Multi‑cloud is een begrip binnen de industriële digitalisering en softwaredeployment & architectuur.
Definitie
Multi-cloud is een strategie waarbij organisaties services van meerdere cloud providers gebruiken om vendor lock-in te vermijden, risico’s te spreiden en optimale functionaliteit per workload te benutten. Het vereist tools voor gecentraliseerd beheer.
Kenmerken
- Provider diversification: Gebruik van AWS, Azure, Google Cloud voor verschillende workloads
- Vendor lock-in avoidance: Vermijden van afhankelijkheid van één cloud provider
- Best-of-breed selection: Optimale services per functionaliteit uit verschillende clouds
- Risk distribution: Spreiding van operationele risico’s over meerdere platforms
- Geographic redundancy: Data replication across different provider regions
- Cost optimization: Comparing prices en services voor beste value
- Compliance flexibility: Meeting different regulatory requirements per region
- Disaster recovery: Cross-cloud backup en failover capabilities
- Performance optimization: Leveraging provider-specific strengths per workload
Toepassing
Manufacturing operations:
- Production monitoring: AWS IoT voor sensor data, Azure voor analytics, Google voor AI
- ERP systems: Multi-cloud deployment voor global manufacturing facilities
- Supply chain management: Cross-cloud integration met supplier systems
- Quality management: Distributed quality data across multiple cloud providers
Data management:
- Data lakes: Raw manufacturing data in cost-effective cloud storage
- Analytics platforms: Specialized AI/ML services from different providers
- Backup strategies: Cross-cloud data replication voor disaster recovery
- Compliance data: Region-specific data residency requirements
Business applications:
- CRM systems: Customer data in region-appropriate cloud providers
- Financial systems: Multi-region deployment voor global operations
- HR platforms: Employee data compliance across different jurisdictions
- Collaboration tools: Best-of-breed communication platforms per region
Risk management:
- Business continuity: Failover capabilities across multiple providers
- Vendor risk mitigation: Reduced dependency on single cloud provider
- Geographic resilience: Operations continuity during regional outages
- Cost management: Price comparison en workload optimization
Technical architecture:
- Containerization: Kubernetes deployment across multiple clouds
- API management: Consistent interfaces across different cloud services
- Monitoring: Unified observability across multi-cloud infrastructure
- Security: Consistent identity management en security policies
Gerelateerde begrippen
Verwante termen:
- Cloud computing - Foundational technology for multi-cloud strategies
- Hybrid cloud - Architecture combining on-premises with multiple clouds
- Cloud migration - Process of moving workloads to multi-cloud environments
- Infrastructure as Code - Automation approach essential for multi-cloud
Verwante concepten:
- Vendor management - Supplier relationship management for cloud providers
- Disaster recovery - Business continuity planning using multi-cloud
- Cost optimization - Financial management across multiple cloud providers
- Compliance - Regulatory adherence in multi-cloud deployments
Bronnen
- HashiCorp Terraform - Infrastructure as code voor multi-cloud deployments
- Kubernetes - Container orchestration across multiple cloud platforms
- Anthos (Google) - Multi-cloud application management platform
- Azure Arc (Microsoft) - Hybrid en multi-cloud management services
- AWS Outposts - Extend AWS services to other environments
- VMware Cloud Foundation - Multi-cloud platform voor consistent operations
- Red Hat OpenShift - Container platform supporting multi-cloud deployments
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