Hybrid Cloud Model

Hybrid Cloud

The Hybrid Cloud is a mixture of public andprivate cloud. Non-critical activities are performed using public cloud while the critical activities are performed using private cloud.

Benefits

There are many benefits of deploying cloud as hybrid cloud model. The following diagram shows some of those benefits:

SCALABILITY

It offers both features of public cloud scalability and private cloud scalability.

FLEXIBILITY

It offers both secure resources and scalable public resources.

COST EFFICIENCIES

Public cloud are more cost effective than private, therefore hybrid cloud can have this saving.

SECURITY

Private cloud in hybrid cloud ensures higher degree of security.

Disadvantages

NETWORKING ISSUES

Networking becomes complex due to presence of private and public cloud.

SECURITY COMPLIANCE

It is necessary to ensure that cloud services are compliant with organization's security policies.

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEPENDENCY

The hybrid cloud model is dependent on internal IT infrastructure, therefore it is necessary to ensure redundancy across data centers.