Cross-Cloud Chaos: Strategies for Reliability Testing in Hybrid Environments

Authors

  • Hitesh Allam Software Engineer at Concor IT, USA. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-9246.IJETCSIT-V4I3P107

Keywords:

Hybrid Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Chaos Engineering, Reliability Testing, Cross-Cloud Infrastructure, Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Resilience, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Observability, CI/CD Integration, Cloud-Native Failures

Abstract

Businesses are depending more and more on the hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures in the modern connected digital terrain to improve their scalability, flexibility, and their speed. Maintaining system dependability across more various cloud platforms that operate with different architectures, regulations, and these failure modes is a significant problem presented by this sophisticated infrastructure ecosystem. The critical necessity of thorough dependability testing approaches meant for these changing surroundings is investigated in this part of research. It investigates the growing field of chaos engineering as a proactive approach to expose these weaknesses before they materialize in the actual world. The intentional introduction of flaws into distributed systems, chaos testing helps teams to improve resilience by means of stress analysis of service behavior.  Additionally discussed are complementary reliability testing techniques like fault injection, latency simulation, and failover validation. While observability solutions provide real-time insights into the health and performance of systems during and post-testing, automation is a key enabler allowing continuous validation of cloud services and integration pipelines. Emphasizing both accomplishments and the unexpected revelations, the article also offers a useful case study showing the use of these strategies in a hybrid cloud setting. This example helps readers to grasp the actual issues and the benefits of extensive chaos testing applications. The article underlines the need of building a culture that supports controlled experimentation, quick failure recovery, and links dependability projects with these corporate continuity goals. For modern companies, the ability to test, monitor, and change becomes not simply a technical but also a strategic demand as cloud systems get more and more complicated

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2023-10-30

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Allam H. Cross-Cloud Chaos: Strategies for Reliability Testing in Hybrid Environments. IJETCSIT [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 30 [cited 2025 Sep. 14];4(3):61-70. Available from: https://ijetcsit.org/index.php/ijetcsit/article/view/254

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