What Is Cloud Infrastructure?
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Cloud infrastructure refers to the hardware and software components -- such as servers, storage, networking, virtualization software, services and management tools -- that support the computing requirements of a cloud computing model.
Cloud infrastructure also includes an abstraction layer that virtualizes and logically presents resources and services to users through application programming interfaces and API-enabled command-line or graphical interfaces.
What is the role of cloud infrastructure in cloud computing?
Cloud infrastructure underpins cloud computing by disaggregating the functions and features of those hardware and software components.