The CSP owns and maintains the hardware, which is essentially ‘rented out’ by the end customer who is responsible for all other aspects like operating systems, load balancing, scaling, and any software or data.
IaaS is effectively one step away from an on-premises solution. The CSP owns and maintains the hardware, which is essentially ‘rented out’ by the end customer who is responsible for all other aspects like operating systems, load balancing, scaling, and any software or data.