Cloud or cloud web hosting has not finished gaining popularity in the face of the galloping digitalization of companies. Why is it high time to trust this service? What does it do and above all, what can it bring? Esokia, a specialist in the field, explains to you what the advantages of “cloud hosting” are for your company and how to make the most of it.
Understand the difference between web hosting and cloud web hosting
Businesses have two options when it comes to hosting their applications, data and/or website. Indeed, the hosting sector gives the choice between web hosting and cloud web hosting, also called cloud hosting.
What exactly is hosting for?
Web hosting is for both businesses and individuals. It is a method of storing and preserving sites, applications, web pages intended to be accessible on the Internet. Regarding this access, all you need is a connected device equipped with an internet browser.
Web hosting is a service delivered by a specialized company, having all the technologies, skills and all the tools necessary to guarantee several elements, including :
- The establishment of a server robust enough to contain the amount of data entrusted by the client ;
- Storage and preservation under all optimal conditions (security, accessibility, compliance with legal standards such as the GDPR, etc.) ;
- Server scaling implementation, which should be flexible enough as the customer's business grows.
Web hosting in detail
Outside the cloud, web hosting offers to store and keep the website or application on a single server located in a specific data center. Depending on the size of the site or application, the volume of traffic, it is possible to choose between several forms of web hosting :
- Shared hosting: an economical option, it allows you to share a server and its resources (bandwidth, email accounts, disk space, FTP accounts, databases, etc.) with other companies.
- VPS hosting : here, it is a virtual server, located halfway between a shared server and a dedicated server. Just like shared hosting, the virtual server hosts several websites on a single physical machine. The difference lies in the division of the server into several autonomous virtual servers.
- Dedicated hosting : a more expensive option, but more practical, dedicated hosting allows the customer to have a fully individualized service and space. This option is perfect for sites and applications that generate a large amount of traffic.
Cloud web hosting in detail
Cloud or cloud web hosting offers a different perspective, due to the distribution of the item to be stored not on a single server, but several, located in different places. Connected by internet, these servers are accessible thanks to a « virtual machine ».
This option has gained and continues to gain in popularity, as it is considered to be much more advantageous than traditional web hosting, described above.
- Increased reliability : by distributing an application or a website on several servers connected to each other, they remain permanently accessible, including in the event of failure of one or more servers.
- Better scalability : depending on needs and in order to optimize the distribution of traffic, cloud web hosting makes it possible to fairly and automatically distribute the load between the servers. Thus, no virtual server is over-exploited or, on the contrary, under-exploited.
- Greater flexibility : cloud web hosting only pays for the resources used on the server, for example, when there is an increase in traffic and vice versa.
Why Choose Cloud Web Hosting?
Cloud web hosting is aimed at companies looking for a simple and effective solution at the same time. This type of service combines the advantages :
- An economic investment : no need to rent or buy a dedicated server, to share a server with other companies, but also, and above all, prices adjusted to its “consumption”.
- Gain in scalability : as the company aims to grow, it is essential that it quickly has all the technologies necessary to support it in its development. Thanks to cloud web hosting, all you have to do is order the necessary resources so that the supplier adjusts those already present.
- High security : how to remove viruses and malware quickly to preserve the integrity of your company's website or application? The management of a cloud hosting is done through a virtual machine, accessible from anywhere and at any time.
- Greater performance : today, the company's website must be permanently accessible and suffer no downtime. Due to its configuration, cloud hosting guarantees permanent availability.
Always rely on an expert company in cloud web hosting services in Mauritius !
For cloud web hosting that is more fluid in its management, its implementation and then its monitoring must be handled by competent people. Esokia manages complex customer infrastructures in the cloud, assists in the creation, deployment and outsourcing of customer projects in the cloud.
Quality being our key word, we rely on the best tools available on the market: Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Services.
Are you looking for a company capable of advising you, guiding you, supporting you and having all the skills necessary for the success of your project? Contact us to discuss it!
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