Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

Compute services

Compute combines CPUs, memory, and disks virtual equipment to create virtual machines. This is done by virtualizing physical servers and storage devices shared by multiple users.

A virtual machine is a computer software file, called an image, that acts like a real computer. It runs in a segregated environment, just like any other software program, and gives the end user the same experience as they would have on a traditional host operating system. The software inside a virtual machine is sandboxed and cannot escape or tamper with the physical computer. Multiple virtual machines can operate simultaneously on the same physical computer. This is called a multi-tenant environment, Multiple operating systems run side-by-side on ...