Cloud Computing

The Cloud Computing is the use of the software and hardware that includes the great number of computers connected over the communication network such as the Internet. The Cloud name comes from the usage the cloud symbol on the system diagrams as the abstraction for the complex network infrastructure. This term is used as a marketing metaphor for the Internet.
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What is Cloud Computing

What is Cloud Computing? The Cloud computing is a widely used and highly demanded utility in the modern world thanks to its high computing power, performance, scalability and accessibility, and at the same time low cost of services. The ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software provides an easy and effective Cloud Computing Diagrams solution from the Computers and Network area of ConceptDraw Solution Park for making professional looking Cloud Computing and Cloud Computing Architecture Diagrams.

Internet symbols - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Internet symbols" contains 11 Internet clipart images and symbols for drawing computer network diagrams.
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Generic firewall

Hardware firewall

Firewall w/hole

Firewall w/tunnel

Smartcard, secure ID card

Virtual web site (root)

WWW Server

WWW Cluster

Firewall

Cloud

Smart key

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Computer Network Diagrams

AWS simple icons - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "AWS simple icons" contains 97 symbol icons of Amazon Web Services (AWS) elements for drawing AWS cloud architecture diagrams.
"Amazon Web Services (abbreviated AWS) is a collection of remote computing services (also called web services) that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these services are Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. The service is advertised as providing a large computing capacity (potentially many servers) much faster and cheaper than building a physical server farm." [Amazon Web Services. Wikipedia]
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Instance

Instances

AMI

DB on Instance

Instance with CloudWatch

Elastic IP

Amazon Elastic MapReduce

Cluster

HDFS Cluster

Auto Scaling

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Bucket

Bucket with Objects

Object

AWS Import/Export

AWS Storage Gateway Service

Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

Volume

Snapshot

Amazon CloudFront

Download Distribution

Streaming Distribution

Edge Location

Amazon CloudWatch

Alarm

Elastic Load Balancer

AWS Direct Connect

Amazon Route 53

Hosted Zone

Route Table

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

VPN Connection

VPN Gateway

Customer Gateway

Internet Gateway

Router

Amazon SimpleDB

Domain

Item

Items

Attribute

Attributes

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

RDS DB Instance

RDS DB Instance Standby (Multi-AZ)

RDS DB Instance Read Replica

Oracle DB Instance

MySQL DB Instance

Table

Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon ElastiCache

ElastiCache Cache Node

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Topic

Email Notification

HTTP Notification

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Queue

Message

Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

Decider

Worker

AWS CloudFormation

Template

Stack

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Application

Amazon Mechanical Turk

Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT)

Assignment/Task

Workers

Requester

Users

User

Client

Mobile Client

Multimedia

Corporate Data Center

Traditional Server

Internet

AWS Management Console

IAM Add-on

Example: IAM Add-on

Availability Zone

Region

Security Group

Elastic Beanstalk Container

EC2 Instance Contents

VPC Subnet

Server Contents

Virtual Private Cloud

AWS Cloud

Corporate Data Center

Auto Scaling Group

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Mobile cloud architecture diagram

This exaple was resigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: Mobile Cloud Architecture.jpg. [commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Mobile_ Cloud_ Architecture.jpg]
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This diagram describes general architecture of Mobile Cloud Computing.
Legend.
BTS: Base Transceiver Station.
AAA: Network Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting.
HA: Home Agent.
"Mobile/ cloud computing is the combination of cloud computing and mobile networks to bring benefits for mobile users, network operators, as well as cloud computing providers. The ultimate goal of MCC (mean of MCC is Mobile/ Cloud Computing) is to enable execution of rich mobile applications on a plethora of mobile devices, with a rich user experience. MCC provides business opportunities for mobile network operators as well as cloud providers." [Mobile cloud computing. Wikipedia]
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AWS cloud architecture diagram

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AWS Architecture Diagrams

AWS simple icons v2.0 - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "AWS simple icons v2.0" contains 94 symbol icons of Amazon Web Services (AWS) elements for drawing AWS cloud architecture diagrams.
"Amazon Web Services offers a broad set of global compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services that help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications. These services are trusted by the largest enterprises and the hottest start-ups to power a wide variety of workloads including: web and mobile applications, data processing and warehousing, storage, archive, and many others." [aws.amazon.com/ products/ ]
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Instance

