Companies from many industries have an important ally for their day-to-day activities and for their medium and long-term strategies in hybrid cloud and its architecture possibilities. Among other things, thanks to it, they gain more control over data and their privacy. Also in terms of data sovereignty, an important aspect if the company is from a European Union country.

But to get the most out of it, it is necessary avoid various pitfalls that can reduce the effectiveness of hybrid cloud environments. Of these mistakes, there are five that should be avoided as much as possible.

Underestimating the cost of hybrid cloud

The first mistake when using and managing hybrid cloud environments is believe it will cost less than it may actually cost. All because there is talk everywhere about the cost savings it brings. But of course, to save costs with a hybrid cloud, it cannot be implemented or managed without a detailed plan.

Therefore, it is essential to design and manage hybrid cloud environments to be cost-effective. To achieve this, it is necessary to take into account, among other things, the costs of maintaining the hardware necessary to manage the local infrastructure within the hybrid cloud.

Care must also be taken to anticipate the egress costs of data moving in a hybrid cloud environment. And avoid hiring staff to manage your hybrid cloud. At first glance, this may seem like a good way to save costs, but it usually leads to higher costs because the people in charge sometimes don’t have enough time to pay attention to everything they should.

Underestimate network latency

Underestimating network latency it can cause hybrid cloud performance to suffer and drop noticeably. If you can’t quickly move data between the on-premises cloud and the enterprise hybrid cloud, the result is high network latency. Additionally, workloads distributed in a hybrid environment tend to be slower and less reliable than if they were running only on-premise or only in the public cloud.

Effective network architectures can help overcome this problem. Private network connection services can also do this. Of course, they come at a cost, so you’ll need to budget for their use.

Using a hybrid cloud platform that lacks flexibility

Hybrid cloud environments should provide more flexibility than you would get with a public cloud or just an on-premises operation. However, in some cases, companies make the mistake of building their hybrid clouds using platforms that place severe limitations on cloud flexibility and future expansion.

Therefore, it is important to use hybrid cloud platforms that support as many types of cloud services as possible. Also with different application deployment models.

Isolate yourself from a single cloud provider

Another very common mistake when planning and deploying public clouds is use a single cloud provider, and therefore remain locked in their ecosystem. It is true that avoiding some degree of lock-in to the use of hybrid cloud providers is impossible unless fully open source hybrid cloud platforms are used.

But at least it is advisable to be aware of the problems and risks of being limited by these ecosystems. In this way, companies will be ready to solve problems that may arise from this the moment they arise.

Forget backups

In a public cloud, cloud providers take responsibility for ensuring that data is available when it is needed. Still, backing up data stored in the public cloud is considered a best practice. For what can happen.

In a hybrid, the responsibility for data availability falls more on the one who manages the hybrid cloud. Contractual public cloud providers generally do not back up data stored on-premises. that’s why it is important to create data backup strategiesas well as their recovery.

Power your hybrid cloud with HPE ProLiant and AMD

Enterprises looking to develop a hybrid cloud strategy can find a number of benefits from using HPE ProLiant Gen 11 servers with AMD EPYC processors. These servers offer a flexible and agile approach to managing your IT infrastructure, which translates into a number of significant advantages.

First, flexibility and agility are key aspects of a hybrid cloud strategy. HPE ProLiant servers are designed to efficiently scale resources, allowing companies to quickly adapt to changing resource requirements. Whether more computing or storage capacity is required, these servers can be customized to meet the needs, both in the public cloud and on-premises.

In addition, seamless integration is another pillar of HPE ProLiant servers. These servers are designed to work in harmony with public and private cloud solutions. This makes it easy to create a hybrid cloud environment where data and applications can move seamlessly between the public cloud and on-premises servers, without hindrance or inconvenience. However, if you want to learn more and see what these servers can do for your company’s data, we encourage you to download our white paper “HPE ProLiant Gen11: transform your data center”.

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