Web hosting in the cloud

Cloud computing is all the rage these days
 and the hosting industry is no exception.
 The basic idea of cloud computing is that
you join multiple computers together to
 provide faster, more reliable performance.

In terms of web hosting, that translates to
meaning that websites get delivered faster
and don’t suffer from slowdowns.


When one website receives a lot
of traffic, the load is spread equally among
multiple servers in the cloud.

Imagine it as a grocery store where,
if the lines at the checkouts get long,
shelf-stackers and other staff from
around the store are summoned to
temporarily open additional checkouts
until the rush is over.

Cloud hosting has a couple of small
drawbacks, but they affect only the most
security-conscious users. Some users
 may be concerned about data security
due to multiple websites floating around
 in the same cloud, and the potential
exists for a hacker to break an entire
 cloud rather than one server, but for
the majority of website owners, the
advantages of the cloud far outweigh the
drawbacks.