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What are SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and how do they differ?
A quick wrap-up 🧵 ↓
What are SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and how do they differ?
A quick wrap-up 🧵 ↓
As a DevOps engineer, you should know the most prominent types of concepts and what are the key differences.
Most likely you've already used several in your day-to-day work without being aware of it.
Most likely you've already used several in your day-to-day work without being aware of it.
With XaaS, the general acronym is meant which includes all of the ...aaS solutions.
So this covers
• IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service
• PaaS - Platform as a Service
• SaaS - Software as a Service
to name the most famous ones.
Let's have a look at the details.
So this covers
• IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service
• PaaS - Platform as a Service
• SaaS - Software as a Service
to name the most famous ones.
Let's have a look at the details.
IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service
The lowest level requires the highest technical knowledge.
You've got access to a lot of underlying details like data storage space or network features.
You don't need to worry about maintaining hardware.
Examples: AWS & Azure.
The lowest level requires the highest technical knowledge.
You've got access to a lot of underlying details like data storage space or network features.
You don't need to worry about maintaining hardware.
Examples: AWS & Azure.
PaaS - Platform as a Service
Offering a managed platform to deploy and run your application.
No need to worry about provisioning infrastructure, doing deployments or understanding the underlying hardware or OS.
Solely focus on development.
Examples: Heroku and Netlify.
Offering a managed platform to deploy and run your application.
No need to worry about provisioning infrastructure, doing deployments or understanding the underlying hardware or OS.
Solely focus on development.
Examples: Heroku and Netlify.
SaaS - Software as a Service
The highest level of abstraction, which doesn't require any work from the customer.
Everything is run and managed by the provider of the service.
There's no need to know how the service is set up or maintained.
Examples: Dropbox and Slack.
The highest level of abstraction, which doesn't require any work from the customer.
Everything is run and managed by the provider of the service.
There's no need to know how the service is set up or maintained.
Examples: Dropbox and Slack.
It doesn't end here.
There are a lot more XaaS & it's not limited in any way.
Another example would be DaaS [Data as a Service] - a kind of subset of a SaaS, which offers access to data through APIs. Prominent examples are cryptocurrency prices or weather forecasts.
There are a lot more XaaS & it's not limited in any way.
Another example would be DaaS [Data as a Service] - a kind of subset of a SaaS, which offers access to data through APIs. Prominent examples are cryptocurrency prices or weather forecasts.
Even if this all sounds obvious, often there's a lot of confusion on the use of these acronyms.
Make sure to get them right as they're one of the core concepts 💫
Make sure to get them right as they're one of the core concepts 💫
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