Hybrid cloud storage: What data goes where?

Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Del Lunn.

Hybrid cloud is a popular approach to cloud computing and cloud storage services, such as backup. It allows data to be held off-site with the cloud provider, but also allows for data to be held locally. Public cloud provision allows organisations to adopt enterprise-class technologies for their environment at an affordable price point, but security, availability, compliance, performance, portability and the cloud provider’s market longevity can be a concern.

Of course, retaining everything on-site removes many of these concerns, or at least puts them in the hands of the organisation, but this will often be more expensive to deploy and operate. Hybrid cloud offers the best of both worlds by combining on-site data storage with public cloud storage provision…

The question that arises, however, is how best to combine on-site storage and public cloud storage to suit the organisation’s requirements. In short, with hybrid cloud what data goes where?…

Read more from the source @ http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Hybrid-cloud-storage-What-data-goes-where