Chapter 10. Technical Building Blocks of IaaS

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to understand the following:

• The technical building blocks that make up an IaaS

• How the IaaS is developed and offered

• How the service is provisioned and activated

• How the service data is persisted

This chapter provides an overview of the components that make up a cloud deployment with particular emphasis on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) service model.

IaaS Service Composition

Chapter 2, “Cloud Design Patterns and Use Cases,” discussed a number of typical enterprise design patterns. These design patterns were detailed across three application tiers—presentation, application, and data—and consisted of applications such as web, application, ...

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