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There’s More to Your Cloud Backup Bill Than the Cost of Storage
The storage infrastructure itself is just the beginning.![The Tools for Controlling Cloud Cost and Their Limits](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/b9228e0962a78b84f3d5d92f4faa000b/h5lq-blogthe.tools.for.controlling.cloud.cost.and.their.limits_600.webp)
The Tools for Controlling Cloud Cost and Their Limits
While there are best practices for keeping cloud costs under control, they only get you so far. But there is a way to go further.![Your Cloud Repatriation Decision Tree Starts Here](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/28f0b864598a1291557bed248a998d4e/iptI-blogon.or.off.the.cloud.a.checklist_600.webp)
On or Off the Cloud: a Checklist
What basic questions to ask when faced with the daunting task of an application infrastructure rethink.![How You Know a Workload Has Outgrown the Cloud](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/39461a19e9eddfb385ea76b26521ea48/5e61-blogworkloadhasoutgrownthecloud_600.webp)
How You Know a Workload Has Outgrown the Cloud
Cloud costs can get out of control, often driven by business growth. Some cloud workloads have much to gain from an infrastructure rethink.![Scaling Bare Metal Infrastructure With Serverless Orchestration](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/502e4a16930e414107ee22b6198c578f/G0qQ-blogscaling.bare.metal.infrastructure.with.serverless.orchestration_600.jpg)
Scaling Bare Metal Infrastructure With Serverless Orchestration
The latest Metal integration enables creation of automated infrastructure that responds to events in near real time.![What Could Possibly Go Wrong?](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/19f3cd308f1455b3fa09a282e0d496f4/M9BX-blogwhat.could.possibly.go.wrong_600.jpg)
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Being aware of all the things that may break in a complex system and what they will drag down with them is hard. Thinking in terms of failure domains can help.![Make It Go Faster! (Part 2) Accelerating VMware vSphere Deployment On Bare Metal](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954/hSn9-blogmake.it.go.fastervmware.vsphere.on.bare.metal_600.jpg)
Make It Go Faster! (Part 2) Accelerating VMware vSphere Deployment On Bare Metal
How we collapsed, reduced, and deduplicated the deployment, replacing many fragile processes with a much simpler and less error-prone one.![Inside Our Network: Maintenance Events](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/fa7cdfad1a5aaf8370ebeda47a1ff1c3/6AlY-bloginside.our.network.maintenance.events_600.jpg)
Inside Our Network: Maintenance Events
Preventive maintenance on a global network isn’t all that different from the maintenance you probably do for your car. If deprioritized for too long, issues can start to compound.![In the Trenches: Disaster Recovery](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/b73ce398c39f506af761d2277d853a92/Um1d-blogin.the.trenches.disaster.recovery_600.jpg)
In the Trenches: Disaster Recovery
What happens when disaster strikes and your data and infrastructure are compromised? Having a disaster recovery plan helps minimize damage and keep your business running.![Leaping Ahead with OpenBMC](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/76dc611d6ebaafc66cc0879c71b5db5c/k6ls-bloga.step.ahead.with.openbmc_600.jpg)
Leaping Ahead with OpenBMC
Equinix Metal is venturing into new territory as we look to bring future-forward software practices to the arcane world of BMCs and firmware.![Internet Routing and Our Shared Responsibility](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/73278a4a86960eeb576a8fd4c9ec6997/9kRl-bloginternet.routing.and.our.shared.responsibility_600.jpg)
Internet Routing and Our Shared Responsibility
How we’re doing our part to secure the internet from the bottom up with MANRS![Redfish and the Future of Bare Metal Server Automation](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/a5bfc9e07964f8dddeb95fc584cd965d/EUYb-kiiy.ut6q.redfish_600.jpg)