Potential Problems Lurking in Private Clouds
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Private Matter
75% of respondents say their organization runs some mission-critical applications in their private cloud, up slightly from 71% in 2013. -
Public Figures
47% run these apps in the public cloud, up from just 33% last year. -
Increasing Commitment
60% of large enterprises run more than one-half of their mission-critical apps in the private cloud, and 37% run more than three-quarters of these apps in the private cloud. -
Unproven Quality
39% of respondents say their organization never tests their private cloud availability, and another 11% say their company tests it less than once a year. -
Recipe for Chaos
53% say they do not have a disaster recovery solution in place for their private cloud system. -
A Failing Grade
70% say their cloud app service availability readiness is either at, or superior, to the availability readiness of the rest of their systems, despite the lack of testing and disaster recovery solutions. -
Unmeasured Results
Just 14% say their companies track key performance indicators (KPIs) for their cloud environment. -
Top IT Infrastructure Focuses for KPI Tracking
Storage resources: 71%, Network operations: 71%, Applications: 69%, Databases: 66%, Clusters: 49% -
Overlooked Attribute
Just 47% of respondents say their organization analyzes configuration consistency in the cloud at least quarterly, compared to no less than 70% for other areas of IT infrastructure.
Companies are increasingly turning to private clouds to run their mission-critical applications. But many are leaving their cloud performance subject to chance, according to a new survey from Continuity Software. A surprisingly large number do not test private cloud availability, findings show, and the majority do not have a recovery plan in place to keep cloud operations running after a disaster. Other results reveal that organizations similarly fail to prioritize the tracking of performance key performance indicators (KPIs) for their cloud environment, compared to other parts of their IT infrastructure. Nor do they pay much relative attention to cloud configuration consistency. Despite these lapses, the vast majority of survey respondents feel that their cloud app service availability readiness is at least on par with the rest of their systems, which represents a "clear gap between perception and reality," according to Continuity Software. Nearly 115 IT professionals particiapted in the research. For more about the survey (registration required), click here.