
- 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
- hybrid cloud
- public cloud + private cloud
- different from public cloud + on premises infrastructure (which is more like a hybrid environment or hybrid network)