Companies from a multitude of sectors have an important ally for their day-to-day activities, and for their medium- and long-term strategies, in the hybrid cloud and the possibilities of its architecture. Among other things, thanks to it they get more control in relation to data and their privacy. Also in terms of data sovereignty, an important aspect if the company is from a country of the European Union.
But in order to get the most out of it, it is necessary avoid various pitfalls that can reduce the effectiveness of hybrid cloud environments. Of these errors, there are five that should be avoided as much as possible.
Underestimating the costs of hybrid cloud
The first mistake when using and managing hybrid cloud environments is believe that it will cost less than it can actually cost. All because everywhere there is talk of the cost savings it entails. But of course, in order to save on costs with the hybrid cloud, it cannot be implemented or managed without a detailed plan.
That’s why it’s imperative to design and manage hybrid cloud environments to be cost efficient. To achieve this, it is necessary to take into account, among other things, the hardware maintenance costs necessary to manage local infrastructure within the hybrid cloud.
Care must also be taken to predict egress costs for data moving within a hybrid cloud environment. And avoid skimping on staff for hybrid cloud management. This may at first seem like a good way to save costs, but it usually leads to more costs, since the people who are in charge of it sometimes don’t have enough time to pay attention to everything they should.
Underestimate network latency
Underestimating network latency it can cause hybrid cloud performance to suffer and drop noticeably. If you can’t move data between the on-premises cloud and the cloud of an enterprise’s hybrid architecture quickly, the result is high network latency. Additionally, workloads spread across a hybrid environment tend to be slower and less reliable than they would be if they were running only on-premises, or only in the public cloud.
Efficient network architectures can help overcome this problem. Private network connection services can also do this. Of course, they have a cost, so you will have to allocate a budget to use them.
Using a hybrid cloud platform that does not have flexibility
Hybrid cloud environments should provide more flexibility than you would get with a public cloud or just working on-premises. But in some cases, companies make the mistake of building their hybrid clouds using platforms that place strict limits on cloud flexibility and future expansion.
That’s why it’s important to use hybrid cloud platforms that support as many types of cloud services as possible. Also with various application deployment models.
Isolating yourself to a single cloud provider
Another very frequent mistake in the planning and deployment of public clouds is use a single cloud provider, and therefore, remain locked in its ecosystem. Granted, avoiding a certain degree of lock-in on the use of hybrid cloud providers is impossible, unless fully open source hybrid cloud platforms are used.
But at least, it is advisable to be aware of the problems and risks of being limited by these ecosystems. In this way, companies will be ready to address the problems that may arise from it at the moment in which they arise.
Forget to make backups
In the public cloud, cloud providers take responsibility for ensuring that data is available when it is needed. Still, backing up data stored in the public cloud is considered a good practice. For what can happen.
In a hybrid, the responsibility for data availability falls more on whoever manages the hybrid cloud. Contracted public cloud providers generally do not back up data stored on-premises. that’s why it is important to develop data backup strategiesas well as their recovery.
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First, flexibility and agility are crucial aspects of a hybrid cloud strategy. HPE ProLiant servers are designed to scale resources efficiently, allowing companies to quickly adapt to changing resource demands. Whether more compute or storage capacity is required, these servers can be tailored to fit the needs, in both public cloud and on-premises environments.
Additionally, seamless integration is another pillar of HPE ProLiant servers. These servers are designed to work in harmony with public and private cloud solutions. This makes it easy to create a hybrid cloud environment where data and applications can move seamlessly between public cloud and on-premises servers, without hindrance or inconvenience. But if you want to know more and discover what these servers can do for your company’s data, we recommend that you download our whitepaper “HPE ProLiant Gen11: transform your data center”.
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