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Unified Kubernetes Management Across Clouds with Azure Arc

Ivan (이반) Porta
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After relocating to South Korea, I began provisioning resources in the Korea Central and Korea South regions, moving away from the United Kingdom South. I quickly noticed that specific SKUs, and sometimes even entire resources or services, were unavailable in my new region. While this was manageable for my Proof of Concepts (POCs) and personal projects, such limitations could pose significant challenges for organizations operating in the region, particularly when compliance or security requirements necessitate keeping data within South Korea.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/?regions=korea-central,korea-south&products=all

These regional limitations, coupled with the varied performance metrics offered by different Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), the potential benefits of partnership programs (like discounts or free resource allocations), and the strategic advantage of minimizing vendor lock-in, are compelling more companies to adopt multi-cloud environments. However, this shift doesn’t come free and bring with it multiple challenges, such as the increased difficulty in monitoring and the need for engineers to possess a broader range of skills to integrate these diverse resources effectively.

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Ivan (이반) Porta
Ivan (이반) Porta

Written by Ivan (이반) Porta

Senior DevOps Engineer | Terraform Associate | Certified Argo Project Associate

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