{"id":1529,"date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/five-benefits-of-managed-cloud-computing\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"five-benefits-of-managed-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/five-benefits-of-managed-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Benefits of Managed Cloud Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In previous blogs I wrote about the benefits of private cloud computing<\/a> and the benefits of public cloud computing<\/a> based on the unique models of each. Sitting between secure, dedicated private cloud computing and open, low cost public cloud hosting is a secure, shared cloud middle ground we call managed cloud hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public cloud hosting is typically built around the \u201ccompute as a utility\u201d model where cost is the driving consideration, overriding security and availability, to deliver commodity-level pricing where computing is sold at pennies per hour.<\/p>\n

Managed cloud hosting sits on the other end of the spectrum in the shared cloud world.\u00a0 Like public cloud computing, servers can be purchased \u201cby the slice\u201d, or a virtual server at a time.\u00a0 However, the entire design premise for the managed cloud is to put security & high availability ahead of cost considerations.\u00a0 Rather than purchasing servers by the hour, managed cloud hosting is sold on monthly (or longer) contracts for businesses that are running enterprise critical applications for the long haul.<\/p>\n

At Online Tech, we built our managed cloud hosting solution around our secure, high availability private cloud hosting<\/a> architecture. We chose to build our shared servers on an \u201cN+1\u201d redundant architecture and data center infrastructure.\u00a0 That means there is redundancy in every component of the system \u2013 from power and internet delivery to the hardware and network components with no single point of failure in the system.\u00a0 Should any component fail, there are redundant components in place to maintain the server and Internet availability.<\/p>\n

The five benefits of managed cloud hosting include:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High Availability <\/strong>– Because the managed cloud is built around a high availability private cloud architecture, redundancy is built in with multiple hosts, SAN storage and network security.\u00a0 This provides for failover protection and the unique ability to update and maintain the hardware without a maintenance window.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Automatic Failover & Resource Balancing<\/strong> \u2013 Built with VMware Enterprise Edition as the virtualization technology, failover and resource balancing between hardware hosts is automatically handled at the virtualization level \u2013 allowing the cloud servers to take full advantage of the high availability infrastructure should any host fail.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Network Security<\/strong> \u2013 Dedicated, secure VLANs, firewalls and IDS\/IPS can be put in place for any set of cloud servers \u2013 delivering the same highly secure, dedicated network environment found on private cloud solutions.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hybridize with Physical Servers<\/strong> \u2013 Applications and data base engines that can\u2019t meet their performance requirements on a virtual server or need to run on a physical server to access all of the hardware resources can share a dedicated network with cloud servers, creating a hybrid of physical and virtual servers in the same system.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cost Effective<\/strong> \u2013 On a monthly basis, managed clouds are as cost effective as most public clouds.\u00a0 True, you can\u2019t buy servers by the hour, but long term enterprise applications are rarely run on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n

Not all applications are geared to take advantage of managed cloud hosting.\u00a0 Research computing, development servers and test servers are good examples of non-critical systems that can take advantage of the hourly or spot demand pricing available in the public cloud utility market.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, most businesses want to assure the security & availability of their corporate and client data with either managed cloud hosting or a private cloud.\u00a0 Managed cloud computing provides the security and availability of a dedicated private cloud at a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In previous blogs I wrote about the benefits of private cloud computing and the benefits of public cloud computing based on the unique models of each. Sitting between secure, dedicated private cloud computing and open, low cost public cloud hosting is a secure, shared cloud middle ground we call managed cloud hosting. Public cloud hosting is typically built around the \u201ccompute as a utility\u201d model where cost is the driving consideration, overriding security and availability, to deliver commodity-level pricing where computing is sold at pennies per hour. Managed cloud hosting sits on the other end of the spectrum in the shared cloud world.\u00a0 Like public cloud computing, servers can be purchased \u201cby the slice\u201d, or a virtual server at a time.\u00a0 However, the entire design premise for the managed cloud is to put security & high availability ahead of cost considerations.\u00a0 Rather than purchasing servers by the hour, managed cloud hosting is sold on monthly (or longer) contracts for businesses that are running enterprise critical applications for the long haul. At Online Tech, we built our managed cloud hosting solution around our secure, high availability private cloud hosting architecture. 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