Yan Rong looks at how to formulate a multi cloud strategy in the era of hybrid cloud

For most companies , The cloud revolution has just begun . If you have spent a lot of time studying the working principle of cloud storage in the past decade , Then transfer your data to the public cloud , Maybe it's just the first step in the long journey of digital transformation . For most organizations , The next step in this journey will be a hybrid multicloud architecture .

Migrating to a hybrid Cloud Architecture presents challenges , But we can prepare for these challenges . in fact , More importantly, we need to formulate a strategy to migrate to a cloudy environment , In order to solve any potential problems before they occur .

today , Let's talk about why we should migrate to hybrid cloud , And how to plan it .

A hybrid cloud , Are you afraid ？

First , Let's see why we should consider moving to a multi cloud or hybrid Cloud Architecture . Maybe for many companies , The reason that initially attracted them to use cloud storage is ： There is no need to manage the storage infrastructure on the ground , And cloud storage ratio  10  The storage media and server model of years ago can provide more flexibility .

however , There is a paradox in this method —— As enterprises migrate more and more storage to the public cloud , They may eventually be “ lock ” In a supplier's cloud ecosystem , Including preloaded data from developer tools to encryption to the cloud , And all the application functions they use . let me put it another way , Rely on a single public cloud , It is difficult for enterprises to change the habits of developers . Final , Instead, it limits flexibility and agility .

In order to avoid this, it is considered that the above paradox is only a theoretical problem , We just need to look at a set of research reports —— A recent study found that ,86%  Of  IT  The decision-maker said , When choosing a cloud provider ,“ Supplier lock up ” Is their most concerned problem .

actually , The solution to this problem is not difficult . In the set model , Companies are free to store anything they like in a specially set cloud . meanwhile , It can also be based on the needs of each data type , Configure and optimize different clouds in different ways , And set some to be public , Some are locally managed . in addition , Although each system can also have a special security system , But all systems can work together in a seamless whole .

This may be the mixed cloud environment expected by many enterprises , But unfortunately , This wish is very difficult to achieve .

A hybrid cloud , How difficult is it? ？

actually , Hybrid cloud storage architecture is heterogeneous . such as , Many enterprises will store some data on the public cloud , Another part of the data is stored in the internal management system , Then no system can avoid the heterogeneous situation . what's more , Realize from the beginning , This will give safety 、 Challenges in access and resource management .

thankfully , Usually  IT  The team will have two strong “ weapons ” To help them simplify the management of hybrid cloud systems . first “ weapons ” yes , Existing management experience methods , Although we don't often define it in a mixed way , But I have to say , At least by some definition , Most systems today are “ blend ” Of . such as , When you run cloud accounting software and old payroll software at the same time , In a sense , You are already in a mixed environment .

just as ,IBM  Cloudy product manager  Jim Comfort  said ,“ Now ,94%  Of enterprises operate in a de facto mixed environment , Mixed with public cloud 、 Private cloud 、 Tradition  IT  And countless  SaaS  Applications . and ,67%  Of the respondents used multiple cloud providers , Each supplier has different tools and management systems .”

the second “ weapons ” yes , Through more “ abstract ” To solve the problem . Up to a point , It is not a coincidence that software defined storage and hybrid cloud infrastructure are emerging at the same time , Because hybrid cloud is inseparable from software defined storage . In the current storage infrastructure , System administrators rarely delve into the actual physical drives that store data . contrary , If we use different levels “ abstract ” Solution , For example, software definition storage , We can hide the complexity of the storage system we are using . what's more , They also enable administrators to use highly heterogeneous hybrid clouds , It seems to turn them into a single storage structure .

The above statement , Not to say that hybrid cloud management is easy , But if we can develop and deploy in the right way , Then the complexity of these systems will be greatly reduced , Make cloud management easier .

Overcome the hybrid cloud challenge strategy

actually , Like any digital conversion process , Migrating to a hybrid cloud environment should be a very cautious thing , You should plan carefully in advance . To do this , The future hybrid cloud can be considered as a cloud composed of two different parts ：

• Basic practice and data management

• The architecture of the cloud itself

Next , Let's talk about the perspectives we should think about .

