Intelligent Data Centres Issue 36 | Page 38

A GROWING AREA FOR HYBRID
IMPLEMENTATIONS IS AI WHERE ENTERPRISES
ARE BUILDING AI
APPLICATIONS FOR HOSTING AT REGIONAL EDGE DATA CENTRES .
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This will give best performance . Some of the heavier duty processing which is less time-sensitive can be performed in the public cloud .
A GROWING AREA FOR HYBRID
IMPLEMENTATIONS IS AI WHERE ENTERPRISES
ARE BUILDING AI
APPLICATIONS FOR HOSTING AT REGIONAL EDGE DATA CENTRES .
Key considerations
When allocating applications between an Edge data centre and a hyperscale facility consider how long it will take to migrate all the applications to the new infrastructure and whether any on-premises legacy IT infrastructure require accommodation .
Furthermore , it is important to consider what software will be required for managing all environments within a hybrid implementation and whether there will be a direct cloud gateway available for direct connection into public cloud infrastructure .
Finally , carefully evaluate if your IT team has sufficient expertise in hybrid cloud functionalities , management , integration and administration . Equally , does your prospective Edge data centre provider have suitably qualified engineers on site to assist with configuration ? The level of on-site engineering competence available is important , especially for configuring and interconnecting complex Edge cloud environments . These may involve public , private and perhaps onpremise legacy applications .
With this , the flexibility to carry out preproduction testing in the data centre will be a bonus to ensure everything works prior to launching . CIOs and IT professionals should therefore take a holistic view when considering how regional colocation data centres can get their data and applications closer to users and customers .
Aside from the connectivity options , latency and cost factors , it is wise to check your Edge data centre ’ s hybrid IT engineering skills . ◊
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