220-1101 Question 369
Single answerPrivate cloudA healthcare company must move its file-sharing and virtual desktop systems to a cloud model, but its compliance team requires that all computing resources remain dedicated to the company and under the organization's direct control. The IT technician is asked to recommend the most appropriate cloud approach. Which of the following should the technician choose?
- A
Private cloud
- B
Public cloud
- C
Community cloud
- D
Hybrid cloud
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The key phrase in this scenario is that all resources must remain dedicated to one organization and under its control. That is the defining use case for a private cloud in A+ Core 1 cloud model comparisons. CompTIA cloud concepts commonly distinguish private, public, hybrid, and community models based on ownership, tenancy, and access. Best-practice guidance from major providers and standards bodies such as NIST describes private cloud as cloud infrastructure provisioned for exclusive use by a single organization. While hybrid and public cloud solutions are common in real deployments, they do not best satisfy the requirement for dedicated single-organization resources in this case.
- A. Correct.
Correct. A private cloud provides cloud-based resources that are dedicated to a single organization. This aligns with the requirement that the infrastructure remain dedicated to the company and under its control. In practice, a private cloud may be hosted on-premises or by a third party, but it is not shared in the same way as public cloud resources.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. A public cloud uses shared infrastructure operated by a cloud provider and is offered to multiple customers. Although public cloud services can be secure and compliant when configured properly, this option does not best match the scenario's requirement for dedicated resources under the organization's direct control.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. A community cloud is designed to be shared by several organizations with common requirements, such as similar regulatory or mission needs. Even though a healthcare-related community cloud might sound plausible, the scenario specifically states that resources must remain dedicated to one company.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. A hybrid cloud combines two or more cloud models, typically private and public. This can be useful when some workloads remain private while others move to public services, but the scenario emphasizes that all computing resources must remain dedicated to the single organization, making a pure private cloud the best fit.