WHAT IS CLOUD WEB HOSTING AND WILL IT WORK FOR ME

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There is a bit of a buzz around cloud web hosting these days and if you research different hosting options you will definitely come across this term. But there are only a handful of web hosts currently offering this solution, so while it is quite a popular option, it is also quite new so your web host choices are a bit limited.

However, as this solution gains popularity, it is likely that more and more hosts will offer it as an option. This will benefit the customer by giving him more choices in businesses to use, but it will also lower the price for it with the increased competition in the market.

What is Cloud Web Hosting?

Cloud web hosting is hosting that uses the resources of multiple clustered servers. This basically means that your website uses the virtual resources of various servers to accommodate all aspects of hosting your site. The load is balanced, security is taken care of and the hardware resources are virtually available so that they can be used when needed. The cluster of servers is the cloud.

Who Can Benefit From Cloud Web Hosting?

Cloud hosting is often a solution for websites that have outgrown the resources of their existing shared hosting provider. If a website is extremely popular and is straining the resources of a shared server, you may need to find another solution. This solution is often dedicated hosting where your site is on its own server. The problem with dedicated hosting, however, is that it is both significantly more expensive and requires a certain level of IT know-how. With cloud hosting, you can have many of the benefits of dedicated hosting without most of the challenges.

Scalability:

With Cloud Web Hosting, you can access the resources you need as you grow.

One of the main advantages of web hosting in the cloud is its scalability. Visualize a group of clouds. Your website is running in these clouds, but it suddenly gets busy. You can gather more clouds around your site to support it so that your users don't see any deterioration in services. However, if you no longer need the extra clouds, you can let them drift away. Sites with spikes in resource usage can take advantage of this option.

Case in point:

Joe has a website that specializes in downloadable Christmas projects for kids. Color templates, origami tree decorations, story ideas, and craft projects are all available for use during the Christmas season. Of course his website is open all year round, but he only has a busy season that starts in late November and ends in January. As soon as the holiday season starts, Joe sees an increase in traffic. By the second week of December, his site is being visited so often and items are constantly being downloaded, causing his shared host's server to overload. His account has been suspended and he has to scramble to get his site running on a special machine again.

Joe is now experiencing downtime that all affects his customers for a small part of the year where he experiences a lot of traffic. However, cloud hosting allows him to increase the available resources of his site and use what he needs. When his traffic decreases again in January, he can free up those resources and run his site efficiently based only on what he needs.

Immediateness:

Use On Demand for Additional Services Helps You When You Need It

If you need additional resources, you don't have time to wait for customer service to help you by increasing your allocated bandwidth as needed. If you really have a spike in resources, you run the risk of your site being suspended because services to other sites on your shared server will decline. You may be experiencing downtime or slowness on your site due to the increased traffic. But with cloud web hosting, you can instantly increase your available resources when you need them. This can save you a lot of stress and may even save some customers because the process is seamless. Customers or users on your site will not see any change.

Savings:

With Cloud Web Hosting, you only pay for what you use, saving you a lot of money

In the past, when you outgrew your shared hosting environment, your only other option was to switch to dedicated hosting. However, this costs a lot of money. For the website that didn't need all the available resources on a dedicated server or didn't always need them, as in Joe's example above, the money spent was wasted on unused services. With cloud hosting, however, you pay for the resources you use. When you don't need them anymore, just let them go and you won't be charged anymore.

Scalability,

immediacy and savings enable you to run your website efficiently. You can grow and shrink the available resources based on your needs. You can get what you need when you need it and only pay for what you use. This allows you to focus on what you know best: running your website. You don't have to worry about your hosting solution.