[JohnFen]

Huh. I always thought of "private cloud" as meaning "my own server", not a carveout on a public cloud. I learned something new today.

How does such a "private cloud" differ from using the "public cloud"? The two seem identical to me.

[alex_sf]

Well, it can. The definition of public vs. private cloud depends entirely on who is selling it to you.

It's not even a binary at many of the large providers: you can have dedicated servers ("my own server") in a public cloud at AWS, for example.

Personally, I keep it simple. If I can physically hit a box and no-one can get mad at me, then it's private and mine.