Instances

Amazon EC2

AMI

DB on Instance

Instance with CloudWatch

Elastic IP

Auto Scaling

Cluster

HDFS Cluster

Amazon Elastic MapReduce

Amazon S3

Bucket

Bucket with Objects

Object

Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

Volume

Snapshot

AWS Import/Export

AWS Storage Gateway Service

Amazon Glacier

DynamoDB

Table

Item

Items

Attribute

Attributes

Amazon RDS

RDS DB Instance

RDS DB Instance Standby (Multi-AZ)

RDS DB Instance Read Replica

MySQL DB Instance

Oracle DB Instance

ElastiCache Cache Node

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon Route 53

Hosted Zone

Route Table

Elastic Load Balancer

AWS Direct Connect

Amazon VPC

Router

Internet Gateway

Customer Gateway

VPN Gateway

VPN Connection

Amazon Cloudfront

Download Distribution

Streaming Distribution

Edge Location

Elastic Network Instance

Amazon CloudWatch

Alarm

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk

Application

AWS IAM

IAM Add-on

AWS CloudFormation

Template

Stack

Amazon SQS

Queue

Message

Amazon CloudSearch

Amazon SES

Amazon SWF

Decider

Worker

Amazon SNS

Email Notification

HTTP Notification

Topic

AWS Cloud

AWS Management Console

User

Users

Internet

Client

Mobile Client

Multimedia

Traditional Server

Corporate Data Center

Auto Scaling Group

Availability Zone

Region

Security Group

Elastic Beanstalk Container

EC2 Instance Contents

VPC Subnet

Server Contents

Virtual Private Cloud

AWS Cloud

Corporate Data Center

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AWS Architecture Diagrams

Introduction to Cloud Computing Architecture

The best way to visualize the introduction to Cloud computing architecture is to create diagrams and schematics representing what is a cloud computing and how it works. For their design, we recommend to use a powerful ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software supplied with Cloud Computing Diagrams solution from the Computers and Network area of ConceptDraw Solution Park

Satellite telecom network diagram

"Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communications satellites. ...
Satellite Internet generally relies on three primary components: a satellite in geostationary orbit (sometimes referred to as a geosynchronous Earth orbit, or GEO), a number of ground stations known as gateways that relay Internet data to and from the satellite via radio waves (microwave), and a VSAT (very-small-aperture terminal) dish antenna with a transceiver, located at the subscriber's premises. Other components of a satellite Internet system include a modem at the user end which links the user's network with the transceiver, and a centralized network operations center (NOC) for monitoring the entire system. Working in concert with a broadband gateway, the satellite operates a Star network topology where all network communication passes through the network's hub processor, which is at the center of the star. With this configuration, the number of remote VSATs that can be connected to the hub is virtually limitless." [Satellite Internet access. Wikipedia]
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Satellite telecom network diagram

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Telecommunication Network Diagrams

Cloud Computing Architecture

The Cloud Computing Architecture is the structure of the system, which is based on the needs of end-user and includes the set of components and subcomponents required for cloud computing, among them cloud resources, services, middleware, software components, front-end platforms (cloud clients), cloud-based back end platforms (servers, storage), and a network (Internet, Intranet, Intercloud). When designing the Cloud Computing Architecture diagrams, the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software advises to turn attention for the powerful Cloud Computing Diagrams solution from the extensive Computers and Network area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Cloud round icons - Vector stencils library

