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[ahsima]

As a host provider what is the domain of people should be targeted on for the cloud hosting services?

Furthermore, which is the one primary aspect people look for when selecting the cloud hosting company?

[vpsdeploy]

The best of a cloud server is that you can use more resources when you need them. You only pay for what you use, is similar to a VPS can be modified at any time, but a cloud is in a cluster with high availability and fault tolerance.

The most important thing is the scalability.

[adamcroshaw]

Originally Posted by ahsima

As a host provider what is the domain of people should be targeted on for the cloud hosting services?

Furthermore, which is the one primary aspect people look for when selecting the cloud hosting company?

People that have out grown shared hosting and people that don't want to pay for a dedicated server.

[HostXNow]

Originally Posted by adamcroshaw

People that have out grown shared hosting and people that don't want to pay for a dedicated server.

... and want the best uptime possible.

[expo09]

Those who can best benefit from cloud hosting are those who sometimes get a lot more traffic than normal. So those whose traffic fluctuates a lot. Using cloud hosting means that when their traffic is low they are not paying for hosting resources they do not need but when traffic is high the resources are there and available to them.

[mockingbird]

what are the issues with security in cloud hosting ?
is it same as cloud computing ?

[CloudWeb]

It depends what you consider "security issues". For example, there are people in the organization of a Cloud provider who will have access to all data on the Cloud as they are administrating that Cloud.

But, with modern technology the layer of separation between customers from one to another is just as strong as a physical hardware layer.

It's a good question though, and one that hasn't really been asked in much detail for a while. Would you care to elaborate on your question a little more?

[mockingbird]

ah ya,, as far as i hv heard about cloud computing,, its not that secured as much you have in a separate server.
like, u cant control on who accesses your data, when u host them in cloud.

similarly, i was wondering whether cloud hosting also has such issues

[CloudWeb]

Well, it's more or less about trusting your host. I think it's a fair question to ask your host about their security policies for that. They won't divulge everything, but they will go over general policies with you. Your data does have several layers of security that protect you as a customer on the Cloud. It's far better than a shared hosting environment, but high level administrators are going to have access to data on every Cloud infrastructure I've seen.

Also, for larger installations you could do a Virtual Private Data Center, aka Private Cloud. That is Dedicated hardware setup as a Cloud for only one customer. In that case, you don't even need to permit the host access to those servers just like if you were to Co-Locate your own hardware, or lease a Dedicated Server.

[Wavendon Internet]

I love cloud services for both development and production of web applications.

Development
- I can switch on a new server to try anything out anytime that I want to, for just a few cents
- I can clone environments that work for me for different stages of development
- I can easily transition from development to testing and to production state without reconfiguring new servers
- I can store everything important on an elastic storage medium, so if I need to reimage my server there's no worry about data loss

Production
- I can easily upgrade and downgrade my resources depending on usage at different times, and use monitoring software to closely analyse the effects of doing so
- I can power up and down new instances in a very short period, whenever they're needed, to quickly balance excess load during peak times or from an unexpected spike in traffic
- With minimal coding effort, I can easily calculate the optimal performance:cost ratio for my web applications and I can write scripts to automatically maintain this ratio using cloud service APIs so that I'm always getting value for money and delivering a reliable service, with no maintenance effort on my part