Also known as: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) · IaaS · Infrastructure As A Service IaaS
Infraestructura como servicio, o IaaS, es un modelo de computación en la nube en el que infraestructura informática como servidores, almacenamiento, redes y virtualización se proporciona como servicio bajo demanda. Permite a las organizaciones escalar recursos técnicos sin poseer ni gestionar todo el hardware físico.
‘The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).’ NIST definition.