All of the previous information leads us to this topic. So, when should we use a CMP and what should we use it for? What use cases does it solve? Let's take a quick look at these one more time:
When should we use a CMP?
- When we need a Single Pane of Glass approach
- When we need a similar automation framework requirement in all the clouds
- When we intend to start the life cycle at the provisioning of the workload
- When the major workloads are virtual machines and IaaS components (and not PaaS)
- When we need a single abstraction for the clouds
- When we need to minimize the learning curve for the current IT staff (the CMP itself will be an additional management overhead)
Which CMP should we use?
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