Cloud Computing
Cloud
Computing is the most popular buzzphrase today, cloud computing is
simply a collection of multiple resources that share the load based
on the amount of traffic across the whole network. The scalable
nature of this technology ensures that your website never goes down
because of lack of resources if it gets sudden increase in the
traffic.
Our Cloud
Servers are hosted in the UK2 Cloud, utilizes Citrix Xen technology
by dividing multiple nodes into separate virtual machines. Each
virtual server can run its own full-fledged operating system, and
each server can be independently rebooted, reinstalled and
customized. All customers are given full control of their VPS
through "root", virtual KVM (console) access and the VPS control
panel. |
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Standard
Hosting VS Cloud Computing |
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Storage Location |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
Servers are stored on a
RAID-10 array located on the same server. This limits
the amount of resources that can be allocated to your server. |
Cloud Computing:
Servers are stored on a redundant central iSCSI
enterprise storage server with thousands of gigabytes
of storage ready for instant use. |
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Storage Tolerance |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
All of your data would be lost if a total of two
simultaneous hard drive failures occur, the array would
be irrecoverable after. If any other hardware of the VPS
node fails, the server goes down.
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Cloud Computing:
The central storage system can sustain at least 7
simultaneous drive failures (which is almost impossible)
and any VPS node hardware failure doesn't bring your server
down. |
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Server Scalability |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
There are a set of plans which are created by the hoster to
fill their servers, not fulfill your needs. Therefore, you
are forced to pay for more disk space if you need more RAM,
etc. |
Cloud Computing:
Ability to configure every aspect of your server without
limitations, RAM can be upgraded with low storage. Any
upgrades are instantly completed from an online control panel. |
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High Availability |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
VPS servers have zero hardware redundancy. This mean if
a main VPS host server fails, every VPS hosted under it will
be down until the VPS host is successfully repaired and
brought back online. |
Cloud Computing:
Cloud servers have full redundancy. If the host server
fails, the cloud server instantly restarts on a new host
seconds after detecting a failure, effectively decreasing
downtime and increasing redundancy. |
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Server Pricing |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
VPS servers tend to cost more due to plans. Service
providers maintain a ratio of storage and RAM in order to fill
their nodes. This makes it more expensive to acquire specific
resources in a VPS. |
Traditional Hosting Environment:
Cloud servers are much better priced. The ability to
control specific resources and order specific amounts of disk
space, CPU, bandwidth or RAM allows you to get the server you
need for the best price. |
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To get more information
about
Cloud Computing,
please contact us. |
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