Chapter 10. Boosting the Extended Cloud Universe

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

–Benjamin Franklin

What would be the most efficient way to deliver a stable, private cloud environment that is ready for production workload at any point in time? The answer to this question could be elaborate and may even take an entire book, tackling different aspects of the cloud environment's availability and flexibility. From a performance perspective, cloud operators should ensure that the underlying infrastructure is not limiting end users access to resources at any moment. Despite the envisaged term cloud, resources cannot be limitless unless some metrics and a baseline for an SLA are being defined. This can be seen from several angles—How can cloud administrators go further with more efficiency regarding management? Can the cloud environment be expanded, with more resources and services to handle more workload with less disturbance of the user experience? If yes, how many of them will...