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Private Cloud Fundamentals

Publisher IDC
Published Feb 10, 2025
Length 13 Pages
SKU # IDC19656998

Description

This IDC Perspective explores the fundamentals of private clouds. It drills into why organizations would want or need to deploy this type of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Both deployment and business models are described to meet the needs of capex and opex buyers. Several datacenter architectures are illustrated along with recommendations for the type that best fits an on-premises private cloud. Finally, an exhaustive list of required private cloud capabilities is enumerated to help the buyer compare and decide on the best offering for their organization. “While public clouds are familiar to technical decision-makers, it’s important to shine a light on the capabilities of private clouds and hyperconverged infrastructure to inform organizations embarking on a private AI journey or those who need to meet industry or governmental data regulations,” explains Rob Tiffany, research director, Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure at IDC.

Table of Contents

13 Pages

Executive Snapshot

Situation Overview

Let’s Start with Why

Data Residency

Highly Regulated Industries

Latency

Data Sensitivity

Enterprise Generative AI

The Road to Private Cloud

Traditional IT

Public Cloud

Converged Infrastructure

Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Private Cloud

Private Cloud Capabilities

Identity + Directory Services

Compute

Object Storage

Block Storage

File Storage

Networking

VM + Container Images

Orchestration

Bare Metal

Container Orchestration Engine

Container Service

Dashboard

Consumption Pricing

GPU Access

Load Balancing

Telemetry

Hybrid Cloud Management

Advice for the Technology Buyer

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