Explanation of Cloud Web Hosting

In general, the real cloud web hosting solution serves distinct website hosting services like disk storage, email, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, website hosting CP, backup, and so on, on independent sets of leading edge web servers. Each specific service set makes a cluster. All the web servers in a cluster are devoted to serving solely the particular service and nothing else. They will all operate as one single server, sharing out the service's load in practically equal proportions. If there is a real cloud web hosting service, there has to be: a data storage cluster, an email 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 different service clusters will form the so-called cloud hosting system.

The great cloud website hosting fraud. Very widespread at the moment.

There is so much misunderstanding revolving around about cloud hosting these days. As you can perceive, cloud web hosting does not only seem perplexing, but in fact it is highly perplexing. Most of the people are not at all aware of what cloud web hosting is. On the basis of this widespread ignorance, the "cloud website hosting retailers" speculate fervently, just to secure the client and his/her 5 dollars per month. What a shame! A huge disgrace. This is because in the website hosting business there are no principles at all. The domain name industry niche has ICANN. The website hosting industry niche has no such administrative institution. This is the reason why the website hosting vendors speculate and lie blatantly (quite directly, actually) to their clients. Chiefly the cPanel-based cloud web hosting providers. Let's determine how much cloud hosting they in reality can offer.

The truth about the cPanel-based "cloud" hosting retailers

If a cPanel-based hosting trader has a cloud website hosting solution at hand, which is quite improbable, a lot of servers have to be bought. Which is also not inexpensive. We will get back to that at the end of this story. First, let's examine what the cloud problems are. So, it's very improbable for a cPanel web hosting company to keep the cloud hosting platform at hand, since constructing one takes years. Even when time and the provision of a competent staff are not a predicament, plenty of money has to be invested as well. Tons of money. On top of that, cPanel is not open source. That's a great defect.

The lack of open source cloud web hosting platforms

There aren't any open source cloud hosting solutions. There are no open source CP devices (functioning with the cloud web hosting platform) either. Hence, to have a cloud web hosting platform at hand, first you must construct one. In-house. Second of all, you must create the CP too.

Single server-based website hosting Control Panels

Popular website hosting CPs such as cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are built to run on one single web server solely. All website hosting services (web space, mail, FTP, databases, DNS, statistics, web hosting Control Panel, backup, etc.) are being served at the very same time on a single web server where these respective single-server website hosting systems and website hosting Control Panels are set up.

The absence of open source web hosting CPs

So, you must create an in-house built Control Panel that will work perfectly and to include it within the cloud system, as if it was an inherent constituent of it. Appropriate examples of in-house made cloud web hosting solutions with custom manufactured web hosting CPs besides us, at wd3web, are MediaTemple and FreeHostia.

Cloud web hosting hardware provision fares

The minimal contribution demanded, just for the cloud web hosting hardware equipment, amounts to somewhere between $60,000 and 80 thousand dollars. That's omitting the DDoS appliance, which is another $15-20,000. Now you are well aware of how many cloud web hosting platforms can be stumbled upon out there... and, in particular, why the web hosting sky is so turquoise... and nearly cloudless!