What is a cloud server?

what's a cloud server how is it

different from dedicated servers or

shared servers a good way to understand

cloud servers is to think of them like

houses a shared server is like a big

house with lots of people living in it

that house has its own water electricity

gas and so on but these resources are

shared by everyone most of the time this

is fine and everyone's able to share

equally but every now and then some are

may need more water than everyone else

because they're using more water it

means that less is available for the

other occupants

likewise on a shared server everyone

shares the same resources CPUs RAM and

so on which reduces costs considerably

this is normally fine but if say a

website suddenly starts to get increased

traffic the result will be less

resources to be shared among all the

other users this means that performance

is affected for all other users on that

shared server for simple sites such as

brochures style sites this isn't really

an issue but for companies that need to

host business critical applications

ecommerce solutions or larger more

complex websites this loss of resource

can have a serious impact on performance

productivity and potentially

profitability a more stable and

resilient solution is required a very

stable option is to use a dedicated

server purchasing a dedicated server is

like buying a house when you buy a house

you purchase not just the building but

its own block of land and all water

power gas rooms and so on for the

exclusive use of your house and no one

else can use them the downside is that

as the owner all upkeep and maintenance

is your responsibility if your boiler

goes on the blink you'll need to replace

it all learn to love the cold another

downside is that if you suddenly find

your family growing you'll need to start

costly extensions or sell up and find

something bigger like buying a house

when you purchase a dedicated server

there are expensive upfront costs the

plus though is that a dedicated server

has its own hardware power operating

system and software

none of these are shared with other

servers said no one can use your

resources this means that you have a

very stable environment the downside is

that like buying a house dedicated

servers are very expensive as you have

to pay for all the hardware and software

exclusively you also have to be very

sure of how big your business is going

to be in the short and medium term get

it wrong and you'll either end up with

infrastructure that's unable to cope

with demands or that is unnecessarily

large unlike a house server hardware

loses its value quickly so any capital

gains you may make on the hardware

assume reduced and to get the value back

you need to fork out on new hardware

meaning cash flow is forever stretched

trying to keep up the demands of your

hosting requirements the best option is

a flint hostess cloud server flint hosts

cloud servers are like luxury apartments

an apartment is part of a larger

building rather than one piece of land

allowing for only one house the same

sized piece of land is able to serve

multiple homes so by the economies of

scale the cost of a luxury apartment is

considerably lower than that of a house

even their luxury apartment share the

same block like houses they have their

in water their own power their own rooms

none of these are shared with other

apartments they are for the exclusive

use of the occupant so they're always

available

Flint hosts Cloud Servers work the same

way rather than one small server

servicing just one user a massive server

is split into many virtual servers each

virtual server has its own resources

operating system and software the

resources aren't shared with any other

virtual servers this provides stability

and resilience even better with a flint

hosts cloud server

you only need to pay for what you need

right now if you find your needs

increasing it's simple to add extra

space RAM or CPU processing power

likewise if you find your requirements

and no longer as demanding you can scale

back your size to suit so you never have

to pay for resources that you don't need

to find out more about how Flint hosts

cloud

service can improve your business