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Cloud hosting is the technology that is on every body’s lips at the moment. Traditionally, websites have been hosted on standard dedicated servers. Today web hosts still use multiple dedicated servers for different websites. A shared hosting account is kept on one dedicated server. Sometimes hosts split databases and email off onto other servers. When it comes down to it though, all your eggs are in one basket. The obvious downside of this is that if the dedicated server develops a fault, your website will be down. Cloud hosting avoids this problem. Cloud panels have strength in numbers.

Scalability is the brilliance of cloud hosting. It is completely pay as you go. If you use a small amount of resources, you only pay for those resources. If you are suddenly hit with loads of traffic, the cloud will let you expand instantly. Cloud hosts automatically assign what power you need. You will never find your website goes offline due to demand. You would simply be billed for the extra used. In this respect, cloud hosting is more cost effective. If you need the exclusivity of your own environment, then a cloud environment can offer this. You no longer have to commit to an entire dedicated server.

There is divided opinion on the reliability of cloud hosts. There are however, more arguments for than against. We looked at the scenario of standard shared hosting where if one single dedicated server fails, your website goes offline. Cloud hosting is made up of many many nodes or dedicated servers. So if one node goes offline, the rest of the cloud is completely unaffected. Cloud hosting in this sense can be very reliable.

Deploying cloud hosting is very quick and easy. Dedicated servers mean you have to firsty deploy the hardware. Then you need to configure the software and services. Cloud hosting knocks this issue on the head. Servers are added and subtracted as and when they are needed.

Cloud hosting is a very new technology. Dedicated servers do indeed have benefits over cloud hosting. However think of the reliability, the scalability and cost improvements. All the major hosting companies now have, or are developing their own cloud product. This speaks volumes. Traditional hosting cannot keep up with a cloud environment. Watch clouds continue to improve as cloud software does.

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