Server sprawl is a problem that can plague any large or complex computing environment. The issue can start small with a developer standing up a test instance of a database that gets forgotten after a few weeks or months. In addition to the monetary expense of the licensing necessary to run the instance, it probably has been added to backup or monitoring schedules. This leads to unnecessary work that wastes storage space and computing cycles. It also adds pointless complexity to the task of managing the environment efficiently.

It is easy for an enterprise to become a victim of cloud sprawl over time despite their best intentions, negating some of the cloud’s benefits. Your enterprise can be subjected to this problem gradually without anyone even noticing. We will investigate the concept of cloud sprawl and offer some remedies to combat this ailment.