Use Case: Deploying Cloud-Native Applications on Azure Stack HCI with RevNet’s HaaS and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Integration
Client: TechWorks, Inc.
Datacenter and HaaS Provider: RevNet Hosting and Colocation
Overview:
TechWorks, Inc., a leading provider of innovative software solutions, aims to deploy cloud-native applications to improve the scalability and resilience of their services. They want a hybrid cloud environment that offers flexibility, performance, and seamless integration with their existing cloud-native ecosystem. To achieve this, they choose Azure Stack HCI hosted through RevNet Hosting and Colocation’s Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) offering, tightly integrated with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Challenge:
TechWorks, Inc. faces several challenges in deploying cloud-native applications:
- Scalability: Traditional on-premises infrastructure is not flexible enough to scale up or down quickly in response to demand.
- Cost Efficiency: TechWorks wants to avoid high capital expenditures on hardware, opting instead for a subscription-based model.
- Hybrid Environment: A need to integrate on-premises resources with cloud-native tools for consistent development and deployment processes.
- Security and Compliance: Ensuring data privacy and regulatory compliance while leveraging hybrid cloud capabilities.
Solution:
By leveraging Azure Stack HCI with RevNet’s HaaS and integrating with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), TechWorks, Inc. is able to achieve a flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient environment to deploy their cloud-native applications.
- Infrastructure Provisioning with RevNet’s HaaS:
- TechWorks uses RevNet Hosting and Colocation’s HaaS to procure Azure Stack HCI nodes. This model allows them to subscribe to the required hardware, reducing capital expenditure and enabling better financial planning.
- The infrastructure provided by RevNet is fully managed, allowing TechWorks to focus on application development and deployment without worrying about underlying hardware management and maintenance.
- Azure Stack HCI for Hybrid Cloud Integration:
- Azure Stack HCI provides a hyperconverged infrastructure that allows TechWorks to run workloads on-premises with seamless integration to Azure cloud services. It provides an ideal platform for hybrid cloud solutions that require both on-premises performance and cloud-based scalability.
- With built-in features like high availability, software-defined storage, and networking, TechWorks can ensure reliable and secure operations.
- Tight Integration with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS):
- AKS on Azure Stack HCI enables TechWorks to deploy and manage containerized applications both in the cloud and in RevNet’s edge datacenter, ensuring consistent development, deployment, and management experiences across environments.
- AKS provides automated upgrades, patching, scaling, and self-healing capabilities, which simplify operations and reduce the operational overhead for TechWorks.
- Cloud-Native Application Deployment:
- TechWorks deploys microservices-based applications on AKS, taking advantage of Kubernetes’ orchestration capabilities for containerized workloads. This enables rapid deployment, scaling, and management of applications.
- With the ability to deploy both stateful and stateless applications, TechWorks ensures high availability and resilience across their application portfolio.
- Cost Efficiency and Operational Flexibility:
- The combination of RevNet’s HaaS and Azure Stack HCI’s consumption-based pricing model provides TechWorks with cost transparency and predictability. They pay for only what they use, reducing unnecessary expenditure.
- The ability to scale resources based on stable workloads ensures TechWorks can meet customer needs without public cloud cost unpredictability.
- Security and Compliance:
- TechWorks leverages Azure’s built-in security features, including Azure Policy and Azure Security Center, to maintain compliance and security posture both on-premises and in the cloud.
- RevNet’s HaaS offering provides dedicated infrastructure, ensuring data privacy and compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Benefits:
- Scalability and Flexibility: TechWorks can scale their infrastructure and applications dynamically.
- Operational Efficiency: Reduced operational overhead due to managed HaaS and integrated cloud-native tooling.
- Cost Optimization: Reduced capital expenditure with a subscription-based model.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance: Leveraging Azure’s security features and RevNet’s dedicated infrastructure.
- Unified Management Experience: Consistent Kubernetes-based management across hybrid environments.
Conclusion:
By deploying Azure Stack HCI with RevNet’s HaaS and integrating it with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), TechWorks, Inc. can efficiently build, deploy, and manage cloud-native applications in a hybrid environment. This solution provides the scalability, security, and flexibility needed to drive innovation and growth while optimizing costs.