fullskalemoln
Fullskalemoln is a term used in Swedish information technology discussions to refer to a complete production-scale cloud testing environment designed to resemble a real cloud deployment. It is intended to validate architecture, performance, security, and operations before deployment to production.
Etymology and usage: the word combines fullskala (full scale) and moln (cloud). It is not a formal
Concept: A fullskalemoln aims to reproduce the scale, topology, data flows, and workload characteristics of a
Architecture and components: It typically includes infrastructure as code, container orchestration, virtualization or cloud accounts across
Use cases: performance benchmarking, resilience testing, capacity planning, security testing, and end-to-end validation of CI/CD changes.
Limitations: High cost, complexity, and risk of drift between the test environment and production. Maintaining realistic
Related concepts include staging environments, production-like testing, and cloud testbeds. The term remains descriptive rather than