From all the preceding use cases and explanations, I am sure you have come to the conclusion that there are two major services that are absolutely required to be set up before hand, in order to use a hybrid cloud:
- Network connectivity
- DNS service
A close third would be the core services such as Active Directory, Proxy, and so on but even they will need the preceding, two services so therefore, let's take a look at how these are configured.
The network connectivity forms the backbone of IT and not just the hybrid cloud, so getting this right is of paramount importance. In the case of connectivity between enterprises and the public cloud, the following is a list of requirements that one would need to consider:
- Security of the connection
- Latency
- Bandwidth
So, we cannot do without security, while the levels of the other two depend on the requirements themselves. As an example, if we need to run a voice/video application, then the latency...