Cloud Hosting Explanation

What is cloud website hosting in reality? The term 'cloud' appears to be very modern in today's IT, Internet and web hosting jargon. In spite of that, only a few really are informed about what cloud hosting is. Perchance it is a sensible idea to educate yourself about cloud website hosting services. To render a very long story succinct, we will firstly let you in on what cloud hosting is not.

1. Cloud Website Hosting is Not Restricted to a Remote File Storage Exclusively.

1. Offering a remote data storage service, which comprises one file storage device for all users, does not turn any given provider into a genuine cloud website hosting firm.

The cPanel web hosting distributors dub the ability to offer remote data storage solutions a cloud website hosting service. So far there is nothing bad about the cloud labeling, but... we are talking about web hosting solutions, not remote disk storage services for private or business needs. There's constantly one "but", isn't there? It's not sufficient to dub a shared hosting service, powered by a single-server hosting platform, exactly like cPanel, a "cloud website hosting" service. That's because the remaining components of the entire web hosting platform must be functioning in precisely the same manner - this does not relate solely to the remote disk storage. The other services involved in the whole web hosting procedure also have to be remote, separated and "clouded". And that's extremely difficult. A very small number of hosting companies can truly accomplish it.

2. It Includes Domains, E-mail Boxes, Databases, FTPs, Hosting CPs, etc.

Cloud website hosting is not limited to a remote file storage solely. We are talking about a web hosting service, serving countless domain names, web sites, e-mails, etc., right?

To dub a hosting service a "cloud website hosting" one demands a lot more than offering solely remote disk storage mounts (or maybe physical servers). The electronic mail server(s) must be devoted solely to the mail related services. Doing nothing different than these particular tasks. There might be just one or maybe a whole stack of mail servers, determined by the overall load produced. To have a true cloud website hosting service, the remote database servers should be functioning as one, regardless of their actual quantity. Doing nothing different. The same is valid for the clients' CPs, the File Transfer Protocol, and so on.

3. There are Cloud Domain Name Servers (DNSs) as well.

The DNSs (Domain Name Servers) of an authentic cloud website hosting corporation will support multiple data center sites on multiple continents.

Here's an instance of a Domain Name Server of an actual cloud website hosting vendor:

dns1.9tekhost.net

dns2.9tekhost.net

If such a Domain Name Server is furnished by your web hosting vendor, it's not a guarantee that there is a cloud hosting platform in use, but you can absolutely be certain when you spot a DNS such as the one below:

dns658.hostgator.com

dns659.hostgator.com

that there isn't any cloud hosting service. This type of DNS plainly shows that the hosting environment in use is one-single-server based. Possibly it's cPanel. cPanel is a one-single-server hosting platform and holds a 98+ percent market share. In cPanel's case, one physical machine deals with all web hosting services (web, e-mail, DNS, databases, File Transfer Protocol, web hosting Control Panel(s), web files, etc.).

Remote File Storage - The Distorted Characterization of Cloud Website Hosting.

So, a cloud website hosting solution is not confined just to a remote file storage solution, as many hosting companies wish it was. Unfortunately for them, if that was the case, the majority of the file hosting service providers would have been referred to as cloud web hosting ones a long time back! They are not classified as such, because they plainly furnish file web hosting services, not cloud hosting solutions. The file hosting platform is really very plain, in comparison with the web hosting platform. The remote disk storage platform is not a cloud hosting platform. It cannot be, as it's simply one small segment of the whole cloud web hosting platform. There's a lot more to be discovered in the cloud hosting platform: the web hosting Control Panel cloud, the database clouds (MySQL, PostgreSQL), the DNS cloud, the FTP cloud, the e-mail cloud and... in the foreseeable future, perhaps a few new clouds we currently are not informed about will spring up out of the blue.