Workflow considerations

First , Evaluate the workload and data of the team in the organization . As  IT  Management , You need to consider several needs , Include ：

• Where is the current workload running ;

• Whether they are suitable for completely running on the public cloud ;

• Whether they need to operate within the enterprise ;

• They run on public and private clouds , Is the workload the most appropriate ;

• Under what circumstances , It is necessary to change their operation mode and position ;

• What is the access level of the workload .

among , In particular, they need to pay attention to what elements exist in the existing cloud environment . The purpose of this is , You can clearly find out which teams can benefit from using the public cloud , Which teams are not suitable for using public cloud .

for example , The security team may need to access the private cloud , To reduce the time spent on ensuring public data security ; Public facing teams may no longer need to access legacy systems , And it can be completely moved to the workflow of the public cloud .

Evaluate Cloud Architecture

secondly , View Enterprise Cloud Architecture . We can imagine the future computing environment inside the enterprise as a continuum between the public cloud and the private cloud , Then migrate the public oriented system to public cloud storage , Migrate systems that are only used internally to the private cloud . This will comprehensively improve the performance and accessibility of the public oriented system , At the same time, it can ensure that the internal system is more secure .

The method of implementation

For most businesses , Mixed cloudy is an opportunity and challenge . therefore , Before migration, we should also consider whether the additional complexity of the hybrid cloud environment can be compensated with the benefits of performance or security .

actually , To solve these problems , Enterprises do not have to face it alone , If you find an excellent hybrid cloud storage manufacturer , Then the current concerns will be easily solved .

As a leader in hybrid cloud file storage services , Yanrong technology has already realized hybrid cloud storage , Support major public cloud platforms at home and abroad 、 Local data center , And edge deployment , It can be based on general servers within the enterprise , Virtual machine of public cloud 、 Cloud disk deployment , stay  AWS、 Tencent cloud 、 Alibaba cloud provides one click rapid deployment capabilities , File storage service can be provided to users in a few minutes .

meanwhile , It can provide hot and cold data layering in combination with underlying object storage , Reduce user cost . In a certain  IoT  In the customer's actual application scenario , Users generate about every day  2TB  data , Part of the data needs to be stored in the thermal data layer within a certain period , Then the data cooled , It can be done by  YRCloudFile  Automatically down to the object store .YRCloudFile  adopt  4  Virtual machine , Just use about  30TB  Cloud disk , It can meet the user's hot data access needs , combination YRCloudFile  Layering and compression functions , In the first year, it can save nearly  10  Ten thousand yuan cost , About... Can be saved the next year  55  Ten thousand yuan , Savings in the third year  134  Ten thousand yuan , The accumulated savings in three years are about  200  Ten thousand yuan cost .

in addition ,YRCloudFile  Its high-performance features can meet  AI、 Video rendering 、HPC  And other application requirements , Metadata cluster and data cluster can be expanded at any time and on demand , A single cluster can support the storage of tens of billions of files . stay  AWS  On ,YRCloudFile  stay  8  Nodes and  16  node  EC2  In the virtual machine , Use different file sizes , The access performance can reach linear expansion ,16  Nodes provide up to  15GB/s  Bandwidth performance .

besides ,YRCloudFile  Support data cross cloud synchronization .YRCloudFile  Can be deployed in private cloud 、 Public cloud 、 On the edge node , Data in different nodes can be accessed through  YRCloudFile  The built-in synchronization function realizes automatic synchronization , It can maximize the computing power on the cloud and at the edge . In the rendered scene , The artist only needs to upload the material to the file system cluster of the studio ,YRCloudFile   Data can be automatically synchronized to the public cloud  YRCloudFile  colony , Provide high-performance data access for hundreds of high-performance computing servers required for rendering , After rendering , The rendering results can be automatically synchronized back to the studio storage cluster , Greatly improve the overall work efficiency .

in general , The importance of mixed cloudiness is increasing , It will bring great value to more enterprises , Help enterprises adopt general management and software development functions more easily , And hybrid multicloud will continue to expand the advantages of public cloud , Give the company visibility and control over the entire infrastructure , So as to be safer 、 More efficient way to bring its innovative technology to the world .