Private Cloud
- Private cloud is also known as an internal cloud or corporate cloud.
- Private cloud provides computing services to a private internal network (within the organization) and selected users instead of the general public.
- Private cloud provides a high level of security and privacy to data through firewalls and internal hosting. It also ensures that operational and sensitive data are not accessible to third-party providers.
- HP Data Centers, Microsoft, Elastra-private cloud, and Ubuntu are the example of a private cloud.
Advantages of Private cloud
There are the following advantages of Private Cloud –
1) More Control
Private clouds have more control over their resources and hardware than public clouds because it is only accessed by selected users.
2) Security & privacy
Security & privacy are one of the big advantages of cloud computing. Private cloud improved the security level as compared to the public cloud.
3) Improved performance
Private cloud offers better performance with improved speed and space capacity.
Disadvantages of Private Cloud
1) High cost
The cost is higher than a public cloud because set up and maintain hardware resources are costly.
2) Restricted area of operations
As we know, private cloud is accessible within the organization, so the area of operations is limited.
3) Limited scalability
Private clouds are scaled only within the capacity of internal hosted resources.
4) Skilled people
Skilled people are required to manage and operate cloud services.