Measured service

As explained in Acing the CCNA Exam: Volume 2 Advanced Networking and Security

Measured service is a cloud-computing characteristic in which provider resource consumption is monitored and typically billed according to usage.

Measured service is a cloud-computing characteristic in which the provider measures customer use of cloud resources and typically charges according to that usage. section 17.3.1 section 17.4

Key points:

• Usage measurement connects resource consumption with provider billing. section 17.3.1
• Measured service is one of five essential cloud-computing characteristics. section 17.4

Figure 17.13 A GCP billing report. Cloud providers like GCP measure customers’ resource usage and charge according to that usage.

A GCP billing report illustrates how cloud providers measure resource usage and charge customers according to that usage. section 17.3.1

How Acing the CCNA Exam: Volume 2 Advanced Networking and Security covers it

How deep it goes

Defines usage measurement and billing but stops short of implementation details or billing mechanics.

Examples

Uses a GCP billing report to illustrate measured resource consumption and usage-based charges.

What you can do after

Evaluate cloud offerings by checking whether providers measure resource usage and typically bill according to consumption.

How it connects

Connects measured service with cloud computing, resource pooling, and rapid elasticity as essential characteristics.

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Related concepts

• cloud computingpart of · Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computing resources and services over a network from remotely managed infrastructure.

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