Private vs. Public cloud
Due to budget or security constraints, or other factors, a company might not prefer physical resources as they are hard to manage. Comparatively, in a private cloud, all the resources you need are available on-demand.
A private cloud enables the business to quickly scale up or down their resources, adjusting to their demands. The computing service also offers better security, even more than you might achieve in-house through robust firewalls. Also, the private cloud provides improved privacy and prevents third parties from accessing any sensitive data.
Private clouds involve various technologies. The cloud uses virtualization technology to source hardware resources and allocates them in shared pools. An IT process allows the technology to grab all the resources from a single source.
When coupled with management software, the virtualization technology gives administrative control of the applications, infrastructure, and data to the cloud admins. With a layer of automation software to enable repetition of instructions and processes, the bundle of technologies becomes a private cloud.
How do private clouds work?