An Overview of Multiple Sequence Alignments and Cloud Computing in Bioinformatics
Table 2
Cloud computing deployment models.
Deployment model
Description
Public
A cloud infrastructure that is owned by a cloud provider, who made resources such as infrastructure, software, and platform available to general public for “pay-per-use” basis, via Internet.
Private
A cloud which is owned and used by a single organisation. This model provides more security measures in comparison to other models.
Community
A cloud which is shared amongst several users or organizations.
Hybrid
A cloud that is a combination of public, community, and private clouds.