## Chapter 4 Managing Cloud Workloads and Services 

## In This Chapter 

▶ Digging into workloads and workload management 

▶ Exploring workload use cases 

▶ Understanding key principles of workload management 

▶ Moving your workloads 

A workload  is an independent service, application, or collection of code that can be executed. We’ve mentioned workloads in the first three chapters of this book, but managing workloads is so fundamental to the success or failure of your cloud activities (whether it be public, private, and especially hybrid) that it deserves its own chapter. 

In cloud computing, workloads are abstracted from their physical implementation, meaning that they’re isolated from the hardware they are running on. Therefore managing cloud workloads involves a different approach than companies may be accustomed to in a traditional environment. 

Workloads need to be structured and packaged so they can execute most efficiently. But all workloads aren’t the same: they come in many forms and flavors, as you see in this chapter, and each also comes with its own management and monitoring needs. 

