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What is Multi-Cloud?

A strategy of using services from multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in and leverage best-of-breed capabilities.

Multi-cloud distributes workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, and other providers. This avoids dependency on a single vendor, leverages each provider's strengths (e.g., GCP for ML, AWS for breadth), and improves resilience.

Challenges include increased complexity, inconsistent APIs, data transfer costs, and security management across platforms. Tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Pulumi help manage multi-cloud infrastructure consistently.

Related Terms

Hybrid Cloud
A computing environment that combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, allowing data and applications to move between them.
Serverless Computing
A cloud execution model where the provider manages servers and dynamically allocates resources, charging only for actual usage.
Lambda Function (Cloud)
An AWS serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without provisioning or managing servers.
Cloud Function
A serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without requiring server management or infrastructure provisioning.
Cloud IAM
Identity and Access Management services that control who can access cloud resources and what actions they can perform.
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
A cloud service model that provides a platform for developers to build, deploy, and manage applications without managing infrastructure.
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