In today’s era, the use of the web has hugely increased every. There is a wide range of users who are using social networking sites, electronic mail, mobile applications, multiplayer online games, Internet telephony, and file sharing, and streaming media services. Thus, the speed and data of the internet have become a significant parameter while using it. Every user wants high-speed internet with a secured server. This rising technology leads to an increase in Cloud hosting. In today’s world of technology, most of you have heard about cloud computing. But also many of us don’t know about cloud computing. They don’t have any idea about how the files are stored in the cloud. In this article, you will get to know about the concept behind cloud hosting and the work it.
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use the application without installation. You cannot point any object and call it a cloud. Cloud computing is an electronic network that includes virtual servers, where documents can be stored on different components via the internet. So, the cloud denotes several servers that are connected to the internet and can be leased as a part of software whenever you require.
So the cloud shares the load to the many servers which are connected to the network. Therefore, it can provide you the high-speed internet.
The advantages of the cloud are – it has a lot of circulated resources that act as a one which is often called as federated storage clouds.
Cloud and Internet
Well, what do you think the cloud and the internet are the same or different from each other?
So I think yes they both are different but not much if you are using a cloud, you will require the internet, but also, it is said that the internet is a mini cloud.
Now let’s see how they are different from each other:
What is the Internet – the Internet is a massive network of networks, which allow hardware and software communication for data transfer. To work, the internet uses internet Protocol/ Transfer Control Protocol (IP/TCP) for communication between different computers.
What is Cloud – Cloud provides resources like software, infrastructure, and platforms also, we can store and access the data over the internet The one who includes cloud services is called ‘service provider,’ and the one who buys it is known as ‘subscriber.’
Basically, Cloud and the Internet form the connection to establish communication between different systems.
So we have learned about the basics of cloud computing and the difference between internet and cloud, Now let’s move forward knowing, what exactly cloud hosting is.
Cloud hosting
It is the newest form of hosting that has to turn out to be more popular over a few years.
Cloud hosting is a traditional method of hosting a website to host it on a server in a data center and we can also share this server, on which multiple websites get hosted or a devoted one also your website gets a separate space. However, the principal of hosting is the same for both.
It is just a little bit different in cloud hosting. Instead of storing your data on a single server, in cloud hosting, your data gets distributed among different servers at different places, and they all are linked. You can reach and see your data through a virtual machine that has access to the different servers across the cloud.
This may be confusing for you that how the supply of data on different servers can scale up the resources when needed. So, for this, the distribution of power and storage capacity is controlled by the backend system.
The admin of the cloud server is able to log in to the backend via terminal and can check the CPU load of all machines. This process is called virtualization. It is beneficial for you that the resources you required can be pulled easily and correctly.
Profits of cloud hosting –
As we know that the Cloud server is trendier and very much beneficial over the traditional servers, while opting for cloud hosting, customers are taking the online space and not the physical server space. So, the client can pay only when the resources are been used. That means cloud hosting allows you to pay as per your needs.
Advantages of cloud hosting
1) Easy to scale – In cloud hosting, the resources can be scaled upward and downward which makes it stretcher so ultimately you can afford it.
2) Cloud servers are redundant. It means, the server you are using goes down or fail, the other servers will take its place and perform the task.
3) Pay for what you use – In cloud hosting, you only have to pay for what you are using. You have no need to buy the ‘plan’ or pay a huge amount for using the advanced resources if you don’t need them.
4) Security measures –Your data will be stored in multiple locations, or different servers. Thus, even if one server doesn’t perform, you have got the other server for your backup. There are different server protocols to handle the widespread data so it will not be easy to crack your data.
5) Customization of data – as per your need you can customize your data. You can also ‘create – modify – destroy’ your data easily.
6) Speed and performance – In cloud hosting the data are distributed on different servers, one server doesn’t need to bear all the uploading or downloading of files. Therefore, the load gets balanced and the speed of your system rises.
Disadvantages of cloud hosting –
Cloud hosting is all you need for the full proof solution of hosting needs. But without knowing how cloud hosting works, it will be very much difficult for you to organize your data.
How does cloud hosting works?
Cloud hosting spreads the data to a different number of machines. For each computer used in any company, it needs a license to carry out tasks like data sharing. For other intricate work, tools with high processing power and devoted equipment are mandatory. This requires a considerable amount to invest. So, the best substitute for this is ‘cloud hosting.’
The backend and frontend involve mostly logging into applications through web browsers. Just with a single click, you can access your data quickly. The backend provided by a cloud hosting service is in the form of SaaS (Software as a service), PaaS (Platform as a service) or IaaS (Infrastructure as a service).
Cloud hosting services–
1) The cloud hosting service does not use any devoted server to store the client’s data; it uses standard servers with high capacity and high-speed hard disks, along with the high capacity of RAM.
2) In public cloud models, the hosting is done on a virtual server that pulls resources from the other publicly available virtual resources.
3) For security measures, all this public cloud data is safe and to ensure that the information is kept private and won’t be affected by any malware.
4) The private cloud is more suitable for the security and privacy point of view. It uses ring-fenced resources like servers and networks that are located on-site or with the cloud service provider.
Conclusion: As cyber hacking is increasing day by day, you have to keep your websites and blogs and other data secure. So, it is always better to find a consistent hosting provider. And if you are looking for a more reliable hosting provider, then cloud hosting is best for you.
Also, read our previous blog- What you need to know while selecting your domain and hosting plan
