Why is physical hardware maintenance (such as cooling, cabling, and part replacement) eliminated in cloud computing?
Physical hardware maintenance is eliminated in cloud computing because the cloud service provider like Amazon, Microsoft or Google (CSP) owns and manages their own physical infrastructure, including servers, storage devices, networking equipment, cooling systems, and cabling. The cloud provider is responsible for:
- Cooling: Maintaining data centre temperatures.
- Cabling: Managing physical network connections.
- Part replacement: Repairing or replacing faulty hardware.
- Hardware maintenance: Monitoring and maintaining servers and storage devices.
- Cooling: Maintaining data centre temperatures.
- Cabling: Managing physical network connections.
- Part replacement: Repairing or replacing faulty hardware.
- Hardware maintenance: Monitoring and maintaining servers and storage devices.