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I agree to some point with the other commenters. But the reality is that almost every enterprise of any size will be hybrid cloud for quite some time if not for

I agree to some point with the other commenters. But the reality is that almost every enterprise of any size will be hybrid cloud for quite some time if not forever. It’s impossible to lift and shift everything at once which means you need the infrastructure to connect those environments regardless. On top of that you’ve still go some applications that run on platforms that just aren’t compatible and will need to be either rebuilt or left to run on-premise indefinitely. Additionally, getting back to their other comments. I think there is some logic around data being viewed as “heavy” given the egress costs on most clouds. Having one place which you can easily upload data to any new environment that pops up for cheaper seems like a decent idea. Then again, a lot of money related things can be solved by simple contract negotiation, so maybe it’s not worth it.

jstx1 5y ago
> you need the infrastructure to connect those environments regardless What does that infrastructure look like? What are some examples?
- tyingq 5y ago
  One example would be an on-prem object storage device that's capable of replicating data to AWS S3.
- pm90 5y ago
  One example would be to use “interconnects” which link your data center to the cloud through a high capacity (maybe low latency?) “dedicated” line. So basically you have private IP connectivity between your DC and a virtual private cloud (VPC) so your workloads “think” they’re on the same private IP network. I thought of interconnects as beefy VPNs (but this may not be accurate, just a helpful mental aid). Note: I’m using mostly GCP terminology, https://cloud.google.com/hybrid-connectivity https://cloud.google.com/hybrid-connectivity