That entails a lot for the fact that the 24X7 availability of the apps or services to be integrated into cloud is the lifeblood of an online business. And to ensure that availability, one ought to bear in mind some important variables which are given thus:
Security
When confidential materials are involved, it becomes necessary to put security first. For that, one has to take into account the measures by which maximum safety of information will be guaranteed. This is the part where threat modelling comes into play. By and large, an inquiry is created into how a cloud hosting provider manages security and what practices they employ to ensure data security. That begs the question as to whether or not there is always a plan B or contingency arrangement for disasters which are uneventful. Network infrastructure can be set up to be pretty much predictable. But that doesn’t guarantee 100 percent security and safety. All in all, it isn’t such a bad idea if one opts for a provider that puts in place a strong threat model that covers for uneventful disasters.
Feasibility of Combination
A business can be integrated into cloud if an if only the business arrangement supports cloud. That being said, it makes sense to do a little bit of a homework, stuff like getting down to business about the nature of business, the setup and the management process to determine whether or not it could thrive in a cloud environment. A feasible combination of cloud hosting and operating a physical infrastructure takes several forms. The most common method of deploying an enterprise app in cloud is locating login and authentication credentials in a local setting while the app data is located in cloud. A database containing login credentials and critical information is located in a physical data center whereas all the data needed for a mobile app service to be available to users are hosted on the cloud. This for the most part helps to safeguard confidential information.
Patches and updates
Patches and updates are requirement to keep an enterprise app up and running. Software vendors on a timely basis would release new updates and packages. For apps like apache web server and MySQL, frequent installation of updates is important. But some providers don’t follow that practice and upon customer request for installation of updates, it will take a few days to get it done. Considering that fact, such apps are better deployed in a local setting. But that is capital intensive. It makes more sense to look for a hosting provider that doesn’t joke with updates and patches.
Infrastructure sharing
This takes the form of allocating the resources of a cloud server among several subscribers. It is less expensive but not such a good idea for performance and security. When performance and security comes into play, it is important to opt in for a hosting package that is not shared. The idea of sharing means a security threat or looming disaster hitting one user will likely affect another. But that is avoided when an app is hosted in an independent network facility that serves just a user.
