Pros and Cons of Hybrid Cloud Architecture Approaches

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• Hybrid cloud architecture basically provides a
  conducive storage infrastructure for both
  on-premise (where it enables the users to store
  unstructured data from internet or devices) and
  off-premise (cloud) purposes that enables a
  flawless integration with the
• public cloud for cloud bursting, long-term data
  archiving and disaster retrieval in the most
  cost-effective and highly ascendible manner.
• When considering how to acquire a hybrid cloud
  architecture, there are basically two
  approaches, building-it-yourself or get a
  prepackaged one. Based on the resources and time
  available criteria, an organization can choose
  either of the two approaches. Each approach has
  its pros and cons as analyzed below.
• Option 1 Build-it-yourself Hybrid Cloud
  Architecture
• This approach requires an IT planner to select
  the object storage software autonomously from
  the hardware. In this case, the hardware is
  usually off-the-shelf, this includes commodity
  servers that can at times be remainders of a
  server consolidation effort.
• Therefore, this approach compels the user to buy
  the storage device off-the-shelf.
• Advantages
• The main pro of this approach is that it is very
  cost-effective compared to the prepackaged
  hybrid cloud architecture. Servers in the data
  center can be reused by members of the cloud
  storage infrastructure. It is, therefore, the
  best option for organizations that face tight
  budget constraints.
• Another pro is that this approach is very
  flexible. The IT planner sets out the
  architecture in such a manner that most of the
  vendor hardware can be used in both the present
  time and future. This makes it a long-term asset
  to the organization.

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• organizations that have no much time on their
  side to undertake the process of building the
  cloud architecture.
• Option 2 Prepackaged Hybrid Cloud Architecture
• This approach is very similar to the
  build-it-yourself approach but on its case, the
  vendor needs to install cloud storage software
  to the commodity hardware after the integration
  work. When the vendor server is usually a server
  vendor, however, the cloud architecture will
  customarily use its name-brand equipment.
• Advantages
• The main pro of this approach is usually the time
  value. This system can be ordered and start
  writing data on it within a very short period of
  time. It is, therefore, more preferable to
  organizations that are constrained by time.
• Disadvantages
• Vendors charge for their services, that is,
  pre-configuration of the system and, therefore,
  making this approach more expensive compared to
  the make-it-yourself approach. This makes the
  prepackaged hybrid cloud architecture less
  suitable to organizations that have a tight
  budget constraint, but it still suits
  organizations that are competing against time.
• It is evident that the choice between building a
  hybrid cloud architecture for yourself and
  purchasing prepackaged hybrid cloud architecture
  is informed by consideration of time saved and
  cost saved which results to a trade-off between
  time and cost. The decision on which a data
  center uses will hence be highly influenced by,
  the IT's deployed, skills and time.

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