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Multi-Cloud Strategy — When and How¶
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Multi-cloud architecture, vendor lock-in, abstraction layers, and real trade-offs.
When It Makes Sense¶
- Regulatory requirements — vendor diversification
- Best-of-breed — BigQuery + AWS ML + Azure integration
- M&A — acquisition brings a different provider
If you don’t have a specific reason, stick with a single provider.
Abstraction¶
True portability = Kubernetes + Terraform. Managed services are always provider-specific.
Patterns¶
- Active-Passive — primary + DR on a different cloud
- Workload placement — based on provider strengths
- Data gravity — compute follows the data
Summary¶
Multi-cloud is a strategy, not a goal. K8s + Terraform = the most pragmatic approach.
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