CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #369
An organization wants to lease the resources they need for their customized servers from a cloud provider on a pay-as-you-go basis, instead of paying one time for hardware. Which service model…
The correct answer is C. Infrastructure as a service. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provides virtualized computing resources including servers, storage, and networking on a pay-as-you-go basis. It allows organizations to customize and manage their own server configurations without purchasing physical hardware.
Question
An organization wants to lease the resources they need for their customized servers from a cloud provider on a pay-as-you-go basis, instead of paying one time for hardware. Which service model should they use?
Options
- AHybrid cloud
- BSoftware as a service
- CInfrastructure as a service
- DPlatform as a service
How the community answered
(52 responses)- A4% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C88% (46)
- D6% (3)
Why each option
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provides virtualized computing resources including servers, storage, and networking on a pay-as-you-go basis. It allows organizations to customize and manage their own server configurations without purchasing physical hardware.
Hybrid cloud is a deployment model combining on-premises and cloud resources, not a service model for leasing individual server resources.
Software as a Service (SaaS) delivers complete software applications over the internet and does not provide access to customizable server infrastructure.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) delivers virtualized infrastructure resources - including compute, storage, and networking - on a rental or pay-as-you-go model. Organizations can configure and manage their own servers without owning the underlying hardware, which directly matches the requirement to lease customized server resources instead of making a one-time hardware purchase.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) provides a managed development and runtime environment, abstracting away server management rather than exposing customizable server resources.
Concept tested: Cloud service models - IaaS for infrastructure leasing
Source: https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-iaas
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