Question

While cloud is becoming a choice platform for many enterprises, there is a question on which cloud hosting model to adopt. Among private, public, and hybrid models, how would you evaluate which model is best suited for an enterprise? Provide examples of why you would choose a particular model or models.

Answer 1

It entirely depends on the size of the organization and the business requirements of the clients. I am listing down which model is best for which type of organization. You can proceed further as per your requirements.

The Public Cloud offers advantages such as low cost of ownership, automated deployments, scalability and also reliability. The Public Cloud is well suited for the following:

• Data storage
• Data Archival
• Application Hosting
• Latency intolerant or mission critical web tiers
• On demand hosting for microsite and application.
• Auto-scaling environment for large applications.

Choosing a Private Cloud makes sense for:

• Organization that demand strict security, latency, regulatory and data privacy levels.
• Organizations that are highly regulated and need data hosted privately and securely.
• Organizations that are large enough to support the costs that go into running a next-gen cloud data center.
• Organizations that need high-performance access to a filesystem such as in media companies.
• Hosting applications that have predictable usage patterns and demand low storage costs.
• Organizations that demand greater adaptability, configurability, and flexibility.
• Hosting business critical data and applications.

A Hybrid Cloud is best suited for:

• Large organizations that want the flexibility and scalability as offered by the public cloud.
• Organizations that offer services for vertical markets- customer interactions can be hosted in the Public Cloud while company data can be hosted in the Private Cloud.
• Organizations that demand greater operational flexibility and scalability. For them, mission critical data can be hosted on the Private Cloud and application development and testing can take place in the Public Cloud.

If i would have gone, I would have preferred the private cloud services. As i will never let my users compromise with the speed and service.