Community Cloud Computing Deployment Model

A community cloud is shared among two or more organizations that have similar cloud requirements.If several organizations have similar requirements and is ready to share infrastructure to realize the benefits of cloud computing,then a community cloud can be established.

This type of cloud is specifically used for organizations that are shared like different government organizations.In this case, non-government organizations will not have access to this cloud.This form shares infrastructure between several organizations from a specific community with common concerns like higher level of security, policy compliance, stability, jurisdiction etc., whether managed internally or by a third-party and hosted internally or externally.

The cloud could be located in-house, or on public cloud based on the needs of the organization.This is a more expensive option as compared to public cloud as the costs are spread over only fewer users.