Private Cloud
NIST definition of Private Cloud: Private cloud is a cloud computing model operated solely for a single organization. It can be managed internally or by a third party. It can be hosted behind the company firewall or externally.
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A private cloud (also known as an internal cloud or a corporate cloud) is a type of cloud architecture that is dedicated to a single business or organisation.
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As per Microsoft Azure: The private cloud is defined as computing services offered either over the Internet or a private internal network and only to select users instead of the public.
Private Cloud
In the case of a public cloud, a service provider offers his resources (like storage capacity and computing power) to a client. The private cloud, on the other hand, allows organizations to use their own infrastructure or a Cloud service provider can offer dedicated hardware, network, and infrastructure to the client. The infrastructure can be hosted either within the organization itself or externally.
The Benefit of Private Cloud:
Private cloud computing gives businesses many of the benefits of a public cloud, following are the benefit of Private Cloud.
- Theprivatee cloud provides self-service, scalability, and elasticity – with the additional control and customization available from dedicated resources over computing hosted on-premises.
- Private cloud delivers a higher level of security and privacy through both company firewalls and internal hosting to ensure operations and sensitive data are not accessible to third-party providers.
Private Cloud drawback:
The company’s IT department is held responsible for the cost and accountability of managing the private cloud. So, private cloud requires the same staffing, management and maintenance expenses as traditional datacenter ownership.
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