ISTA Conference 2025

Navigating Multi-Cloud High Availability – Architecture and Operations with Kubernetes, Service Mesh

26:31 · 16 Oct 2025 · YouTube

About this talk

This talk features Martin Gradev, a DevOps Architect at SAP with over 15 years of experience in system administration, virtualization, and security. It explores the concept of achieving zero downtime while switching cloud vendors and maintaining application availability during significant outages through effective multi-cloud strategies. The SAP Cloud Identity team shares insights on multi-cloud distributed systems, highlighting when these systems surpass multi-zone setups. The session evaluates availability profiles tailored to application needs and discusses a proven architecture that incorporates Kubernetes for orchestration, a service mesh for reliable connectivity, and ArgoCD for centralized GitOps management. Ideal for developers, operations teams, architects, and managers, this session provides a blend of strategic insights and practical knowledge to enhance vendor flexibility and resilience without adding complexity.