This vector stencils library contains 184 round icons.
Use it to design cloud computing infographics and diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO software.
"Though service-oriented architecture advocates "everything as a service" (with the acronyms EaaS or XaaS or simply aas), cloud-computing providers offer their "services" according to different models, which happen to form a stack: infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service.
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
In the most basic cloud-service model ... providers of IaaS offer computers — physical or (more often) virtual machines — and other resources. IaaS refers to online services that abstract the user from the details of infrastructure like physical computing resources, location, data partitioning, scaling, security, backup etc.
Platform as a service (PaaS)
PaaS vendors offer a development environment to application developers. The provider typically develops toolkit and standards for development and channels for distribution and payment. In the PaaS models, cloud providers deliver a computing platform, typically including operating system, programming-language execution environment, database, and web server. Application developers can develop and run their software solutions on a cloud platform without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers.
Software as a service (SaaS)
In the software as a service (SaaS) model, users gain access to application software and databases. Cloud providers manage the infrastructure and platforms that run the applications. SaaS is sometimes referred to as "on-demand software" and is usually priced on a pay-per-use basis or using a subscription fee.
In the SaaS model, cloud providers install and operate application software in the cloud and cloud users access the software from cloud clients. Cloud users do not manage the cloud infrastructure and platform where the application runs. This eliminates the need to install and run the application on the cloud user's own computers, which simplifies maintenance and support. Cloud applications differ from other applications in their scalability — which can be achieved by cloning tasks onto multiple virtual machines at run-time to meet changing work demand." [Cloud computing. Wikipedia]
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Cloud Computing Architecture Diagrams

For documenting the Cloud Computing Architecture with a goal to facilitate the communication between stakeholders are successfully used the Cloud Computing Architecture diagrams. It is convenient and easy to draw various Cloud Computing Architecture diagrams in ConceptDraw PRO software with help of tools of the Cloud Computing Diagrams Solution from the Computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

SharePoint server reference architecture for public-facing website scenario

"Microsoft SharePoint is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet, content management and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader capabilities.
SharePoint comprises a multipurpose set of Web technologies backed by a common technical infrastructure. By default, SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite. The web tools are designed to be usable by non-technical users. SharePoint can be used to provide intranet portals, document & file management, collaboration, social networks, extranets, websites, enterprise search, and business intelligence. It also has system integration, process integration, and workflow automation capabilities.
Enterprise application software (e.g. ERP or CRM packages) often provide some SharePoint integration capability, and SharePoint also incorporates a complete development stack based on web technologies and standards-based APIs. As an application platform, SharePoint provides central management, governance, and security controls for implementation of these requirements. The SharePoint platform integrates directly into IIS - enabling bulk management, scaling, and provisioning of servers, as is often required by large organizations or cloud hosting providers." [Microsoft SharePoint. Wikipedia]
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AWS architecture diagram

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AWS Architecture Diagrams

Push Notification Lifecycle Overview

This example of cloud computing system architecture diagram was created on the base of picture in the post "Sending Windows 8 Push Notifications using Windows Azure Mobile Services" from the Nick Harris .NET blog.
"The goal of Windows Azure Mobile Services is to make it incredibly easy for developers to add a cloud backend to their client apps be it a Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS or Android application. ... Mobile Services today provides:
- Structured Storage
- Server Logic ...
- Auth ...
- Push Notifications ...
- Common tenants of Windows Azure Services
- Scale ...
- Diagnostics ...
- Logging ...
What are Push Notifications?
The Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) enables you to send toast, tile, badge and raw notifications from the cloud to your Windows Store applications even when your app is not running. Push notifications are ideal for scenarios when you need to target a specific user with personalized content.
The following diagram depicts the general Lifecycle of a push notifications via the Windows Azure Notification Service (WNS). We’ll walk through the steps shortly but before doing so I thought it would be important to call out that as a developer implementing a push notification scenario all you need to do is implement those interactions in grey and the applications/ services in blue." [nickharris.net/ index.php/ 2012/ 10/ 04/ blog-series-sending-windows-8-push-notifications-using-windows-azure-mobile-services/ ]
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Cloud computing system architecture diagram

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Azure Architecture

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Design elements - Cloud clipart

The vector stencils library "Cloud clipart" contains 195 icons.
Use it to design your cloud computing infographics and diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO software.
"Cloud computing, also known as 'on-demand computing', is a kind of Internet-based computing, where shared resources, data and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers. It relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale..." [Cloud computing. Wikipedia]
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Cloud computing icons

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