Cloud Website Hosting Definition

Essentially, the authentic cloud web hosting solution serves various hosting services such as web space, electronic mail, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, hosting Control Panel, backup, and so on, on independent packs of cutting-edge servers. Each individual service pack generates a cluster. All the servers in a cluster are dedicated to serving only the given service and nothing else. They will all work as one single server, sharing the service's load in almost equipollent proportions. If there is a real cloud web hosting service, there has to be: a web space cluster, an electronic mail cluster, an FTP cluster, database clusters (MySQL/PostgreSQL), a DNS cluster, a statistics cluster, a Control Panel cluster, a backup cluster, and so on. All these autonomous service clusters will beget the so-called cloud hosting system.

The colossal cloud web hosting fraud. Quite common today.

There is so much confusion going around about cloud web hosting at present. As you can perceive, cloud web hosting does not only appear perplexing, but actually it is very complicated. Most of the people know nothing about what cloud web hosting is. Based on this widespread ignorance, the "cloud web hosting vendors" speculate fervently, just to get hold of the client and his/her five bucks a month. What a shame! A huge shame. This is because in the web hosting business there are no decrees whatsoever. The domain industry has ICANN. The website hosting industry niche has no such regulative organization. That is why the hosting retailers speculate and tell lies openly (quite directly, actually) to their customers. Mainly the cPanel-based cloud hosting providers. Let's determine how much cloud web hosting they in reality can furnish.

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

If a cPanel-based hosting merchandiser has a cloud web hosting system at hand, which is very unbelievable, loads of servers have to be secured. Which is also not cheap. We will get back to that at the end of this article. But before we do, let's find out what the cloud troubles are. So, it's quite unlikely for a cPanel web hosting company to keep the cloud web hosting system at hand, in that setting up one demands years. Even when time and the provision of a proficient staff are not an issue, lots of money must be invested as well. Tons of money. Furthermore, cPanel is not open source. That's a big downside.

The lack of open source cloud web hosting systems

There aren't any open source cloud hosting environments. There are no open source web hosting CP GUIs (working with the cloud website hosting solution) as well. So, to have a cloud web hosting system at hand, in the first place you must make one. In-house. Second of all, you must set up the hosting CP too.

Single server-based Control Panels

Contemporary website hosting Control Panels like cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are manufactured to function on a single web server solely. All web hosting services (data storage, mail, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, hosting Control Panel, backup, and so on) are being served at the same time on one single server where these given one-server website hosting platforms and website hosting CPs are set up.

The shortage of open source website hosting Control Panels

So, you have to devise a custom website hosting CP that will work perfectly and to integrate it within the cloud system, as if it was a natural part of it. Appropriate examples of custom created cloud website hosting solutions with in-house developed web hosting Control Panels besides us, at Impora Server, are MediaTemple and FreeHostia.

Cloud web hosting hardware equipment expenses

The minimal contribution demanded, just for the cloud web hosting hardware provision, amounts to somewhere between 60,000 dollars and $80,000 USD. That's omitting the DDoS tool, which is another fifteen-twenty thousand dollars. Now you do know how many cloud web hosting platforms can be stumbled upon out there... and, above all, why the web hosting sky is so azure... and nearly cloudless!