{"id":21803,"date":"2022-09-26T21:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renovacloud.com\/?p=21803"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T04:49:25","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-repatriation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renovacloud.com\/en\/the-pros-and-cons-of-cloud-repatriation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pros and Cons of Cloud Repatriation \u2013 Is it Right For You"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cloud repatriation is a hot topic right now. The idea of moving workloads away from the cloud might feel like it\u2019s going against the grain, but especially for those who moved to the cloud in the early days of their business, it\u2019s becoming increasingly popular. <\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

If you raced to the cloud to get those initial benefits of super-fast time to market and support from big infrastructure players, you might be asking, what are the long term benefits of staying in the cloud? So for those of you considering this change, let\u2019s explore 5 reasons to repatriate, and, not so fast\u2026 5 reasons not to.<\/span><\/p>\n

A caveat for repatriation before we begin\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t talk about repatriation without talking about Dropbox. More than 5 years ago, Dropbox started us talking about the idea of moving back to on-premises environments, with its <\/span>Magic Pocket project.<\/span><\/a> There\u2019s no doubt it\u2019s been a roaring success, but can we extrapolate from Dropbox to any other organization? They themselves argue for repatriation in language that expresses how unique their situation is:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we\u2019d be building one of only a handful of exabyte-scale storage systems in the world. Few companies in the world have the same requirements for scale of storage as we do. And even fewer have higher standards for safety and security.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Simply put, Dropbox is a success story \u2014 but a niche use case. If you\u2019re not working with exabyte-scale, or your requirements aren\u2019t as heavy, it might be worth weighing these pros and cons a little more carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

When repatriation is the right choice, and when it isn\u2019t<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Performance has become an issue<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Networking complexities aren\u2019t to be ignored, and if you\u2019re looking to improve experience for your end users in a specific location, or the performance of your applications locally, an on-prem solution might make that happen. Examples include an employee application in a factory or hospital, or a product used by visitors to a single place \u2014 such as a stadium or arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

Most of the time, the cloud improves your performance, providing access to limitless resources in line with demand \u2014 great for unexpected peaks in traffic or service. You can also use smart best-practices with geographical regions that could make all the difference to latency or bandwidth.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Finance has spun out of control<\/strong><\/h5>\n

If you moved to the cloud for pay-as-you-go pricing, you might feel a little overwhelmed by the spiralling costs of the monthly invoice. Anyone with cloud experience knows that On-Demand resources send costs through the roof, while Reserved Instances and other commitment-based purchases are the only way to keep costs under wraps. Remember how excited people got about eschewing CapEx for OpEx. Well for many, it\u2019s a case of \u201cCome back CapEx, all is forgiven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

Automation and AI are making waves in managing cloud costs behind the scenes, eliminating the need for manual governance over resource spend. Also, there was a reason why we didn\u2019t like CapEx to begin with \u2014 and it\u2019s not suddenly become a bargain.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. You\u2019re noticing IT-based siloes and risks<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Especially in the era of multicloud, it\u2019s easy to find that certain teams, departments and projects get stuck in their own technology, and exist in an AWS or Azure-shaped bubble. Repatriating can force staff to work on common tech in a streamlined IT environment that traverses single areas of the business. This also helps with governance and compliance, reducing the fear of shadow IT or new technologies being spun up in corners of the office that are difficult to manage.<\/span><\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that the cloud provides collaboration and communication tools that are probably a huge part of your working culture \u2013 and try not to throw out the baby with the bathwater! Creating governance and cloud policies around how public cloud is used might provide the same benefits, without the added work of repatriation.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Vendor lock-in feels a little like a noose<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The complexity of the cloud has made many businesses feel like they\u2019re tied to a particular cloud vendor, and with hundreds of thousands of workloads running on thousands of VMs, it gets more difficult every day. If all the security and compliance configurations, access management, communication paths and networking are making it impossible for you to move elsewhere, you might just want some control back.<\/span><\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

Nothing says fast-paced like the cloud. Ultimate agility means being able to deploy new workloads in seconds; and there\u2019s no doubt that building on-prem is a long-term relationship more serious than that one you had in college. Consider thinking about Kubernetes or another portable environment that can make your cloud more agile, rather than building an environment on your own.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Security is an essential differentiator<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Remember when your Mom turned off the WiFi before mobile phones had their own connectivity? #roughtimes. That\u2019s what you can achieve on-premises, a totally disconnected environment so that your customer data or sensitive files can be totally protected from the network. Great for backups or your most critical compliance-related data, and great for helping you sleep easy at night.<\/span><\/p>\n

However\u2026<\/p>\n

Are you James Bond? Unless you\u2019re carrying the safety of the known world on your shoulders, the cloud is pretty secure! As<\/span> Gartner loves reminding us<\/span><\/a>, 99% of security failures on the cloud are the customer\u2019s fault, not the cloud\u2019s. And people can mess up on-premises, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hey! Have it all, why don\u2019t you?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

We say, why not have your cake and eat it too?<\/span><\/p>\n

There are some workloads which you may want to move to a private cloud or on-prem, perhaps because of their niche security or compliance requirements, you\u2019re running applications that need the performance boost, or because the juice of the costs just isn\u2019t worth the squeeze.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in other cases, especially if you don\u2019t have a superhuman wishlist, it may just be a case of optimizing what you have with a sprinkle of best practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leverage the flexibility, scalability, and efficiency of the cloud with zero effort on your end. Chat with one of our experts to learn more about Renovisor<\/a> intelligent cloud automation technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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