{"id":181894,"date":"2024-03-20T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=181894"},"modified":"2024-03-07T21:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:47:49","slug":"iaas-vs-iac-exploring-differences-and-similarities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/iaas-vs-iac-exploring-differences-and-similarities","title":{"rendered":"IaaS vs IaC: Exploring Differences and Similarities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"181894\" class=\"elementor elementor-181894\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d339824 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d339824\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9406194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9406194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Since the advent of cloud computing, these two acronyms have been the talk of the town. What exactly do they stand for? What distinguishes them? Should they be opposed or associated?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f775b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"51f775b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c19386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c19386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IaaS or Infrastructure as a Service<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d34bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29d34bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IaaS<\/strong> is part of a trend observed over the last twenty years or so of delegating digital assets to Cloud services. Let&#8217;s draw a few parallels.<\/p><p>Around the year 2000, if a music lover wanted to listen to a song by Pearl Jam, he or she usually had to own the band&#8217;s CD. Now, thanks to services such as Spotify and Deezer, they can listen to the track in question without having the physical object at their disposal.<br \/>At the same time, if you wanted to play a particular video game, you usually had to buy the corresponding CD or cartridge. With a service like Steam, they can now play Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 or Elden Ring without having to own the corresponding DVD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a45f542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a45f542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The same logic applies to IaaS: it is no longer necessary for a company to purchase expensive, high-powered computer servers to house its software and applications. By renting cloud services, they save the cost of purchasing such hardware, and the expense of maintaining it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bfb7f4 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2bfb7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn to master IaaS<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e68da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b5e68da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c44411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c44411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazon, forerunner in IaaS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad7176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ad7176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cloud Computing is not a new concept in itself, dating back as far as the 1960s. However, it was the development of AWS (Amazon Web Services) in 2006 that gave IaaS its first breakthrough.<\/p><p>Known primarily as an online bookseller, and later as a retailer of a wide range of products, Amazon was the first to offer easy, on-demand access to the server infrastructure it had set up.<\/p><p>It wasn&#8217;t long before <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/amazon-web-services-aws-unveiling-the-power-of-the-amazon-cloud\">Amazon Web Services<\/a> counted a large number of prestigious customers:<\/p><ul><li>Netflix<\/li><li>Samsung<\/li><li>Airbnb<\/li><li>Dow Jones<\/li><li>Expedia<\/li><li>CIA<\/li><li>etc.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3294e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"c3294e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6210e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6210e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft, Google and others...<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cb123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38cb123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From 2008 onwards, other technology giants entered the fray, including Microsoft with Azure, Google (Google Cloud Platform), IBM with IBM Softlayer, later renamed IBM Cloud Infrastructure, as well as Oracle and Alibaba, to name but a few. This competition has stimulated innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d631f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d631f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/iaas-vs-iac1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b340f elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c9b340f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training in cloud computing<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b034b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"27b034b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68a947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e68a947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Businesses embrace IaaS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b277e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99b277e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the 2010s, companies of all sizes gradually came to appreciate the benefits of IaaS &#8211; the ability to manage cloud computing, or at least outsourced computing, including servers, storage systems, compute units&#8230; They were sensitive to factors such as the flexibility offered by this approach.<\/p><p>Whenever a need arises for <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/cloud-computing-all-about\">storage or computing power,<\/a> it&#8217;s simply a matter of renting new infrastructure from the IaaS provider (or adapting the current monthly or annual subscription). Developers can concentrate on their programming tasks, rather than having to worry about the &#8220;hardware&#8221; aspects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b757cd1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b757cd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e5370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71e5370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IaC or Infrastructure as Code<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bfb03f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bfb03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While IaaS is concerned with hardware, and more specifically cloud servers, IaC (Infrastructure as Code) is concerned with configuring these same servers via scripts. Instead of having to manually configure the desired state of these infrastructures, this is modeled in code files, which are then executed on the servers.<\/p><p>Before the advent of IaC, each infrastructure had to be configured individually, by hand &#8211; a very time-consuming process. This stage, prior to software installation, was not immune to human error.<\/p><p>As a result, a whole series of IaC tools gradually appeared:<\/p><ul><li>Terraform from HashiCorp, which takes into account tools such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and others;<\/li><li>AWS CloudFormation, Amazon&#8217;s offering for its Cloud service;<\/li><li>Microsoft&#8217;s Azure Resource Manager;<\/li><li>Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Google&#8217;s tool for managing Google Cloud Platform servers;<\/li><li>Ansible, developed by Red Hat (an IBM affiliate),<\/li><li>etc.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46498b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46498b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/iaas-vs-iac2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e19e56 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7e19e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn all about IaC<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0ea6f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ae0ea6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393fc97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"393fc97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IaaS and IaC: similarities and differences<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8525e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8525e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What&#8217;s the point between these two approaches? Both aim to help companies manage their cloud infrastructures more flexibly.<\/p><p>The difference is clear:<\/p><ul><li>IaaS focuses on the supply and deployment of hardware infrastructures adapted to a company&#8217;s needs at a given point in time.<\/li><li>IaC is a method of controlling these infrastructures using software, i.e. scripts usually coded in JSON or YAML.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba0ec4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1ba0ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432bc20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"432bc20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When to use one or the other?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2737ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2737ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Typical IaaS scenarios<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d555a76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d555a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>When a company is in its start-up phase, it often doesn&#8217;t have the budget to invest in hardware, so IaaS will help it get started with basic equipment that can be upgraded as demand grows.<\/li><li>Similarly, when the company is considering a new project requiring IT resources, IaaS will avoid the need to purchase specific equipment.<\/li><li>To guard against any situation where IT becomes inoperable, a company will benefit from having replicas of its data and software in other parts of the world.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affbacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"affbacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Typical scenarios for IaC<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-976d0fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"976d0fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>A company that frequently deploys identical test, development or production environments will be helped in this respect by IaC: the code developed to configure one infrastructure can be used unchanged on the new infrastructure.<\/li><li>IT managers wishing to keep a clear record of successive versions of server configuration will be helped in this by IaC applications. In fact, IaC code acts as documentation.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0cf647 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e0cf647\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f769d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f769d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IaaS or IaC?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6507ab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6507ab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading this, you&#8217;ve probably come to the conclusion that there&#8217;s no point in pitting these two approaches against each other.<\/p><p>Although they can be implemented independently, ideally, IaaS and IaC will be used in a complementary way.<\/p><p>Simply put, IaaS provides the resources needed for enterprise IT. 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