
What hybrid actually has to solve
Hybrid cloud is usually sold as a migration story, but most teams reach for it because of a constraint that will not move: hardware still inside its depreciation window, a database that is not going anywhere this year, a compliance boundary, or a latency budget that a distant region cannot meet. The job of a hybrid platform is not to replace those things — it is to put elastic capacity next to them without a rewrite.
How MarQi Cloud connects the two halves
Your existing environment reaches Zone1 in one of three ways. A WireGuard tunnel over your current circuits is included with every plan and takes minutes to stand up. A dedicated private circuit with BGP peering removes the public internet from the path entirely when latency has to be predictable. And if the hardware itself moves into Zone1 colocation, the hybrid link stops being a wide-area link at all — your racks sit beside the managed cloud in the same building.
What runs on the MarQi side
Apache CloudStack orchestrates KVM compute, and Ceph and PetaSAN provide block, object and shared file storage with triple replication. Every layer is open source, so the platform you build against is one you could run yourself — the exit path is a migration, not a rewrite. There is no per-gigabyte egress charge, so moving data back towards your own hardware does not generate a bill.
Where the line sits
We operate the hypervisor, the hosts, the storage cluster and the network fabric, 24/7, from the same building the hardware is in. You keep your operating systems, your data and your application stack. That boundary is deliberate: it is the one that lets you leave.
Frequently asked questions
What is hybrid cloud and when does it make sense?
Hybrid cloud runs part of a workload on infrastructure you control and part on a provider's platform, joined by a private network path. It makes sense when something cannot move - hardware still inside its useful life, a database with a hard latency budget, or a compliance boundary - but you still need elastic capacity beside it. MarQi Cloud connects the two halves with WireGuard tunnels, dedicated private circuits with BGP peering, or by taking your hardware into Zone1 colocation so the link is inside one building.
How does MarQi Cloud connect my existing data center to the cloud?
Three ways. A WireGuard site-to-site tunnel over your existing circuits is included with every plan and deploys in minutes. A dedicated private circuit with BGP peering gives predictable latency and keeps traffic off the public internet. Colocating your hardware in Zone1 removes the wide-area link altogether, because your racks and the managed cloud share the same fabric.
Does hybrid cloud lock me into MarQi Cloud?
The platform is Apache CloudStack orchestrating KVM, with Ceph and PetaSAN for storage - all open source, all runnable in your own data center. There is no per-gigabyte egress fee, so exporting your data does not carry a penalty. The portability test is whether you can export the data, run the stack elsewhere and read the format; the answer is yes on all three.
Who operates what in a MarQi Cloud hybrid deployment?
MarQi Cloud engineers operate the hypervisor, the compute hosts, the storage cluster and the network fabric, 24 hours a day, from the Zone1 facility in Alpharetta, Georgia. You keep your operating systems, your data and your application stack. That boundary is what keeps the platform exitable.
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