What is Cloud Hosting?

Submitted by Claud on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 14:23

Cloud Hosting (often also referred to as clustered hosting or grid hosting) is a step up from the shared, virtual private or dedicated hosting systems that are used today.
By handling network security, load balancing and server resources virtually you are no longer restricted to the limits of one piece of hardware. This way, online operations are not limited to a single server, they access the processing power of a cluster of servers or a whole data center that are distributed in real time.

In a physical environment, a web site, email server or web application is limited to the resources that are housed within a server (RAM, processing power, storage, bandwidth etc). Cloud hosting no longer has these limitations ? you, can purchase as much processing power as you need from a virtually growing data center. The nature of cloud computing means that scaling up and down is seamless and therefore spikes in traffic and processor load wont cause any problems.
The load balancing happens at the software level and is dynamically balanced across your server cloud.
Servers can be added or removed from the cloud with no downtime on sites or applications meaning less or no disruption for customers. The cloud architecture has the ability to provide stability and resilience of a web hosting architecture that a few years ago only very large corporations could obtain.

Layered Tech / GridLayer

Submitted by Claud on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 08:32

With more than 12,000 servers and nearly a decade of experience, Layered Technologies has developed an expertise in data center operations. Now we've developed a new way of making that expertise available to you. Using 3tera's award-winning AppLogic OS, Layered Technologies is able to provide grid computing solutions by harnessing the power of our data centers and making it available to you on-demand - processing power, bandwidth, and storage capacity. With that, we provide the following grid solutions:

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Submitted by Claud on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 10:39

Generally, website hosted on a cloud hosting operates on a clustered servers where online operations are not limited to a single server. By handling security, load balance and hardware resources virtually, the website has access to the processing power of a number of servers that are distributed in real time.

As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud" is a familiar clich?, but when combined with "hosting," the meaning gets bigger and fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define cloud hosting narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtual servers ( cloud servers ) available over the Internet. Others go very broad, arguing anything you consume outside the firewall is "in the cloud,".

Cloud hosting comes into focus only when you think about what website owners always need: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real time over the Internet, extends IT's existing capabilities.

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