Cloud Computing – From The Inception To Today

CLOUD COMPUTING and On-Demand Infrastructure from the Dot-Com Era to Today Different types of hosts Shared Web Hosting Basic Hosting for most websites VPS Hosting Partial Servers all to yourself Dedicated Hosting Grid / Utility Computing Public Cloud Virtualize and scole everything Public Cloud Services Managed and Unmanaged Computing 1.0 (laas) Computing 2.0 (laas) Infrastructure on Demand Resource Size Flexibility Multi-tenant Applications on Demand Network Flexibility Automated Provisioning Scalable Billing Type 13 13 13 13 Easy to use interface for controlling resources Partial /Sometimes / Rarely No Monthly O Hourly / Minute Yes Automated Computing on demand for the public: 1995 Shared Web Hosting to today From webservers to databases to email to disk Some of the early shared hosting companies included: ost Gator space - Web Hosting services were born in the mid 1990's ValueWeb interland 1&1 We make the Wob work for you. 1 800 WE HOST U and exploded with the dot-com era. Early shared hosting companies offered: Infrastructure on Demand No Resource Size Flexibility No Multi-tenant Yes Applications on Demand Yes, Sometimes Network Flexibility No Automated Provisioning Yes Scalable No Billing Type Monthly Easy to use interface for controlling resources Yes Automated Computing on demand for the public: VPS Hosting 1998 to today Offering a bit more flexibility and "root access" VPS services were a Shared Web Hosting. Technologies that enabled VPS services included FreeBSD Jails, Parallels' Virtuozzo and Microsoft Virtual Server. step up from Shared Web Hosting. ser ver HOSTPRO FuperbHosting Servint by Superb Inte rnet Early shared hosting companies offered: Infrastructure on Demand Partial Resource Size Flexibility Partial Multi-tenant Yes Applications on Demand No Network Flexibility No Automated Provisioning Yes Scalable No Billing Type 13 Monthly, Quarterly, Annually Easy to use interface for controlling resources Sometimes Automated Computing on demand for the public: Dedicated Hosting (Managed and Unmanaged) 1997 to today From single tenant shared hosting servers to Cobalt RaQ servers to Early providers of dedicated servers included: VALinux and Dell and SuperMicro EUTOServers servers - dedicated servers SOFTLAYER promised full admin access and control of server resources. O rackspace. OServerBeach HÖSTING digitalNATION BY GEEKS FOR GEEKS a VERIO company Early shared hosting companies offered: Infrastructure on Demand No Resource Size Flexibility No Multi-tenant No Applications Demand No Network Flexibility No Automated Provisioning Sometimes Scalable No Billing Type 13 Monthly, Quarterly Easy to use interface for controlling resources Sometimes Things finally start to get a little cloudy 2007 2010 Automated Computing on demand for the public: Grid / Utility Computing through With the launch of Amazon AWS Early providers of grid/utility computing (2006), and the increasing sophistication of automated provisioning in infrastructure management - several managed hosting companies launched a A LAYERED TECHNOLOGIEB NaviSite SAVVIS (gs) Grid-Server more scalable and more automated Infrastructure as a Service offering. Early shared hosting companies offered: Infrastructure on Demand Yes Resource Size Flexibility Partial Multi-tenant Yes Applications on Demand No Network Flexibility No Automated Provisioning Sometimes Scalable Partial Billing Type 13 Monthly, Quarterly, Annually Easy to use interface for controlling resources Rarely Public Cloud Computing 1.0 2006 through today Amazon's launch of Amazon Web Early providers of Cloud Computing laas Services is widely credited as kicking off what we know of as "Cloud Computing" today. This first generation service broke new ground by offering infrastructure on a utility model (billing by the hour). Developers, and startups finally had access to compute and storage and eventually scalability. In 2008 and 2009 the buzz around cloud started to grow as other's launched competing services with GOGRID rackspace. i amazon I webservices SOFTLAYER HOSTING Early shared hosting companies offered: Infrastructure on Demand Yes Resource Size Flexibility Partial Multi-tenant Yes little innovation. Applications on Demand No Network Flexibility No Automated Provisioning Yes Scalable Partial, Horizontally Billing Type Hourly Easy to use interface for controlling resources Partially Public Cloud Computing 2.0 2012 through today For cloud computing to "cross the chasm" and attract a wider Next Generation Providers of Cloud Computing laas audience beyond developers and startups it needs to be easier, more PROFITBRICKS The laaS-Company. saleable and more flexible - while being billed in a true utility model. Cloud Computing 2.0 providers are offering services that are truer to the definition of Cloud than ever Early shared hosting companies offered: before Infrastructure on Demand Yes Resource Size Flexibility Full Customizable Multi-tenant Yes Applications on Demand Sometimes Network Flexibility Yes Automated Provisioning Yes Scalable Partial, Vertical & Horizontal Billing Type Minute Easy to use interface for controlling resources Full Drag & Drop Control PROFITBRICKS The laaS-Company. DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING Sources: theWHIR.com, archive.org, thehostingnews.com, csrc.nist.gov, gartner.com