Companies are increasingly expanding their operations through the Cloud. There are often unnoticed components that make up a reliable cloud computing service.
The front-end developers work on what the user sees, while the back-end developers build the underlying infrastructure.
To understand a cloud computing system, it’s helpful to divide it into two parts: the front-end and the back-end. Usually, they are connected by an Internet network. User interfaces refer to the side that is seen by computer users, or clients. The backend is the “cloud” section of the system.
The front end consists of the client’s computer (or computer network) and the application needed to access the cloud computing system. There are different user interfaces for different cloud computing systems. Existing Web browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox can be used to access web-based services like e-mail. Clients can access their networks through unique applications on other systems.
There are a variety of servers, computers, and data storage systems that make up the “cloud” of computing services on the back end.
In order to ensure smooth operation, a central server monitors traffic and client demands. In order to do this, it follows a set of rules called protocols and uses a special type of software called middleware.
It is the middleware that allows computers to communicate with each other over a network. Servers are rarely operating at full capacity. It means that processing power is wasted because it is not being used. Physical servers can be tricked into believing they are multiple servers, each with its own operating system. Virtualization is the term used to describe the technique.
Virtualization reduces the number of physical machines needed by maximizing the output of individual servers.
There will likely be a high demand for storage space if a cloud computing company has a lot of clients. Several hundred digital storage devices are required by some companies. To store all client information, cloud computing systems require at least twice as many storage devices. As with all computers, these devices occasionally malfunction.
All the information of its clients must be copied and stored on other devices by cloud computing systems. Data that would otherwise be unreachable can be retrieved from backup machines by using the copies. The process of making backup copies of data is known as redundancy.
Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)
As we said, cloud computing architecture includes two components, frontend, and back-end. Such an architecture uses a network or internet to connect the front end to the back-end. Typically, cloud computing architectures have a client-side or front-end that is visible to users.
The front-end sends queries to the back-end via the middleware.
The back-end protects the data and responds to the queries asked by the front-end. The back-end is a bigger part of the whole cloud computing architecture as shown below:
Cloud Computing Architecture
It is through the middleware that the front end communicates with the back-end.
Data is protected by the backend and queries are answered by the front-end. Cloud computing architecture includes the back-end in a larger way, as shown below:
Cloud services based on this model are known as “backend-as-a-service” or “BaaS”.
Finding the right software and hardware components to create a cloud environment for business is important. Hardware can be bought off-the-shelf; software can be chosen according to business needs & budget. Cloud service providers typically offer hardware and software as a package.
Choosing the right cloud software architecture is one of the most important business decisions you can make if you plan to migrate to the Cloud. Low cost-effectiveness and zero scalability can be the result of ineffective cloud computing architecture planning. Using the right cloud computing architecture, you can manage all software and hardware components.
What is Back End Cloud Architecture?
Frontend architecture in the cloud is empowered by back-end architecture. Located on a remote server, it consists of hardware and storage. This backend cloud architecture is controlled and handled by the cloud service provider.
Since the whole infrastructure is held in the cloud, the ideal backend cloud architecture should always be robust. Back-end cloud architecture consists of the following components:
- Application: The Application is a crucial part of the backend architecture. A backend query interface is what the end-user uses to send queries to the backend. Client requests and requirements are handled by this layer of the backend.
- Service: This is one of the most exciting parts of the backend cloud architecture. The whole back-end architecture is made more useful by it. Cloud computing services handle all tasks that run on the system. Web services, storage, and application development environments are some of the cloud services.
- Cloud Runtime: ‘Cloud Runtime’ refers to the environment in which the services run. This is similar to using virtualization as an operating system in the cloud. The cloud uses virtualization to enable multiple runtimes on one server. A basic software base can be created through virtualization, for instance. As a result, it represents apps, servers, storage, as well as networks virtually. A hypervisor is virtualization software that creates runtimes with support for virtualization. VMware Fusion, Oracle Virtual Box, and Oracle VM for x86 are some of the leading hypervisors.
