How Cloud Web Hosting Functions

Essentially, the authentic cloud hosting platform serves various website hosting services such as storage space, mail, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, web hosting CP, backup, etc., on independent groups of deluxe servers. Each particular service pack makes a cluster. All the web servers in a cluster are dedicated to serving only the given service and nothing apart from it. They will all operate as one single server, sharing the service's load in practically identical proportions. If there is a genuine cloud hosting service, there has to be: a disk space cluster, an electronic mail cluster, an FTP cluster, database clusters (MySQL/PostgreSQL), a DNS cluster, a stats cluster, a website hosting Control Panel cluster, a backup cluster, etc. All these individual service clusters will make the so-called cloud web hosting system.

The immense cloud website hosting hoax. Quite modern now.

There is so much misunderstanding circulating around about cloud hosting now. As you can see, cloud hosting does not only appear perplexing, but actually it is extremely complicated. Most of the people are not at all aware of what cloud hosting is. Based on this widespread unawareness, the "cloud hosting vendors" speculate fiercely, just to secure the client and his/her 5 dollars a month. What a disgrace! A vast disgrace. This is due to the fact that in the web hosting industry there are no enactments whatsoever. The domain name industry niche has ICANN. The web hosting industry niche has no such self-controlling institution. This is why the web hosting suppliers speculate and tell lies blatantly (very bluntly, actually) to their clients. Especially the cPanel-based cloud web hosting providers. Let's check how much cloud hosting they indeed can deliver.

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

If a cPanel-based web hosting distributor has a cloud web hosting platform at hand, which is quite unlikely, loads of web servers must be secured. Which is also not inexpensive. We will get back to that at the end of this story. First off, let's explore what the cloud troubles are. So, it's very unbelievable for a cPanel hosting vendor to keep the cloud hosting platform at hand, as devising one requires years. Even when time and the provision of a proficient staff are not a problem, lots of cash has to be invested too. Stacks of money. In addition, cPanel is not open source. That's a huge disadvantage.

The lack of open source cloud hosting solutions

There aren't any open source cloud website hosting systems. There are no open source website hosting CP interfaces (working with the cloud hosting platform) either. Hence, to have a cloud hosting solution at hand, in the first place you must make one. In-house. In the second place, you must set up the web hosting CP too.

Single server-based hosting CPs

Contemporary web hosting CPs like cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are created to perform on one single web server exclusively. All website hosting services (web space, mail, FTP, databases, DNS, stats, web hosting CP, backup, etc.) are being served at one and the same time on a single web server where these given single-server website hosting platforms and Control Panels are installed.

The lack of open source web hosting Control Panels

So, you have to create a custom web hosting Control Panel that will run uncomplicatedly and to integrate it within the cloud platform, as if it was an inbuilt part of it. Proper examples of in-house created cloud web hosting systems with in-house developed Control Panels besides us, at Melanesia Web Hosting, are MediaTemple and FreeHostia.

Cloud hosting hardware provision fees

The smallest investment needed, just for the cloud hosting hardware equipment, equals somewhere between 60,000 dollars and $80,000 USD. That's excluding the DDoS appliance, which is another 15-20,000 dollars. Now you do know how many cloud hosting solutions can be detected out there... and, in particular, why the hosting sky is so blue... and virtually unclouded!