What is one benefit of the private cloud model?

Question

Options

• AIt removes the need for making capital expenditures in the data center.
• BIt requires fewer IT resources than public cloud.
• CIt offers more scalability than public cloud.
• DIt enables self-service provisioning within the customer's IT infrastructure.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  87% (26)

Explanation

D is correct because private cloud infrastructure is dedicated to a single organization and hosted either on-premises or by a provider - giving that organization's users the ability to provision resources (VMs, storage, etc.) on-demand through a self-service portal, just like public cloud, but within their own controlled environment.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because private cloud typically requires capital expenditure (servers, networking, data center space) - that's a key trait of public cloud, which shifts to OpEx.
• B is wrong because private cloud generally demands more IT resources to build, operate, and maintain than public cloud, where the provider handles infrastructure.
• C is wrong because public cloud offers greater scalability due to its massive shared resource pools; private cloud is limited by the organization's own hardware capacity.

Memory tip: Think of private cloud as "your own mini-AWS" - you get self-service and automation inside your walls, but you still buy the hardware (no CapEx savings) and staff the team (more IT resources), and your scale is capped by what you own.

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