- Storage: This is where all data is saved in a cloud. Depending on the cloud service provider, cloud storage can be on a dedicated segment, hard drive, or served-based. In the back-end architecture, hard drives located in the server are the ones that form the storage. Depending on the needs of the Operating System, OS, the software partitions these drives in the cloud.
- Infrastructure: This is the engine that drives all cloud services. This consists of the Central Processing Unit, CPU, Motherboard, Graphics Processing Unit, GPU, network cards, etc. Depending on the client’s workload, the infrastructure model may change.
- Management: As the name says, management is responsible for the perfect function of the cloud. It matches the resources for the tasks and makes it possible that both, frontend and backend architectures are coordinated in a cloud computing environment.
- Security: This is the most crucial and delicate part of any cloud computing infrastructure. Every security issue is handled better when having a debugging system that alerts us. Also creating backup storage is important for the security of the cloud. Another element that contributes to security is the implementation of virtual firewalls.
How can BaaS help Small to Medium businesses?
Using BaaS is one of the most important productivity advantages when outsourcing cloud management services. If your business is small or medium, you will benefit a lot from using a backend platform. Here’s why:
The first advantage, as with every other cloud service, is the ability to focus primely on your business operations, rather than storage, servers, and network operations. As a result, you can be more productive and have beneficial services, while not wasting time and money. Thus, your software development cycles will last shorter.
What’s important is that you need to be sure of your BaaS provider, and trust them with these services. This way you won’t have to focus on the coding part but rather on your business processes. You can of course invest more time in your front-end design, which we know, all clients want, in the end.
Cost Reduction
One of the most important BaaS applications is the fact that it lowers unnecessary costs. We all know that what costs most are the servers and the storage. This is why outsourcing your Backend services, will allow you to reduce expenses regarding physical hardware storage. You can rather concentrate on the front-end part of your services.
Security
Cloud providers are constantly being asked by companies if their data will be safe, once they are uploaded into the cloud, especially if using BaaS. The backend exports such data through a management console and this way enables the option to choose the preferred portability. Also, BaaS offers bulk data protection, that eliminates the unseen risk of cloud computing in a business. Access Control List is a list that keeps the data from being hacked.
Other than that, BaaS offers GDPR protocols. This way, companies outsource their data processing requests to any third party while saving their additional server setup time.
Scalability
Scalability is another option that you’ll find with a BaaS solution offers. Easily adapting to any kind of platform that you feel you need together while using any resource you want is one of the best things about BaaS. This way the performance is improved as you won’t use all solutions that are offered, but only those you need.
Focus on Front-End Development
As we said earlier, when not dealing with the backend, you’ll have more time to focus on the front end. This moves the complexity of the backend out of your way, allowing you to only focus on the user experience.
How Accrets International can help?
You should know that the most important reason to use BaaS is the ability to reduce the application launch time, outsource infrastructure management, and reduce development costs.
At Accrets International, we help our clients with their backend needs. With an excellent team, we provide the ultimate solution for creating your dream project. Offering cloud services, we have helped them focus solely on their business goals. We play a crucial part in making sure that your application runs smoothly, by taking care of what’s behind the curtain.
As the world is getting more and more digitized, we know how important it is to keep up with the end-user’s expectations. That is why if you’re a company that is looking to move to the cloud and enjoy the serverless benefits of cloud computing then start with the cloud services of Accrets International and start using the benefits of BaaS.
Conclusion
The business advantages of a backend as a service are mainly related to productivity benefits and outsourcing cloud services. Especially, if you have a small to medium size business, you will have great advantages using a backend platform.
Here’s a simple calculation: a backend engineer will cost around $75k/year. Outsourcing this part of the work to someone else will lower this cost.
Another advantage is a faster completion time for a project. Waiting several months to provide a product can kill the market opportunity or make you start far behind your competitors. So, most of the business advantages of using BaaS were:
- Time reducing for app-launch
- Lowering cost expenses
- Assigning fewer backend developers and getting the same result
- Outsource cloud computing services.
