RichardHanson
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HI all,
this is my first post, so if I get it wrong please just point me in the right direction.
My organisation currently has multiple domains linked together and I would like to move our infrastructure to the cloud, or a manasged server environment. So, the question is, can I keep my servers on site, and add to them via a cloud service or managed server?
The point being I cannot push everything out at one time and will need to push things slowly. I just need to know the possibilities, and currently we do not have the knowledge in house to define what can and cannot be done.
Thanks everyone.
Richard
this is my first post, so if I get it wrong please just point me in the right direction.
My organisation currently has multiple domains linked together and I would like to move our infrastructure to the cloud, or a manasged server environment. So, the question is, can I keep my servers on site, and add to them via a cloud service or managed server?
The point being I cannot push everything out at one time and will need to push things slowly. I just need to know the possibilities, and currently we do not have the knowledge in house to define what can and cannot be done.
Thanks everyone.
Richard
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it depends about what is the services you have inside and its ability to host them on the cloud or share them between the internal and cloud servers. short answer yes but it depends
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Given recent Amazon outage the CLOUD offers no advantage over rented rack space in city next to yours....
> Given recent Amazon outage the CLOUD offers no advantage over rented rack space in city next to yours....
sure it does... Amazon and other cloud providers accumulated outage durations are nothing compared to what I experienced with rented space or colocations.
If business continuity is important, you can plan for it and have your applications spread across multiple availability zones for a fraction of the cost that you would need to spend in capital investments in rented space. I know a business that used an active-passive setup with multiple availability zones and they were back on the air in less than an hour. If you use load balancing in an active-active setup with multi regions you are not affected by such an outage.
sure it does... Amazon and other cloud providers accumulated outage durations are nothing compared to what I experienced with rented space or colocations.
If business continuity is important, you can plan for it and have your applications spread across multiple availability zones for a fraction of the cost that you would need to spend in capital investments in rented space. I know a business that used an active-passive setup with multiple availability zones and they were back on the air in less than an hour. If you use load balancing in an active-active setup with multi regions you are not affected by such an outage.
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Thanks everyone for your comments, it sounds like it us definitely possible.
In the cloud, am I able to open firewall ports for my applications, or I'd I want to do that I'd be better with a managed service?
In the cloud, am I able to open firewall ports for my applications, or I'd I want to do that I'd be better with a managed service?
you can do with both. Find a good partner to partner with.
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It did directly answer my question, but pointed me to a partner to work with rather than detailing how it could be done.