Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition

Server Types Within an IaaS Solution

Within an IaaS environment, customers can acquire one or more servers. As shown in FIGURE 4-13, these servers fall under one of three types:

• Physical server: actual hardware allocated for the customer’s dedicated use

• Dedicated virtual server: virtual server allocated to the customer, running on a physical server which may, or may not, have other virtual servers

• Shared virtual server: customer access to a virtual server on a device that may be shared with other customers

FIGURE 4-13 Within an IaaS environment, customers can allocate various server types.

An IaaS physical-server solution allocates one ...