PRIVATE CLOUD

What is private cloud ?

o Private cloud is also known as an internal cloud or corporate cloud.

o Private cloud provides computing services to a private internal network (within the
organization) and selected users instead of the general public.
o Private cloud provides a high level of security and privacy to data through firewalls
and internal hosting. It also ensures that operational and sensitive data are not
accessible to third-party providers.
o HP Data Centers, Microsoft, Elastra-private cloud, and Ubuntu are the example of a
private cloud.

Advantages of Private cloud:

There are the following advantages of Private Cloud –

1)More Control

Private clouds have more control over their resources and hardware than public clouds
because it is only accessed by selected users.
2) Security & privacy

Security & privacy are one of the big advantages of cloud computing. Private cloud improved
the security level as compared to the public cloud.

3) Improved performance

Private cloud offers better performance with improved speed and space capacity.

Disadvantages of Private Cloud

1) High cost

The cost is higher than a public cloud because set up and maintain hardware resources are
costly.

2) Restricted area of operations

As we know, private cloud is accessible within the organization, so the area of operations is
limited.

3) Limited scalability

Private clouds are scaled only within the capacity of internal hosted resources.

4) Skilled people

Skilled people are required to manage and operate cloud services.

What is the difference between Private Cloud and Public Cloud?

In a private cloud, computing resources are dedicated and proprietary, and a single
organization hosts and manages the system. What makes it private is the fact that the
underlying hardware layer is segregated from any other client’s infrastructure. In a public
cloud, services are owned and managed by a provider who also hosts other tenants.
Companies may combine a private cloud with a public cloud in a hybrid or multi-cloud .

Is a Private Cloud more secure than a Public Cloud?

Private cloud can be more secure than public cloud, with one important caveat: Organizations
must proactively ensure that security is strong and up to date in order to reap the benefits of
private cloud. As long as an organization is not complacent about security, the private cloud
can offer many advantages for security. Since private clouds are limited to specific physical
machines, it can be easier to ensure physical security. Most private clouds sit behind
a perimeter firewall and are accessed through private, secure network links, rather than
through the public Internet. Additionally, the degree of control a business has over its private
cloud can also make it easier to achieve regulatory compliance and governance mandates.

Why use VMware as a Private Cloud platform?

VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure, and VMware Private Cloud offers a
service enabling organizations to simply pool all their servers into a single resource, which
can be distributed among virtual machines (VMs) that run application workloads across the
enterprise.

VMware supports the three major types of private cloud: virtual private cloud, hosted private
cloud, and managed private cloud.