What You Should Know About Cloud Hosting

Cloud hosting is the latest fad among web developers. Having grown in popularity over the last few years, Cloud hosting is now being sought by every major business to streamline its processes. This article looks at what Cloud hosting really is, how it works, and the issues involved.

Cloud hosting

So, what is the principle behind Cloud hosting? The crux of Cloud hosting has been the concept of ‘divide and rule’- i.e. the resources you require to maintain your website are shared across servers and are rendered on a need basis. This reduces the chances of downtimes even in case of server malfunction.

Cloud hosting also allows you to manage peak loads easily without bandwidth issues as the servers are shared and another one can pitch when one faces a problem.

The best example of Cloud hosting is the Google search engine. Ever faced downtimes on Google? Unlikely. This is because Google spreads its resources over hundreds of servers (in the cloud, of course) and the chances of all of them going down are almost nil!

Enterprise Cloud hosting, dedicated servers and VPS

Quality comes first when it comes to providing Enterprise level services. This is why enterprise cloud providers do not look beyond reliable cloud providers such as VMWare. So, that’s about Enterprise Cloud hosting. What about dedicated hosting?

                                   

In a dedicated server, as the name indicates you’ve got only one server to deal with. So, if there are problems, you just need to sort out the one server. But, if there is an increased burst of traffic, you can do little about it.

It is here that Cloud takes the cake providing your website with reliability though you need to bear higher costs as well.

In a Virtual private server, a single server is partitioned to appear as multiple servers and also provides you with greater security. The cost here is extremely low, but so is its reliability. So, a cloud hosting arrangement is actually a good tradeoff.

Here again, you needn’t be bothered too much about the cost as cost has consistently been on a downslide in the past for to 5 years. So, it’s a win-win for you!