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Microsoft summarized it nice [1] : Advantages of public clouds: Lower costs No maintenance Near-unlimited scalability High reliability Advantages of a pri
by mrkramer 6y ago
Microsoft summarized it nice [1] :
Advantages of public clouds:
Lower costs
No maintenance
Near-unlimited scalability
High reliability
Advantages of a private cloud:
More flexibility
More control
More scalability (compared to pure on-prem solution)
[1] https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-are-private-public-hybrid-clouds/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-are-private-...
- indymike 6y agoHmm... So Azure for unlimited scalability... But private clouds have more scalability?
- beaconstudios 6y agoPresumably both options are written relative to non cloud setups
- 8K832d7tNmiQ 6y agoprobably meant that you can just request hundreds of servers in other part of the world in one single setup compared to manually building your server there.
- mrkramer 6y ago"More scalability — private clouds often offer more scalability compared to on-premises infrastructure." I think they meant private cloud (renting 3rd party servers and using/maintaining your private cloud) vs on-prem (buying servers and building your own data centers).
- cccc4all 6y agoNotice that neither list has "Reduce Complexity" as benefit. Cloud can abstract away complexity. Shift managing the complexity behind the cloud. But, it's more likely that complexity increases rather than decreases.