The list of questions that we would ask ourselves area as follows:
- Are we going to be using dynamic cloud bursting?
This will determine if we need global load balancing
- Are we going to be using the cloud for backup/DR ? If so, RTO (Recovery Time Objective)?
This will be used to determine the TTL for the DNS records
- Are the IP addresses for the host names different while accessing the services from inside and outside the enterprise?
This question is to determine if we need split DNS
A split DNS is where we have two set of DNS servers; one for internal use and the other for outside access.
While it might seem a logical thing to do, more and more enterprises on an Internet First policy will send internal users via ...