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Pavol Z. Kutaj
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Explaining tenancy in cloud computing

Understanding Tenants in Cloud Services

The aim of this page is to explain what tenancy means in cloud computing.

  • A tenant can be an individual, a team, or an organization.
  • Multitenancy allows the sharing of resources efficiently.
  • Each tenant has a separate and isolated environment.
  • Multitenancy emerged from the need to utilize resources better.
  • It reduces costs and improves scalability.
  • Originally, computing systems were dedicated to single users.
  • Sharing resources became feasible with technological advances.
  • It provides privacy and security for each tenant.
  • The metaphor of a tenant comes from real estate.
  • Like in real estate, tenants share infrastructure but have individual spaces.

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