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Cloud Computing Intermediate

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

Cloud Storage Tiers
Different storage classes offered by cloud providers, optimized for varying access patterns from frequent to archival use.
SaaS (Software as a Service)
A cloud delivery model where software applications are hosted and managed by a provider and accessed by users over the internet.
CloudFormation
An AWS service that provisions and manages cloud resources using declarative JSON or YAML templates.
Cloud Load Balancer
A managed service that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability and optimal resource utilization.
Hybrid Cloud
A computing environment that combines on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, allowing data and applications to move between them.
Kubernetes Namespace
A virtual cluster within a Kubernetes cluster that provides scope for names and enables resource isolation between teams or environments.
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