Cloud Infrastructure Components
Cloud infrastructure consists of servers, storage, network, management software, and deployment software and platform virtualization.
HYPERVISOR
Hypervisor is a firmware or low-level program that acts as a Virtual Machine Manager. It allows to share the single physical instance of cloud resources between several tenants.
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Management Software helps to maintain and configure the infrastructure.
DEPLOYMENT SOFTWARE
Deployment software helps to deploy and integrate the application on the cloud.
NETWORK
Network is the key component of cloud infrastructure. It allows to connect cloud services over the Internet. It is also possible to deliver network as a utility over the Internet, i.e., the consumer can customize the network route and protocol.
