Q3Cloud Computing
Question
2 marks
Differentiate between Public and Private Cloud.
Answer
A Public Cloud is open to the general public over the internet, while a Private Cloud is operated solely for a single organization.
Public clouds offer higher scalability and cost-effectiveness, whereas private clouds offer better control, privacy, and security. In a public cloud, infrastructure is owned by a third-party provider (e.g., AWS, Azure) and shared among multiple tenants over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis. In a private cloud, infrastructure is dedicated to one organization, hosted either on-premises or by a third party, giving that organization full control over security policies and compliance at a higher capital cost.