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Public Cloud (Erl, Naserpour)
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The Public Cloud compound pattern encompasses the patterns that comprise Private Cloud, and further expands upon the private cloud feature-set to provide multitenant functions in support of a broader range of diverse cloud consumers. The Public Cloud compound pattern is comprised of the following patterns:
Required (Core)
- Automated Administration
- Broad Access
- Centralized Remote Administration
- Elastic Environment
- Multitenant Environment
- Pay-as-You-Go
- Rapid Provisioning
- Realtime Resource Availability
- Resilient Environment
- Resource Management
- Resource Pooling
- Self-Provisioning
- Shared Resources
- Usage Monitoring
- Workload Distribution
Optional (Extension)
- Bare-Metal Provisioning
- Non-Disruptive Service Relocation
- Resource Reservation
- Rich Container
- Serverless Deployment
- Volatile Configuration
This pattern is covered in CCP Module 4: Fundamental Cloud Architecture.
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