<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 February 2016 at 10:06, Qui Le <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:QLe@sydneyoperahouse.com" target="_blank">QLe@sydneyoperahouse.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We are thinking of moving our DR service to Cloud – not sure which provider to use yet.</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Select your provider based on their ability to meet your requirements - the provider selection should be a very late decision in your process.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We are looking at
</span>prerequisite information/requirement<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> such as VLAN,  rack space , equipment ie network requirements</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Much of this is irrelevant with a cloud service provider, or defined by you when you set up your service.  The whole point of cloud is to abstract yourself from the underlying details of the infrastructure required to provide the service to you as the customer.  If you want to control those things, cloud isn't right for you.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Anyone with experiences , things to consider or tips of doing this are much appreciated.</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Start with what your goals are.  Then go and ask the providers you talk to how they would help you to meet those goals.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy to talk more off-list - this topic really isn't appropriate for the AusNOG lists anyway.</div></div></div></div>