What is Cloud Hosting?

By Clook Internet

09 Feb 2017

Contrary to what seems popular belief, Cloud Hosting is not a magical hosting space floating above everyone’s heads…! Instead, think of this hosting environment as a flexible, reliable solution where the user can pull resources as and when from a network that is always available.

By Jamie Hoyles, Clook Internet accounts manager

Cloud Hosting services have gained popularity in the last couple of years with many hosts jumping on the bandwagon in offering this product to clients. What will often set a company apart however is their experience in managing these more complex servers and the support offered to the end user. As standard, all of our Cloud Servers come fully managed by the excellent tech team here at Clook Internet.

What is the difference between Cloud Servers, vServers and Dedicated Servers?

Our Cloud Hosting services have replaced the traditional Virtual Servers also known as a vServer or VPS (Virtual Private Server). A Virtual Server is a type of hosting account where the data is stored on one machine and split into several servers which then have resources – Memory and CPU Cores – allocated.

The newer Cloud Servers offer flexibility and great performance at a great price. They are fully managed and monitored – Our staff handle server administration, updates and maintenance along with monitoring 35+ services 24/7. The main difference between VPS & Dedicated is the hardware redundancy provided – should a hardware node fail, your data will seamlessly switch to another node meaning no downtime or negative impact on performance.

What are the benefits of a Cloud Server?

There are many advantages of a Cloud Hosting service, the main ones being performance, flexibility, uptime, cost and quick set up times.

Performance & Flexibility

At Clook, we also offer a number of add-ons to the server to improve speed – optimised operating systems, advanced caching modules, content delivery networks and more.

Uptime

Cost The difference in cost between a Dedicated Server and cloud is vast. Dedicated starts from £279 per month whereas an entry level Cloud Server is just £81 per month. Add a little extra RAM & another CPU Core and you will have a great base for around £100 per month.

Set Up Times

In summary, Cloud Hosting has proved to be a real success since its introduction. The flexibility & redundancy offered along with great performance has seen many of our clients switch from traditional Dedicated Servers to this newer platform. With new add-ons becoming available all the time, this solution will be around for years to come. We have been providing Cloud Servers for 4 years – if you are looking for Cloud Hosting and have any queries feel free to get in touch and we’ll be happy to answer and queries.

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