Part C Questions 1. Cloud computing services like Amazon's EC2 assign users virtual machines (VMs) instead of allocating physical machines directly. Doing so provides at least three major benefits to Amazon. a) Indicate what is the cloud service type of EC2? Explain the reason. (4 points) b) Explain what these three benefits are, giving a brief motivation for each one. (9 points)
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This is because EC2 provides users with virtual machines (VMs) that act as a complete computing infrastructure, including processing power, storage, and networking capabilities. Users have full control over the operating system and applications running on the VMs, Show more…
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