Cloud networking expectations

- [Instructor] Depending on your background, … you might have an expectation … of how networking works in the cloud … based on your own experiences with networking … in other hosting environments. … Although many of the technologies … and metaphors are analogous with cloud computing, … before making the leap, … we should talk about some of the key differences … and special considerations … to keep in mind with cloud computing. … To start, we need to go back … to what your organization considers important … because during this process … of moving resources to the cloud, … we will need to make certain decisions, … and it will be easier to make those decisions … if we already have a handle on what we value. … Some organizations value uptime and availability above all. … Their primary motivation is that the solution is never down. … So when you are designing the solution, … you'll have to take this into account. … Having a near perfect uptime needs … to be designed as a solution from the start. …