Multisite cloud
{{Short description|Cloud computing concept}}
A multisite cloud{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10723-015-9329-8 | doi=10.1007/s10723-015-9329-8 | title=A Survey of Data-Intensive Scientific Workflow Management | date=2015 | last1=Liu | first1=Ji | last2=Pacitti | first2=Esther | last3=Valduriez | first3=Patrick | last4=Mattoso | first4=Marta | journal=Journal of Grid Computing | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=457–493 }} is a cloud composed of several single sites (or data centers), each from the same or different providers and explicitly accessible to cloud users. In the multisite cloud environment, the tasks of a program or a workflow should be scheduled in order to achieve efficient processing.