Why Does Multicloud Make Sense?
Multicloud is growing in strength.
It appears on all cloud conferences, companies are redirecting and there is also a strong voice of opposition. This happens with all technologies. But today, we look at why it makes sense to think about using multicloud.
When we talk about multicloud, we talk about an environment that includes the management and operations of cloud services from several providers. This category also includes the use of several clouds placed in various geographical locations. Let’s get into why someone would do that?
Conquering the World
For providers of cloud, applications and other systems that run in the cloud, it is important for users to have the best experience from using them. But nothing lasts forever, yo know.
Due to these reasons, many companies utilize multicloud environments. For the given location, they select a provider which ensures the operation in the specific area the best. They replicate the whole environment and achieve closeness to any and all users.
But it is good to know how many locations to really use. For example, Europe is put together geographically and technologically in a way that it makes sense to operate an app from the Czech Republic. We are right next to the most important places so the loss of speed over the whole continent is practically non-existent and it only costs a fraction of the cost compared to the neighbors.
To design the right architecture of a global multicloud, you have to learn how each locality functions, which provider is the most appropriate for each activity and also which kind of interface would it be managed through.
Optimization of the Parts = Optimization of the Whole
For IT infrastructure to be truly optimized, it is necessary to dissect it into individual activities that have to be ensures – internal systems, development, testing, deployment, etc. You know what needs to be done in the company – a true partner will help you to ensure that the things you need are operated efficiently.
Cloud is a technology that has many forms and keeps in changing – for instance, based on the product policy of the provider. When a company selects a service for a logical grouping of activities that fist best its needs, then it can fully utilize the potential of cloud as it was created and optimize IT operation costs.
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Take a company that develop apps. It needs not only one environment for development but also one for internal systems. Let’s start with the latter. Internal systems are usually much more rigid that for example testing ones. The systemm runs relativelly the same and outside of regular updates, there isn’t much that changes over time.
In such a situation our theoretical company can decide that internal systems will be locked in a proprietary managed services run by specific provider. As soon as the systems are up and running, there is no need to take care of it anymore.
Then if we talk about the development part, we are starting to look for a different solution. Yes, for example development tools can also be a managed service. Simply because they are tested.
But when we are talking about testing and finding a place to deploy, it is better to choose a different route. Managed services limit the ability to adapt and change the settings by default. But if I test, I need to be able to make any changes and simulate any scenario to find potential errors or also a more appropriate environment for the final app deployment. I’d rather pick a virtual data center where I clearly state, which resources and which configuration I would be using at that point.
Talking about this case, it is better to use in IT architecture a solution which allows the technicians to control everything and build it from the ground up. That way they can influence everything and not let any limits of a solution hinder them in their work. Otherwise it could happen that en error slips by or a more efficient approach is lost just because a managed limit says no.
Thanks to this approach, the cmmpany finds not only an environment for the development cycle but also an appropriate cloud to run the final app.
Multicloud Architecture Efficient like a Cell Phone
Whether you phone is your foe or your best friend now, it has one undeniable advantage – non-homogenous cores. What does it mean? Instead of a processor being filled to the roof with power and then just be bored most of the time, it is composed of cores that have different power levels. Some have better abilities, some smaller, and based on the difficulty of the activity, there are turned on or not.
When companies use hommogenous cloud architecture, they let true optimization slip away. If they use multicloud then their clouds become a non-homogenous architecture which can clearly fit the requirements. This one operates the internal systems, this ones operate development, this one ensures testing. And thanks to a unified dashboard, everything is efficiently management. Do not let the wonderful options of cloud slip through your fingers just because you already have a solution. The world is constantly changing and you should take that into account when thinking about your IT infrastructure. There is a need to analyze it regularly and adapt it to the changes that are simply meant to happen.
