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Enterprise hybrid cloud combines your own on-premise infrastructure or private cloud with public cloud services, managed as one environment. Sensitive and steady workloads stay under your control, while the cloud handles extra capacity, disaster recovery and new services.
Fortuna Data works with several vendors, so we can design the hybrid mix that fits your compliance, cost and performance needs rather than one brand. We have been helping UK organisations with storage since 1994.
Enterprise hybrid cloud is an IT setup that uses both your own infrastructure (on-premise servers and storage, or a private cloud) and public cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, connected so data and applications can move between them.
Most sizeable organisations are already partly hybrid, with some systems on-premise and some in the cloud. The difference is whether that split is planned, with each workload in the place that suits it best, or has simply happened over time.
Keep sensitive or regulated data on-premise in the UK, while using the cloud for less sensitive workloads.
Run steady workloads on infrastructure you own, and only pay cloud rates for peaks, projects and services you need.
Replicate on-premise workloads to the cloud instead of running a full second data centre.
Add cloud capacity for busy periods rather than buying hardware for the busiest day of the year.
| Usually on-premise / private cloud | Usually public cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Workload pattern | Steady, predictable workloads | Bursty or short-term workloads |
| Data | Sensitive, regulated or very large data sets | Less sensitive data and off-site copies |
| Performance | Latency-sensitive applications and databases | Globally distributed services |
| Examples | Core business systems, file shares, AI inferencing on private data | Development and test, disaster recovery, SaaS applications |
Cloud costs can be hard to predict once storage, egress and API charges are added. Read: Hidden cloud storage costs in the UK.
Tell us what you run today and your compliance requirements, and we will help you decide what stays on-premise and what goes to the cloud.
We are not tied to one vendor, so we can recommend what fits your environment.
Hyper-converged infrastructure that runs applications across your data centre and public cloud.
Systems for Microsoft Azure Local, for organisations standardised on Microsoft and Azure.
All-flash on-premise storage for the performance layer of a hybrid environment.
S3-compatible cloud storage for backups, archives and off-site copies.
An IT setup that combines your own on-premise infrastructure or private cloud with public cloud services, managed as one environment.
Hybrid cloud combines on-premise or private infrastructure with public cloud. Multi-cloud means using more than one public cloud provider. Many organisations do both.
It can be for steady workloads that run all the time, because you are not paying cloud rates for constant use. It depends on your workloads.
It can be, with encryption, access controls and monitoring across both environments, and sensitive data kept on infrastructure you control.
Usually steady, latency-sensitive or regulated workloads, and very large data sets where cloud storage and transfer charges add up.
Yes. We review what you run, recommend what goes where, and supply the infrastructure, with a clear UK quote.
Tell us about your systems and requirements. We will recommend the right mix of on-premise and cloud and give you a clear UK quote.
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