Cloud Architecture That’s Misaligned With Business Goals
Beyond a basic blueprint, cloud deployments require organizations and their IT partners to make thoughtful decisions about how to segment workloads, clarify network paths, and create logical boundaries that support operational control and business continuity. When architecture isn’t optimized for that, problems emerge. For instance, if workloads aren’t properly isolated, a failure in one virtual machine can bring down several others — an issue that can easily be prevented by making the right architecture decisions from the start.
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Tangled Dependencies in Cloud Environments
Misconfigurations are common in cloud environments. The real danger lies in the way cloud infrastructure is tied together. When dependencies between different components of cloud environments aren’t considered, seemingly small issues can have huge ripple effects. One IT leader found that his organization’s virtual machines would occasionally stop working without warning. When the affected VMs were rebooted, two other applications would go down. It was all due to tangled dependencies.
Cloud ‘Fixes’ That Make the Problem Worse
Sometimes, the worst thing an MSP can do is try to fix problems it doesn’t understand. If an MSP lacks the knowledge to set up a cloud environment properly in the first place, it probably also lacks the skills to effectively troubleshoot when issues arise. When something is fatally flawed, sometimes the only option is to start over.
