Resource Pooling

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024102",
  "term": "Resource Pooling",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The provider’s computing resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with different physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand. There is a sense of location independence in that the customer generally has no control or knowledge over the exact location of the provided resources but may be able to specify location at a higher level of abstraction (e.g., country, state, or datacenter). Examples of resources include storage, processing, memory, and network bandwidth.",
  "references": [
    "NIST Definition of Cloud Computing Special Publication 800-145"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/resource-pooling/"
}