All of the previous information leads us to this topic. So, when should we use a CMP and what should we use it for? What use cases does it solve? Let's take a quick look at these one more time:
When should we use a CMP?
- When we need a Single Pane of Glass approach
- When we need a similar automation framework requirement in all the clouds
- When we intend to start the life cycle at the provisioning of the workload
- When the major workloads are virtual machines and IaaS components (and not PaaS)
- When we need a single abstraction for the clouds
- When we need to minimize the learning curve for the current IT staff (the CMP itself will be an additional management overhead)
Which CMP should we use?
This question needs to take a lot of parameters into consideration. As a first step, please use the comparison tool link provided earlier in this chapter. That will provide the compatibility matrix and features.
The other choice that we have to make is between the open...