Managed Cloud or Unmanaged Cloud – How do you decide the better cloud model for your IT infrastructure? Someone must manage every cloud implementation. Techopedia defines Managed Cloud Hosting as a process in which organizations share and access resources, including databases, hardware and software tools, across a remote network via multiple servers in another location. Enterprises wish to derive the best from their IT infrastructure. Managed cloud providers can provide on demand servers, memory, storage and bandwidth. They can reduce capital expenses, and deliver superior security. The cloud service provider takes responsibility of monitoring, maintaining and updating virtualized infrastructure.
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Managed Cloud delivery model is suitable in a scenario where there are mission-critical workloads. The kind of workloads that require scalable components to work in a virtualized infrastructure and have automated lifecycle features. On the other hand, unmanaged cloud setup is best suited for cloud native environments. It demands an elastic infrastructure with systems of test environments and that of engagement or development. With unmanaged cloud computing models, the cloud service provider has limited role (and provides little or no support outside of their role). You can either opt for PaaS or IaaS with unmanaged cloud and both these models provide low cost, automation and scalability.