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Why We Cloud

Cloud computing is the way things are done today. But let’s take a moment to

discuss some of the reasons we use the cloud instead of the old-style hammer

of individual servers.

Virtualization

The cloud relies on virtualization. All of the power of virtualization discussed

throughout this chapter applies to the cloud. Without virtualization’s savings

of power, resources, recovery, and security, the cloud simply could not

happen.

Shared Resources

Real hardware can be virtualized, meaning made available as partial or full

resources to a virtual machine. Hardware can be combined and then shared;

these shared resources can be both internal and external and apply to one or

many machines. Virtualization provides flexibility.

Rapid Elasticity

Let’s say you start a new Web application. If you use an IaaS provider such

as Amazon, you can start with a single server and get your new Web

application out there. But what happens if your application gets really, really

popular? No problem! Using AWS features, you can easily expand the

number of servers, even spread them out geographically, with just a click of

the switch. We call this ability rapid elasticity.

On-Demand

So what if you have a Web application that has wild swings in demand? A

local university wants to sell football tickets online. When there isn’t a game

coming, their bandwidth demands are very low. But when a game is

announced, the Web site is pounded with ticket requests. With cloud

computing, it’s easy to set up your application to add or reduce capacity

based on demand with on-demand. The application adjusts according to the

current demands.

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