Cloud Hosting ~ Cloud Computing ~ Cluster Hosting

How does it work?

Typical hosting takes a long time to set up and costs a lot of money. You pay for the servers when you are using them. This is what you would expect, right? Well, you also pay for them when you are NOT using them. Imagine if your electricity bill worked this way! Cloud Hosting differs in the way it ‘pays as you go’. When you put your business on a ‘cloud’ server, you can scale up or down as needed. Your business fluctuates and the ‘cloud’ will fluctuate with it. Plus, as you need more or less computing power, you can scale up or down instantly! When you need more computing power, you get it from the cloud. When you need less, you return it to the cloud. On demand! You are billed as if it were a utility bill. For what you really use and not for what you don’t use! This saves you a lot of money.

What to expect building a cloud server

Select a size for your cloud server model. Sizes range from small server criteria that include a minimal amount of CPU, memory, and storage, to really large server types that have tons of resources. Each server model is priced differently based on size.

Choose an operating system template. Windows, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris are generally supported. You will pay a different rate depending on the OS template you choose. But keep in mind: all open source templates are free!

In less than 60 seconds, your new cloud server is online! You can easily manage your new cloud server from the hosting portal. This portal allows you to upgrade, pause, and delete your servers as your needs change. You can also configure load balancing, manage security rules for your cloud network, and request live support.

cloud layers

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SaaS (Software as a Service) – Another layer of cloud computing, SaaS is sometimes called “software on demand.” With SaaS, the software is rented instead of purchased. Customers pay through a subscription, on a “pay as you go” basis. This approach to application delivery is the essence of ‘cloud hosting’. SaaS is ideal for Internet cloud computing and web browser-based applications, which can run on any desktop or mobile device, regardless of operating system. SaaS has been around for a while. Cloud computing is, for the most part, breathing new life into the SaaS model by reducing the costs associated with producing a SaaS application. A well known example would be Gmail.

Platform

PaaS (Platform as a Service): A way to rent hardware, operating system, storage, and network volume over the Internet. This service delivery model allows the customer to rent virtual servers and affiliated services to run existing applications or grow and test new ones. (PaaS) is a descendant of software as a service (SaaS). In fact, more and more PaaS clouds are emerging every day, steadily and quite rapidly. The number one benefit of such a service is that for very little money, you can launch your application with little effort. Now you can build and run your apps in the cloud!

Infrastructure

IaaS-(Infrastructure as a Service)- As applied to ‘Cloud’ is a provisioning model where a company actually outsources the equipment used to support operations including storage, hardware, servers and network elements . This service provider owns the equipment and is responsible for hosting, operating and maintaining it. You, the customer, will be billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. You may also hear it called (HaaS) or Hardware as a Service. IaaS is a layer in cloud computing and the foundation where it all begins. It’s where ‘cloud hosting’ lives.

Types of cloud hosting

Public Cloud – A public cloud is based on the popular cloud computing model, in which a provider makes resources, such as applications and storage, accessible to the general public via the Internet. Public cloud services can be free or offered on a pay-as-you-go basis. The term “public cloud” emerged to distinguish between the standard model and the private cloud. Benefits include: Affordable. Economically. That means a lot in an eroding economy! Scalability to meet needs. Without wasting resources as you pay only for what you use.

Private Cloud – A private cloud is one created by a company for use on its own base. The cloud is usually hosted on the company’s servers within its own framework. Private clouds differ from public clouds in that a select few people have access to them. With each passing day, it now becomes promising for large companies to build their own highly automated private cloud networks. By doing this, they enable themselves to manage all resources from a single point! Benefits include: Location. A private cloud can be placed within an organization’s own data center. Cheaper alternative. Security

Hybrid Cloud – A hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment in which a company maintains some resources internally and others are provided externally. For example, a team could use a public cloud service for collected data and still maintain internal storage for their customer data. Realistically, hybrid allows an enterprise to take the scalability and cost-effectiveness of a public cloud while keeping critical applications and data from being exposed.

Some important terms

Scalability: hallmark of a system that can adjust to changes in activity without major changes in the process. Scalability comes into play most often when a webmaster anticipates growing their business. A scalable operation can be scaled down as easily as it can be expanded. After all, who wants to invest in something that can’t thrive like your company does? On the other hand, you don’t want to pay off the excess while waiting for growth to occur. A server for a website is scalable if it can accommodate extreme ups and downs in user traffic.

Multi-tenant – When it comes to cloud computing, multi-tenant is the phrase used to describe multiple customers using the same public cloud. Multi-tenancy is the most direct path to spend less and get more from a cloud app. Compared to a multi-user app or a single-user app, the multi-user app will lower the cost for customers and offer more value every time. In fact, the more the foundation and resources of cloud providers are shared, the lower the costs for customers. If the challenge is to reduce operating costs, then the answer is multitenant. Spreads the cost of the infrastructure across the customer base.

Load Balancing – Distributing the traffic load evenly across your servers. Load balancing can split incoming activity evenly across all servers, or it can redirect to the next available server as needed. If one server fails, one or more additional servers are still available.

Redundancy – Used to describe a component of a computer or network system that is used to protect the primary system from failure by acting as a backup system. Redundant items can include hardware such as disk drives, peripherals, servers, switches, routers, and software such as OS, applications, and databases.

Cloud architecture: The two most important factors of cloud computing architecture are known as front-end and back-end. The front is the part seen by the customer. This includes the clients computer and the applications used to access the cloud through the web browser. The back end of cloud computing architecture is the ‘cloud’ itself, which consists of multiple computers, servers, and data storage devices.

High Availability – Also known as ‘RAS’ (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) or ‘Failure Resilient’, pertains to a multi-processing operation that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches to another, but processing will continue. Users want their systems to be ready to serve them at all times. In general, the term “downtime” is used to refer to periods when a system is unavailable.

Clustering – The technique of linking multiple computers together in a cluster to act as a single computer.

Site Migration – The act of moving your website from one web host to another. In this case to ‘Cloud’. It can be a painful and confusing process for even the most experienced webmasters. Look for this FREE feature when you buy hosting! They must provide Site Migration by expert migration specialists.

SLA (Service Level Agreement) – As it applies to cloud hosting, your SLA is especially important as it defines the terms of responsibility of the hosting company you choose AND the money back guarantee if those are not met. responsibilities.

SAN Storage: SAN, short for Storage Area Network, is where your block disk space element is stored. This provides many benefits over traditional local disk storage, the most important being flexibility. Because a node connects to the SAN to access its storage, if that node fails, it only takes a few seconds for another node to resume its lockdown and gain access to your data. Your block resumes without data loss. Now THAT is peace of mind!

security and privacy

There is some confusion that arises between the “cloud” and the public Internet. A private cloud, which is used by a cloud hosting company, is no more publicly visible than any other private data center. It is governed by the same security protocols. Your files aren’t exposed to anyone else, and the network is still protected by firewalls and backed with redundant infrastructure that promises high uptime. However, a public cloud is another story. There is no avoiding the fact that putting data on an external server carries risks. No matter what your cloud hosting company may promise, if their security is breached, so could yours. That said, it is no more so than any other type of hosting. Probably less!