Hybrid infrastructure combining on-premise systems with cloud, operating as a unified system.
Hybrid Cloud is the operation of on-premises infrastructure (or Private Cloud) and public cloud simultaneously, with integrated networks and management processes that enable workloads to run on both sides.
Three common reasons enterprises choose this model: keeping sensitive data on-premises while moving the user-facing portion to the Cloud; using the Cloud as the elastic component for traffic spikes; and using the Cloud as a disaster recovery point for the primary system.
The largest hidden cost is the link between the two environments and the effort to synchronize identity, monitoring, backup for both environments.
