• cloud provider level resilience
    • Using more than 1 vendor if one vendor fails, you’ll know the other part will remain functional
  • It’s possible to manage multiple cloud platforms as 1 single environment
    • but you do lose what makes each vendor special and unique

Definitions

  • public cloud
    • using 1 public cloud (AWS/Azure/google cloud)
  • private cloud
    • on premises real cloud (that fits the definitions here)
    • solution that can be dedicated to your business & run from your business premises
    • AWS outposts, Azure Stack, Anthos
  • multi cloud
    • more than 1 public cloud
  • hybrid cloud
    • public cloud + private cloud
    • different from public cloud + on premises infrastructure (which is more like a hybrid environment or hybrid network)