How Cloud Hosting Functions

In general, the authentic cloud web hosting solution serves individual hosting services like web space, mail, FTP, databases, DNS, statistics, web hosting CP, backup, and so on, on independent packs of top-quality web servers. Each individual service pack constitutes a cluster. All the web hosting servers in a cluster are devoted to serving only the given service and nothing beside it. They will all work as one server, sharing out the service's load in approximately equal proportions. If there is an authentic cloud web hosting service, there would be: a disk space cluster, an electronic mail cluster, an FTP cluster, database clusters (MySQL/PostgreSQL), a DNS cluster, a stats cluster, a hosting CP cluster, a backup cluster, etc. All these autonomous service clusters will construct the so-called cloud web hosting platform.

The huge cloud web hosting deceit. Quite popular at the moment.

There is so much speculation going around about cloud web hosting nowadays. As you can perceive, cloud web hosting does not only appear complicated, but in fact it is extremely complicated. Most of the people know nothing about what cloud web hosting is. Based on this widespread unawareness, the "cloud website hosting suppliers" speculate feverishly, just to secure the client and his/her 5 dollars per month. What a shame! An enormous disgrace. This is due to the fact that in the web hosting industry niche there are no principles whatsoever. The domain industry niche has ICANN. The hosting industry has no such self-controlling body. That is the reason why the hosting merchants speculate and lie openly (quite directly, as a matter of fact) to their clients. Mainly the cPanel-based cloud web hosting providers. Let's discover how much cloud web hosting they actually can offer.

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

If a cPanel-based web hosting distributor has a cloud website hosting platform at hand, which is very unbelievable, many servers must be acquired. Which is also not inexpensive. We will return to that at the end of this review. But before we do, let's find out what the cloud complications are. So, it's very unbelievable for a cPanel web hosting wholesaler to have the cloud hosting platform at hand, as setting up one takes years. Even when time and the provision of proficient personnel are not a problem, loads of cash must be invested as well. Piles of money. Furthermore, cPanel is not open source. That's a vast predicament.

The lack of open source cloud web hosting platforms

There are no open source cloud website hosting environments. There aren't any open source hosting Control Panel GUIs (working with the cloud web hosting system) as well. So, to have a cloud web hosting solution at hand, in the first place you have to establish one. In-house. Secondly, you have to develop the web hosting Control Panel as well.

One server-based web hosting Control Panels

Contemporary Control Panels such as cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are invented to function on one single server solely. All website hosting services (data storage, email, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, website hosting Control Panel, backup, and so on) are being served simultaneously on one server where these particular single-server website hosting platforms and website hosting CPs are set up.

The deficiency of open source web hosting Control Panels

So, you have to establish a custom web hosting CP that will run perfectly and to include it within the cloud platform, as if it was a natural part of it. Good examples of in-house created cloud website hosting systems with in-house invented website hosting CPs besides us, at vasiaweb, are MediaTemple and FreeHostia.

Cloud web hosting hardware equipment charges

The minimal investment needed, only for the cloud web hosting hardware provision, is equivalent to somewhere between 60,000 dollars and eighty thousand dollars. That's omitting the DDoS device, which is another $15-20,000 USD. Now you are well aware of how many cloud web hosting platforms can be chanced on out there... and, especially, why the web hosting sky is so blue... and almost cloudless!