It is convenient to use cloud and virtualization. They help in creating useful environments from abstract resources. Virtualization behaves as Technology whereas cloud is an environment. Virtualization assists in creating clouds. In this blog, we will study key differences between cloud computing and virtualization.
| Features | Cloud Computing | Virtualization |
| 1. Definition | It provides resources (like computing, controlling tools, storage, databases, etc.) on demand | Virtualization is a basic technology that makes cloud computing works. Virtualization can make one resource act like many. |
| 2. Working | It works on IaaS | It is based on SaaS |
| 3. Uses | It makes the use of a huge range of network basically of cloud servers over the internet so that data and information can be processed and analyzed. | It can run multiple operating systems on the same physical environment. But going through a virtualized environment, it also provides many other benefits. |
| 4. Format | Cloud computing is a new pattern to computing resources | it is a basic technology that makes cloud computing works. |
| 5. Main Purpose | Data and information are stores on remote servers. | It includes the creation of a virtual resource such as a server, desktop, file, storage, operating system or network. |
| 6. Vendors | Vendors of cloud computing are:
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Vendors of virtualization are:
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| 8. Working | Cloud Computing is used to analyze the data and produce more is useful data | It depends on software to create hardware functionality and make a virtual computer system. |
| 9. Control | Each node in the cloud is independent and self-sufficient | It is the central controller |
| 10. Benefit to | It is made for end-users | It is made for IT |
| 11. Configuration | Its configuration is template based | Its configuration is image-based |
| 12. Task | It is deployed for various tasks | It is deployed for specific tasks |
| 13. Cost incurred | Its cost according to pay per use charge | It has a fixed cost |
| 14. Scalability | It tends to extend as much we want | It has limited scalability. |
| 15. Setup deployment | It is quite tiresome | It is very easy to install setup |
| 16. Integration | Its integrations allow expansion of various applications and users | Its integrations allow expansion of new machines within the same infrastructure |
| 17. Accessibility | It can be accessed from all over the globe | Here proper privileges are required for accessing outside the network |
| 18. Types | Private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud | Hardware virtualization and application virtualization |
| 19. Dependability | It is dependent on virtualization | Virtualization can not rely on the cloud. |
| 20. Storage Capability | It is limitless here | Here it depends on the physical server capacity |
| 21. Timespan | It has a short period (Hours to month) | It has a long period (years) |
| 22. Tenants | It has multiple tenants | It has a single tenant |
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People these days need both the technologies cloud as well as virtualization. Both have their importance. In this blog, we have read the key differences between cloud computing and virtualization. If you are having any doubt feel free to ask me in the comment box.
