Storage services for hybrid cloud environments
Now that we have decided on an identity management and network topology, the next thing we need to consider is how to use hybrid clouds for data transfer and storage.
In this section, we will review the various options for data transfer.
When considering hybrid storage connectivity, consider the following:
- Bandwidth/latency/time to transfer
- Use of public versus private connectivity
- Moving files versus file synchronization
- Encryption requirements (in transit and at rest)
- Access control for a hybrid solution
- Supported protocols (NFS, CIFS, and more)
How to connect to storage services over AWS hybrid environments
Amazon offers the following services to transfer data to the cloud in a hybrid architecture:
- AWS Storage Gateway: A virtual appliance for installing on-premises environments that allows access from the on-premises environments to an object storage service (Amazon S3/Glacier), file...