Cloud Terminology

Public Cloud: We will be using someone else’s hardware to create our virtual infrastructure.
- Popular Providers:
  - AWS
  - Azure
  - GCP
  - Ali Cloud
Private Cloud: We will be using our org’s hardware to create our virtual infrastructure.
- Popular option:
  - Openstack
Cloud offers Services:
- Example Services
  - Compute
  - Storage
  - Databases
  - Kubernetes
  - AI/ML
  - LLM Models
  - ..
  - ..
Service: What cloud offers
Resource: What we create
A service is a way to create virtual infra where you can use the resource for your business needs.
- you own the resource
- cloud service provider they own the service.
Resources will be charged based on usage (metered)
All cloud providers offer free tiers
- AWS:
  - Some services are free for 12 months
  - Some services are free for ever
  - some are never free.
- Azure:
  - first 1 month: till 200$ of usage everything is free.
  - post 1 month
    - Some services are free for 12 months
    - Some services are free for ever
    - some are never free.
- GCP:
  - first 3 months: till 300$ of usage everything is free
  - post 3 months
    - Some services are free for ever
    - some are never free.

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