Cloud Chronicles · Darthick Somu

Making Cloud Make Sense.

Practical perspectives on Azure, AI, FinOps and sustainable cloud architecture.

LATEST POSTS

Recent architecture insights

View all articles →

Azure Msv3 and Mdsv3 Medium Memory VMs for SAP HANA architecture

AZURE ARCHITECTURE

Azure Msv3 & Mdsv3 for SAP HANA

What the latest Medium Memory VM generation changes for SAP HANA sizing, storage, high availability and migration.

Read article →

Microsoft Sentinel CCF ingestion architecture

AZURE SECURITY

Microsoft Sentinel’s Ingestion Shift

Moving from legacy ingestion APIs to CCF, DCRs and a more Azure-native security data architecture.

Read article →

GPT-6 Astra in Microsoft Foundry

GEN AI

GPT-6 Astra in Microsoft Foundry

An architect’s view of where frontier reasoning and agentic execution fit in enterprise solutions.

Read article →

CORE ARCHITECTURE AREAS

Enterprise architecture beyond product features

The focus is on architecture decisions, delivery constraints, operational trade-offs and governance – not vendor marketing.

Azure Architecture
Landing zones, networking, security, platform design and cloud operating models.

Explore Azure →

Gen AI
Enterprise AI patterns, integration considerations and architecture trade-offs.

Explore Gen AI →

Modernization & Migration
Application modernization, hybrid connectivity, delivery planning and migration execution.

Browse modernization articles →

FinOps & Sustainability
Cost governance, consumption strategy and sustainable architecture choices.

Explore sustainability →

REAL-WORLD ARCHITECTURE

No perfect stack. Just smarter trade-offs.

Cloud decisions live at the intersection of security, resilience, cost, operability, compliance and speed. The job is not chasing perfection. It is making every trade-off clear, intentional and buildable.

SECURITYRESILIENCECOSTDELIVERY

ABOUT DARTHICK

Principal Cloud Architect. Enterprise delivery focused.

I work across Azure architecture, modernization, migration, AI and enterprise cloud delivery. Cloud Chronicles is where I document practical patterns, lessons and viewpoints for architects, engineering teams and technology leaders.

Scroll to Top