A private cloud consists of cloud computing resources used exclusively by one business or organisation. The private cloud can be physically located at your organisation’s on-site datacentre, or it can be hosted by a third-party service provider. But in a private cloud, the services and infrastructure are always maintained on a private network and the hardware and software are dedicated solely to your organisation.
your organisation can customise its cloud environment to meet specific business needs.
private clouds often offer more scalability compared to on-premises infrastructure.
Better controls for data, users, and information assets.
Initial investment for hardware is very high in case of an on-premises infrastructure.
The cloud belongs to a single client. Hence, the infrastructure and systems can be configured to provide high levels of security.
Normally private clouds are deployed inside the firewall of the organization’s intranet which ensures efficiency and good network performance.
The hardware and other resources can be customized easily by the company.
Compliance is achieved easily in private clouds.
Costs are substantial in the case of building an on-premises private cloud.
In some instances, the resources subscribed can be under-utilized. Hence, optimizing the utilization of all resources is a challenge.
Due to physical hardware limitations with the service provider, there could be a capacity ceiling to handle only certain number of servers or storage.
This can be a major impediment in private cloud adoption especially when the hardware and infrastructure is outsourced. This is a service delivery technique where the client company is forced to continue with the same service provider, thus preventing the client to migrate to another vendor.