An organization shares cloud resources with other specific organizations, and the participating organizations split the costs of running the environment. Which cloud deployment model does this describe?
Community cloud: The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a specific community of organizations that share common missions, security requirements, policies, or compliance needs. Resources-and the costs required to build, operate, and secure them-are shared among the community members.
CompTIA A+ lists four deployment models:
Public cloud: infrastructure open for use by the general public and owned/managed by a provider.
Private cloud: infrastructure provisioned for exclusive use by a single organization.
Community cloud: infrastructure provisioned for exclusive use by a defined community of organizations; governance and expenses are shared.
Hybrid cloud: a composition of two or more distinct clouds (public, private, or community) bound together to allow data and application portability.
Because the scenario involves a defined set of organizations pooling infrastructure and costs, the correct answer is Community cloud; the other options either serve the general public (public), a single organization (private), or combine multiple models (hybrid).
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