From understanding the cloud, we all have certainly moved forward to the phase of adopting the cloud. With more and more companies seeing the cloud as a solution to all their IT problems, we should not forget the fact that “even a brilliant idea fails if not executed properly.”
Before taking a decision to move your application or website to the cloud, you should first figure out how much cloud resources does your website or application need and then coordinate with your cloud hosting service provider to get that perfect cloud.
Is resource planning necessary?
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
When an organization is moving from its existing environment to the cloud, it’s like entering a “foreign land.” The former is completely unaware about the new land’s rules, policies and culture. Here, we as a guide want you to make maximum out of your trip to the cloud, by optimizing your investment.
Regardless of the “infinitely scalable” appeal, the pros and cons of cloud computing need to be weighed according to your business needs.
Hence, it becomes relevant to use ample planning when determining the cloud capacity/resources required as it can:
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Save money from your budget.
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Streamline your IT operations.
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Maximize efficiency.
When we say resources, we are primarily talking about:
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Storage space requirement.
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Server requirement.
How do I know which resources are required?
While many companies are adopting the hybrid cloud model to mitigate the initial risk of moving to the cloud, there are many others who want to move their entire business on the cloud. For them, it becomes important to know much cloud resources they need.
Here we want to suggest 5 steps to evaluate your business needs, so that you can decide them yourself:
- Assess current resource utilization
For an existing company planning to move its operations to the cloud, the first step in evaluating resources would be to assess the existing infrastructure resources. That means to define the exact number of servers which the company has installed in its datacenter. While for a new SMB, it would mean to define the number of servers required to run the company’s software and applications.
- Actual resources needed
There is a difference between “what you have” and “how much you need”. The company may have 50 servers but is using only 40 out of them, which means under-utilization of resources. Such a scenario would mean that you are paying for that capacity which you are not even utilizing.
- Find out the “bandwidth” requirement
Every website or application needs to connect with its customers and viewers. The cloud gives the opportunity to automate your business processes and give maximum satisfaction to your users. But for that, before moving to the cloud you should define your bandwidth requirement based on the amount of traffic your website has or may have in future.
- Rightsize everything
To get maximum out of your move to the cloud, you need to rightsize your resources and infrastructure. It is equivalent to moving into a new home, where you will not be willing to take the non-essentials. Be it physical server, storage, or your bandwidth requirement, plan everything in advance. It’s not that the cloud will not be able to answer your increased requirements, but you should still be sure of your exact needs so that you don’t end up purchasing more cloud resources than you need.
- Finding the equilibrium in the cloud
So before you move your application or server to the cloud, you have to find an equilibrium between your current requirement and actual requirement. Due to virtualization concept, the storage and server requirement in the cloud is considerably lesser as compared to the traditional on-premise model. Also with virtualization models like NaaS (Network-as-a-service) which delivers network services over the internet on a pay-per-use or monthly subscription basis, you do not need to worry about bandwidth requirements at the time of increase in traffic.
How can we help?
ZNetLive cloud experts can guide and customize the cloud solution per your business requirements.
One of the most important advantages of moving to the cloud hosting in India is “saving on cost” and “resource optimization.” We want our customers to make use of this initial advantage of moving to the cloud. By making use of some effective tools, we map the server and storage requirements of your organization, analyze the quantity of data and suggest the cloud resources based on that only.
So if you are still thinking if this is the right time to move to the cloud, take a minute to see public, private and hybrid cloud adoption trends across the world. Plan ahead and don’t forget to refer our 5 steps, they’ll certainly help you save you a penny! 🙂
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