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// TECH TRENDS // which is built to be fault tolerant and to empower users to better prepare for traffic spikes , disasters and business and product evolution . As an example of how our cloud services improve resilience , Vultr ’ s object storage replicates application data three times to ensure high availability and data durability . Vultr ’ s load balancer makes it easy to distribute traffic across nodes , and thanks to the cloud ’ s elasticity , users can add more nodes behind a load balancer in just minutes , instead of having to procure and provision new systems . To prepare for disaster , users can automate backups of VMs and their data . Newer practices like infrastructure as code make it much easier to evolve or completely recreate infrastructure environments as business needs change .
What are the benefits of containerisation ?
Some of the biggest benefits include features like portability , reproducibility and resource utilisation . Containers package an application along with its dependencies , and this allows them to run consistently across environments , whether they are on public or private cloud , or even on a developer ’ s personal computer . The fact that containers run in isolated workspaces within a machine ’ s OS ( instead of requiring a whole new virtual machine on top of an existing machine ) makes them a much more resource-efficient option .
Constant has expanded Vultr ’ s driver support and added new tooling for Kubernetes , a self-healing , load-balanced , automated orchestration platform that manages containers , storage , DNS and scales infrastructure to meet changing loads . Standardised software containers and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes are replacing manual configuration methods to help users streamline their operations .
Our Vultr Kubernetes Engine can run users ’ container workloads in a cluster that ’ s integrated with Vultr ’ s DNS , block storage and load balancers . Vultr manages the control plane and worker nodes so users can focus on scaling applications seamlessly based on storage required or public traffic . This eliminates the complexity of managing Kubernetes .
What ’ s the best way for companies to decide whether to adopt a public , private or multi-cloud ?
Public cloud has exploded over the past decade because it ’ s going to be the ‘ right ’ solution for most organisations , at least in many situations . The main difference between public and private cloud is that a public cloud allows different organisations to use the same underlying infrastructure , whereas a private cloud implies that a business customer is the single tenant . The advantages of public cloud are primarily related to improving overall resource utilisation , which lowers the cost . The advantages of a private cloud are primarily control , the most consistent performance and the ability to comply with regulatory or security requirements .
Multi-cloud is a strategy that enables organisations to mix and match technologies from different cloud vendors . In some cases , that might mean using services that are best on one platform , and in other scenarios , it might mean using a particular vendor because it delivers superior price-performance for certain workloads . Multi-cloud can also help organisations be prepared should a specific vendor suffer an outage or otherwise fail to meet expectations .
For most businesses , price , ease of use and performance are the top priorities , and they can optimise all three with an independent cloud provider . Multi-cloud services through an independent platform can dramatically lower costs , deliver simplicity in the user interface and enhance performance , thereby enabling the business to achieve superior cloud optimisation .
J . J . Kardwell , CEO of Constant
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WHAT ’ S INTERESTING ABOUT THE CLOUD SPACE TODAY IS THAT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE A HANDFUL OF HYPERSCALE CLOUD PROVIDERS DOMINATE THE SECTOR , THERE ’ S EMERGING DEMAND FOR INDEPENDENT , ENTERPRISE- GRADE CLOUD OPTIONS .
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