IaaS Components | Vibepedia

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) represents the bedrock of cloud computing, offering on-demand access to fundamental IT resources like compute, storage, and networking over the internet. Unlike Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS), IaaS provides the raw infrastructure, leaving the operating system and application management to the user. This model grants unparalleled flexibility and scalability, allowing businesses to provision and de-provision resources dynamically, thereby optimizing costs and agility. Key components include virtual machines, block storage, object storage, virtual networks, load balancers, and firewalls, all managed through APIs and dashboards provided by vendors such as [[amazon-web-services|AWS]], [[microsoft-azure|Microsoft Azure]], and [[google-cloud-platform|Google Cloud Platform]].