Cloud computing consists of server resources offered as services. Over the years, the availability and affordability have been improving, which allows large cloud providers to host cloud services of smaller providers. These solutions are becoming increasingly interesting to companies with smaller assets, which begets the question if the model is suitable for micro and small companies. In order to find the answer, we ran a set of measurements on a micro company’s test cloud. Before performing the measurements, it was necessary to ascertain the expected business model, which was then used as a base to determine the typical load. Measurements of cloud resources were performed through simulated runs of the typical load. Throughout this work, we present a technique how to better ascertain whether it is financially sound to provide cloud services. Finally, we show that it may be suitable even for micro companies to become cloud providers.
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