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Globally, based on security and cost considerations, the choice of multi-cloud has become the main form of cloud for customers. According to the RightScale 2019 report, 84% of large and medium-sized enterprises (with more than 1000 employees) have adopted a multi-cloud strategy, of which 58% choose hybrid cloud (public cloud + private cloud), 17% choose multiple public clouds, and 9% choose multiple private clouds. When the multi-cloud strategy is accepted by more and more customers, the multi-cloud management platform will become the core of IT management.

What is the multi-cloud management platform?

First of all, let's take a look at the definition of cloud management platform, which comes from Gartner, an authoritative international research institution. "Cloud Management platform (Cloud Management Platform, referred to as CMP) is a product that provides unified and integrated management of public, private and hybrid clouds. The main capabilities of the cloud management platform include unified management and scheduling of hybrid and multi-cloud environments, provision of system images, metering and billing, and workload optimization through established policies. More advanced products can also be integrated with external enterprise management systems, including service catalogs, supporting the configuration of storage and network resources, allowing enhanced resource management through service governance, and providing advanced monitoring to improve performance and availability. "

At present, I have more contact with the so-called multi-cloud management platform generally refers to "multiple cloud resource management platforms". Currently, the most widely used public clouds in China are: Aliyun, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, JD.com Cloud, Baidu Cloud, UCloud, Bird Cloud, etc., while AWS, Azure, Google Cloud are most commonly used abroad. In a simple way, multi-cloud management platform refers to the ability to manage many of the above cloud resources on one platform.

What can a multi-cloud management platform do?

The first step of multi-cloud management platform is to achieve multi-cloud management. The platforms of the mainstream cloud service providers are compatible. As a self-service portal for users, users can operate the resource pools of multiple different cloud platforms at one point.

Secondly, intelligent operation and maintenance should be achieved. Multi-cloud management platform can provide customers with a little bit of monitoring on different cloud platforms, and it is best to provide integrated cloud, network and end monitoring services. It is convenient for users to understand the overall operation status and control the fault handling process and results.

In addition, from the perspective of cloud service providers, multi-cloud management platform should be an operational platform. To achieve billing, resource management, operation analysis and other functions, and even provide customers with an open interface to connect the internal IT system.

What is the value of multi-cloud management platform?

Simplify cloud management. Unified portal, unified business process.

Improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance. Improve the efficiency of resource delivery and fault handling.

Reduce costs. For example, through cloud combinations with different performance-to-price ratios.

Improve the utilization of resources. Analyze the use of resources and give optimization suggestions in time.

What are the multi-cloud management platforms?

1. Cloud helper

Support all public cloud vendors in the industry and private cloud facilities such as OpenStack and VMware, as well as physical servers and virtual machines, to achieve multi-cloud management and hybrid management. Visual monitoring of cloud resource management, system running status, and task execution in a multi-cloud environment, and provides rich alarm mechanisms to help customers deal with them quickly. Comprehensive automation support (inspection, monitoring, protection, audit, etc.) can reduce the complicated and boring cost of IT operation and maintenance personnel. Cloud helpers quickly locate faults and realize unattended automatic operation and maintenance by setting alarm strategy and log audit. Enough to support PC, Mobile and other management terminals, which means that no matter when and where, enterprise cloud platform OPS managers only need a computer or mobile phone to easily complete the daily management of cloud resources, and truly achieve efficient and fast OPS management anytime, anywhere.

Advantages: completely free, powerful, multiple application scenarios, including: Windows computer terminal, Mac computer terminal, Android mobile terminal, Ios mobile terminal

Disadvantages: the support of the software application is not enough, and the Web end is not online yet.

2. Cloud housekeeper

Bank Cloud Butler supports all mainstream cloud manufacturers at home and abroad. There are not only SaaS platforms that can be used out of the box, but also private deployment versions such as Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition, with very flexible tiered quotations, from the free basic version to the flagship version used by large enterprises, supporting monthly purchase, annual purchase, one-time buyout, etc. Enterprises can choose the corresponding version and payment model according to their own actual situation, and can keep the cost within a reasonable range. Bank Cloud Butler always releases an average of one new version per month. Once the needs of users are assessed as reasonable and universal, they can be met in an average of one to two months, which is very rare in the enterprise software market.

Advantages: faster product iteration and more version selection

Disadvantages: the charge is relatively expensive, the functions are scattered on different products, and users need to download multiple products in order to carry out comprehensive management.

3 、 CMPlite

Positioning: lightweight multi-cloud management platform

CVM resource management: manage CVM resources from different manufacturers under multiple accounts without switching repeatedly in different interfaces or consoles, and click to jump to the cloud vendor console at the same time. (currently, only Amazon Cloud and Ali Cloud are supported)

Financial management: manage multi-cloud bills and obtain each order and its expenses immediately and clearly

Resource overview: a single page provides an overview of multi-cloud assets, regional distribution, and security

Management operation: single sign-on to the console of the cloud vendor and can operate directly

Advantages: free, lightweight, simple interface

Disadvantages: in the initial stage, the function is not perfect, only the WEB side, currently can only manage Amazon Cloud and Ali Cloud

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