OpenStack for Architects - Second Edition

Workload backup architecture

As mentioned previously, workloads are the reason that a cloud even exists. In a perfect world, all applications would be cloud-native, fully distributed, and 12 factor apps. They wouldn't require backups because they would be regionally or globally distributed across multiple clouds and horizontally scaled to autoscale in the case of a disaster in one location. However, that is simply not the reality for many organizations. Many organizations have the need to run persistent workloads and traditional applications in production clouds. However, the legacy methods of backing up these applications, especially in bare metal environments, are drastically different. With most resources being virtualized and tenant networks ...