Which cloud deployment model would be ideal for a group of universities looking to work together, where each university can gain benefits according to its specific needs?

Question

Options

• APrivate
• BPublic
• CHybrid
• DCommunity

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  6% (1)
• C
  18% (3)
• D
  71% (12)

Explanation

Community cloud is the ideal model here because it is shared among multiple organizations with common goals, regulatory requirements, or missions - exactly fitting a consortium of universities collaborating while each tailoring usage to their own needs.

• Private (A) is wrong because it serves a single organization exclusively, leaving no room for inter-university sharing.
• Public (B) is wrong because it's open to anyone and offers no governance or resource customization tailored to the university group.
• Hybrid (C) is wrong because it combines private and public clouds - it doesn't describe shared infrastructure among a specific community of peers.

Memory tip: Think "community = community of interest." When a question describes a specific group of similar organizations (universities, hospitals, government agencies) sharing infrastructure, that's the community cloud signal.

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