What Exactly is Cloud Web Hosting?

In general, the genuine cloud hosting platform serves distinct hosting services such as storage space, email, FTP, databases, DNS, statistics, web hosting Control Panel, backup, and so on, on different bunches of deluxe servers. Each different service pack makes a cluster. All the hosting servers in a cluster are devoted to serving solely the given service and nothing else. They will all operate as one server, sharing the service's load in almost equivalent proportions. If there is a real cloud hosting service, there should be: a disk space cluster, an electronic mail cluster, an FTP cluster, database clusters (MySQL/PostgreSQL), a DNS cluster, a statistics cluster, a web hosting Control Panel cluster, a backup cluster, and so on. All these independent service clusters will form the so-called cloud website hosting system.

The big cloud hosting trick. Very widespread now.

There is so much confusion circulating around about cloud hosting nowadays. As you can see, cloud hosting does not only appear complicated, but actually it is highly complicated. The majority of the people are not at all aware of what cloud hosting is. Based on this widespread ignorance, the "cloud hosting companies" speculate fervently, just to secure the customer and his/her 5 dollars a month. What a disgrace! A big disgrace. This is due to the fact that in the web hosting business there are no stipulations at all. The domain name industry has ICANN. The website hosting industry niche has no such self-regulative organization. This is why the web hosting corporations speculate and tell lies blatantly (quite directly, actually) to their customers. Mainly the cPanel-based cloud hosting providers. Let's ascertain how much cloud hosting they in reality can offer.

The truth about the cPanel-based "cloud" web hosting suppliers

If a cPanel-based website hosting merchant has a cloud website hosting platform at hand, which is very unlikely, lots of servers have to be obtained. Which is also not inexpensive. We will return to that towards the end of this article. First off, let's examine what the cloud troubles are. So, it's quite unlikely for a cPanel web hosting supplier to have the cloud web hosting platform at hand, because of the fact that creating one demands years. Even when time and the provision of a highly qualified team are not a predicament, loads of cash has to be spent as well. Heaps of cash. Moreover, cPanel is not open source. That's a big inconvenience.

The deficiency of open source cloud hosting platforms

There are no open source cloud hosting systems. There are no open source web hosting CP user interfaces (running with the cloud web hosting platform) either. So, to have a cloud hosting system at hand, in the first place you must develop one. In-house. Second of all, you must invent the website hosting CP too.

One server-based hosting Control Panels

Famous web hosting Control Panels such as cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are intended to operate on one single web server solely. All hosting services (disk storage, email, FTP, databases, DNS, stats, hosting Control Panel, backup, and so on) are being served at one and the same time on one single web server where these respective single-server website hosting systems and web hosting CPs are set up.

The shortage of open source web hosting CPs

So, you have to fabricate an in-house built web hosting CP that will run impeccably and to accommodate it within the cloud system, as if it was an inherent part of it. Suitable instances of custom made cloud web hosting systems with in-house built web hosting CPs besides us, at esPROes Hosting, are MediaTemple and FreeHostia.

Cloud hosting hardware equipment expenses

The smallest investment wanted, only for the cloud hosting hardware provision, is equivalent to somewhere between 60,000 USD and 80,000 dollars. That's omitting the DDoS appliance, which is another $15-20,000 USD. Now you are well aware of how many cloud hosting platforms can be encountered out there... and, especially, why the hosting sky is so turquoise... and almost unclouded!