPC
applications that use MPI/OpenMP!
– Scheduling is important with this type of application
• as you want all the VM to be co-located to minimize communication
latency!
• General Concerns:
– Each cloud systems uses different protocols and different APIs
• may not be possible to run applications between cloud based systems
– Amazon has created its own DB system (not SQL 92), and
workflow system (many popular workflow systems out there)
• so your normal applications will have to be adapted to execute on
these platforms.

PUBLIC CLOUD SERVICE MODELS,
AND PUBLIC CLOUD PLAYERS

Public Cloud Service Models
Software as a
Service (SaaS)
Platform as a
Service (PaaS)
Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS)
Google App
Engine
SalesForce CRM
LotusLive, Office
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Major Examples of Public Cloud
Services

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