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04-30-2010, 03:15 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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What characteristics should a cloud service have?
When looking for a cloud service what characteristics am I looking for the service to have technologically?
Like I know there are bandwidth limitations and storage limitations, but are there any other things?
Are there things like ram which affect how many people can see the site at once?(if so what is the actual term for that?)
Do these things not apply because of the "cloud"? Since there's multiple servers do these traits not matter so much anymore?
I'm confused about whether or not the multiple servers traits matter as much anymore.
The site I am making needs to be managed. I am looking for a cloud service because the site expects to be slashdotted/digged,
and ready to support a very large simultaneous incoming audience to the site.(millions) We would rather be very over prepared
than under prepared. The site is a video/entertainment site, without any kind of user name database needs.
Of course I also understand reputation and customer support from a company is another factor to consider. Thanks for any advice.
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05-01-2010, 02:07 AM #2Web Hosting Guru
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Number of servers in the cloud. The virtualization technology being used.
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05-01-2010, 09:20 AM #3WHT Addict
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People go with a Cloud since they want flexibility and control over all aspects of their system including hardware and networks. So the more flexibility you receive from your cloud provider the better.
My personal opinion is that support is not really a key aspect of cloud provider. You already have complete control over your infrastructure, why do you need support? - only when something is not working. Turn off that thing that is not working and launch a new one. You really want freedom from Cloud nothing else.
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06-07-2010, 09:07 PM #4WHT Addict
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Well, when you look at a cloud hosting provider you seek flexibility and availability of hosting (a) on-demand (b) on a pay as you go model & (c) instantly scalable.
Most cloud hosting providers, today, do not offer managed support. So, if you need basic administration & server management then you will have to seek outside help or use/allocate internal resources.
Hope it helps...
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07-13-2010, 02:03 PM #5Newbie
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the control panel... look for cPanel enabled clouds.
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07-14-2010, 03:25 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Hi there,
I think that the "bandwidth limitations and storage limitations" are not the first things to look at when you are searching for Cloud hosting.
More important is what kind of Cloud computing infrastructure the providers have and how do they deal with HA, load-balancing and whether you can scale up the service.HostColor.com ★★ Edge Infrastructure - US Dedicated Servers & Europe Dedicated Hosting ★ since 2000
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07-14-2010, 03:11 PM #7Junior Guru
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07-15-2010, 03:22 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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07-15-2010, 04:58 PM #9Newbie
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The most important ones for me is being able deploy a server in a few minutes to any specification. I want to be able to upgrade the server at any time instantly. Finally I want expanding and burstable resources.
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07-15-2010, 06:24 PM #10WHT Addict
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07-15-2010, 06:55 PM #11Cloud Hosting Pioneer
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08-09-2010, 05:16 PM #12WHT Addict
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Well support & server management is quite important, especially for businesses who cannot manage their own cloud instances.
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08-14-2010, 06:58 PM #13Aspiring Evangelist
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cloud services should ideally have:
1. instant (or at least very quick) provisioning
2. on demand scalability
3. pay-as-you-use fee structure
4. elastic resources
5. self service portal
6. advanced options: high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, continuous data protection, load balancingLast edited by Winky; 08-14-2010 at 07:07 PM.
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08-14-2010, 07:17 PM #14Location = SoapBox
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the value of support does not change simply because you are on a cloud. Even "self managed" infrastructure requires prompt and educated support - otherwise, whats the point?
I would say more and more providers are offering management services on top of the cloud - expect this trend to continue
Load balancing alone does not constitute a cloud. Actually, you have a few technologies mixed up here. Clustering and Load Balancing cPanel does not constitute a cloud - it is simply a load balanced cluster - which has been available for years and does not really represent anything different.
a "cloud" - by my definition - which may or may not be useful or accurate - is a redundant array of resources - elastic in nature and redundant. You can certainly build a cluster within the cloud, or load balance within the cloud - but, these concepts are not interchangable.. if you run cpanel in the cloud, you are still limited by cPanels inherit limitations. Granted, the cPanel install will be elastic, and the actual hardware will be redundant - but, none the less, it will not be a clustered solution or load balanced solution without some custom settings.
Run something like hsphere in the cloud, and now you have a serious winner.. each service is run on a specialized cloud server, each service has hardware level redundancy, and you can utilize cloud servers, VPS servers or dedicated servers - in any combination - together with each other to meet your specific requirements..www.cartika.com
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08-15-2010, 03:29 AM #15Eternal Member
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I would agree with Andrew's definition. Some providers are offering solutions that may be flexible but are not redundant. High availability is an important aspect to a good cloud offering.
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08-15-2010, 04:26 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Sure, my answer was posted on the question - "How does cPanel tie into controlling a cloud? Or are you referring to being able to run cPanel on the machines you create in the cloud?" - and it is correct!
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08-15-2010, 11:40 AM #17Location = SoapBox
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yes, this is what I was saying.
cpanel or whatever else just runs on infrastructure - whatever infrastructure that may be. Load balancing, clustering, etc are a "type" of infrastructure - and not exactly very new.
A "Cloud" - at least by my definition - is a completely different infrastructure. It involves arrays of servers that are nothing more then CPU and RAM resources. It involves separating networking and storage from physical servers - it usually also utilizes some sort of virtualization technology to allow for the creation of "containers" or "cloud servers" within the infrastructure. Because networking and storage are physically not bound to servers, the containers become fluid are are able to shrink and increase in size (ie elastic) and can instantaneously be brought up on different hardware in case of a physical server failure (redundant) or in case of greater capacity requirements (again, elastic).
cPanel can certainly run on a cloud server or instance like this - as can pretty much every other piece of software thats does "whatever".. I guess all I was saying is cPanel has nothing to do with the infrastructure it runs on.www.cartika.com
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08-15-2010, 03:17 PM #18WHT Addict
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Echo that.
I think support becomes more relevant in a lot of scenarios as a large chunk of cloud providers are DIY.
Cheers!
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08-15-2010, 03:22 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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Yup - the DYI approach is changing rapidly as more established turnkey cloud solutions enters the market. Just like most companies opt for cpanel/parallels for their shared hosting platform now, rather than writing their own...
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