Not a Measured Service
Question
Within an Infrastructure as a Service model, which of the following would NOT be a measured service?
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A. B. C. D.C.
Within IaaS, the number of users on a system is not relevant to the particular hosting model in regard to cloud resources.
IaaS is focused on infrastructure needs of a system or application.
Therefore, a factor such as the number of users that could affect licensing requirements, for example, would apply to the SaaS model, or in some instances to PaaS.
In an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model, customers rent virtualized computing resources, such as servers, storage, and networking hardware, from a cloud provider. One of the key characteristics of cloud computing is the ability to offer services that are measured and billed based on actual usage, which is known as a measured service.
A measured service provides customers with transparency and control over their usage and costs by enabling them to monitor, control, and optimize their resource consumption. Typically, the cloud provider charges customers based on the amount of resources they consume, such as the number of CPU cycles, storage space, and memory usage.
In the given options, CPU, storage, and memory are all examples of resources that can be measured and billed based on usage, making them measured services in an IaaS model. The number of users, however, is not a resource that is typically measured and billed based on usage in an IaaS model.
Therefore, the answer to the question is C. Number of users.
