LSPERF05-BP02 Establish a tiered infrastructure strategy

Implement a layered approach organizing systems by criticality, optimizing resources, enhancing resilience, and aligning technology investments with business priorities for more effective infrastructure management.

Desired outcome: A resilient, cost-effective infrastructure with optimized resource allocation that aligns with business criticality, enhances scalability, and provides appropriate protection levels for different system tiers.

Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium

Implementation guidance

Establish a cohesive cloud-native architecture. This unified approach creates a seamless computational fabric that uses the strengths of cloud environments while appearing as a single resource pool.

Design a strategic resource distribution across cloud services and regions. This approach provides reliable core services while enabling elasticity to handle variable computational demands cost-effectively.

Create unified data access patterns within the cloud environment. Effective data management reduces duplicated storage costs and provides computational tasks with access required datasets regardless of execution location.

Implement workflow tools that can intelligently distribute tasks across the entire resource pool. Smart orchestration verifies that workloads run in the optimal environment based on current conditions and requirements.

Develop comprehensive management practices for the cloud environment. Unified operations assist the cloud architecture to function efficiently and meet governance requirements across deployment contexts.

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