In this tutorial you are going to learn about Difference between SaaS, PaaS and IaaS in Cloud Computing.
In Cloud Computing, there are total 3 service models which includes:
- Platform as a service(PaaS)
- Software as a service(SaaS)
- Infrastructure as a service(IaaS)
Platform as a Service
PaaS provides the runtime environment for applications, development and deployment tools etc.
PaaS provides the facilities required to support the complete life cycle of building and delivering web applications and services entirely from the internet.
- Examples: App engine of google
- Force.com
- Joyent
- Azure
Key Features:
- PaaS provides a platform with the tools to test, develop and deploy applications in the same environment.
- Enable organization to focus on development without worrying about underlying infrastructure.
- Provides, manages security, operating systems, server and backups
- Facilities collaborative work even if teams work remotely
Benefits:
- Lower administrative overhead
- Lower total cost of ownerships
- Scalable solutions
- More current system software.
Issues:
- Lack of portability between PaaS clouds
- Event based processor scheduling
- Security engineering of PaaS applications.
PaaS Types:
- Application, delivery only environment – It provide s on demand scaling
- Stand-alone development environment – It works independently
- Open platform as service – It offers open source software
- Add on development facilities – It is mainly for customization
Software as a Service
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a type of cloud computing service model in which delivery of services and applications are done via the internet.
- In SaaS, maintenance of the software and hardware by the vendor.
- We need not install the software in our machines.
- Generally used by end users.
Characteristics:
- It makes the software available over internet.
- Software application maintenance by the vendors.
- Cost effective.
- Available on demand.
- It can be scaled up on scaled down anytime account to our need.
- Works or shared model one software is used by multiple clients.
- Software are automatically upgraded.
Benefits:
- Platform independence to the user ( we can use android, MAC, Windows, etc.)
- Multi Tenant solutions.
- Scale up or scale down.
- Accessible anytime and anywhere.
- Reduced time.
- Cost effective (pay as per use).
Example: Drobox, Salesforce, office 365, Gmail, etc.
Infrastructure as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is one of the service models in cloud computing used by system administrators and network architect.
- Provides infrastructure.
- It simply provides the underlying operating system, security, networking and services for applications development.
- It provides access to fundamental resources such as physical machines, virtual machines, virtual storage, etc.
- We can scale up and shrink the resources as per requirements.
IaaS also offers
- Virtual machines desk storage
- IP address
- VLAN (virtual local area network)
- Lead balances
Example: AWS, IBM cloud, Google cloud
Benefits:
We have full control over computing resources through administrative access to Virtual machines. More control than SaaS and PaaS
Difference between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
| Infrastructure as a Service | Platform as a Service | Software as a Service |
| It provides storage, network, servers | It provides storage, network, servers and development suite | Storage, networking services, development suite and software |
| No need to purchase hardware | Use one platform to test, develop and host apps | No need to purchase hardware scalability |
| Scalability | Service provides, manages security, operating systems, backups | ScalableNo need to manage, instant or upgrade software |
| Virtualised servers | Run time application | End user application |
| It is for storage and networking | Developing and data processing application | Scientific application, office automation, photo editing and CRM |
| Ex: Amazon, EC2 | Ex: Windows azure, Hadoop | Ex: Google documents, Facebook |
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