Which Hosting is better Cloud Hosting or VPS
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Cloud Hosting is the best.
robertblair4u
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Cloud hosting is better than vps on the other hand dedicated server is even more better than cloud hosting.
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ClamshellData
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So there is a lot of confusion about these terms, many people incorrectly use the two terms interchangeably.
Both a cloud server and a VPS are virtualized servers.
Both can have either shared or dedicated resources.
Both may come with a nice web interface.
Both may allow for many customization options.
However, there is a clear and simple distinction between a cloud server and a VPS server:
In a VPS, if the physical node (server in a cluster of servers) goes offline, there is no redundant node that the cluster can fail back to. This is a catastrophic failure that means your website will be down until the physical node is repaired in the data center. Sometimes this can be resolved quickly, but I have seen it take days.
In a cloud server, if the physical node hosting the server goes offline, then the web server will be automatically transferred to a working node in the cluster. This is also called High Availability. A properly built cloud server hosting provider might also have redundant nodes in a completely different data center in another part of the world so if a natural disaster like a hurricane happens, and it shuts off all power in Miami FL, your server could be transferred to a data center in Germany with only a few minutes of downtime while the transfer happens (this however is mostly only for very large enterprise clients and most cloud server providers will not go to this level of redundancy)
This makes a cloud server not just a better option then a VPS, but also it might be better than a dedicated server if having a web site with minimal downtime is the goal.
It is possible to build your own cloud server cluster with at least 2 dedicated servers however. So it depends on how much resources you are willing to spend.
Ultimately, it will come down to price, what you are comfortable in doing, and if you feel like you can trust your hosting company to do all that they can do to reduce possible downtime. A lot of this will depend on your use case, estimated traffic, and other such factors. My advice is to find something that can be customized exactly the way you need it to be, and then if your website grows, easily upgraded at a fair price.
Both a cloud server and a VPS are virtualized servers.
Both can have either shared or dedicated resources.
Both may come with a nice web interface.
Both may allow for many customization options.
However, there is a clear and simple distinction between a cloud server and a VPS server:
In a VPS, if the physical node (server in a cluster of servers) goes offline, there is no redundant node that the cluster can fail back to. This is a catastrophic failure that means your website will be down until the physical node is repaired in the data center. Sometimes this can be resolved quickly, but I have seen it take days.
In a cloud server, if the physical node hosting the server goes offline, then the web server will be automatically transferred to a working node in the cluster. This is also called High Availability. A properly built cloud server hosting provider might also have redundant nodes in a completely different data center in another part of the world so if a natural disaster like a hurricane happens, and it shuts off all power in Miami FL, your server could be transferred to a data center in Germany with only a few minutes of downtime while the transfer happens (this however is mostly only for very large enterprise clients and most cloud server providers will not go to this level of redundancy)
This makes a cloud server not just a better option then a VPS, but also it might be better than a dedicated server if having a web site with minimal downtime is the goal.
It is possible to build your own cloud server cluster with at least 2 dedicated servers however. So it depends on how much resources you are willing to spend.
Ultimately, it will come down to price, what you are comfortable in doing, and if you feel like you can trust your hosting company to do all that they can do to reduce possible downtime. A lot of this will depend on your use case, estimated traffic, and other such factors. My advice is to find something that can be customized exactly the way you need it to be, and then if your website grows, easily upgraded at a fair price.
It really depends on your need
Better performance depend on your need. If you are running simple website, VPS is ideal but if you have a large content project, cloud will be better
Better performance depend on your need. If you are running simple website, VPS is ideal but if you have a large content project, cloud will be better
We are looking for cheaper high storage accepted cloud hosting solution.
Ramnode is decent with very cheap price and has enough quality
mohankranthis
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I believe there is no difference in cloud hosting and VPS (also called as Cloud Server). Where as coming to cloud hosting you can say it is shared hosting. In that case i would recommend you to goahead with Cloud VPS Hosting or also called as cloud server or just vps.
Hope this helps you!
Hope this helps you!
nikosconfreak
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To be honest it all depends on the configuration of the server most of the times. Both Cloud & VPS are virtualized servers, the main difference is that technically a Cloud Server is very redundant and scalable while at the other hand VPS is not redundant and scalability is limited.
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