Cloud web hosting: how it works.

Well to understand web hosting one has to understand or have a good idea of the meaning the term hosting. Computer nerds have a long complex definition, but in simple terms, hosting defines the process of housing the contents of a website (like files and programs) as well as providing internet connectivity so that other computers can access the content via the internet. Although there are many ways to host your website, cloud web hosting has gained popularity over the past few years because it provides the ability to handle traffic spikes or just high traffic.

Cloud web-hosting makes use of many severs that work together to get rid of downtime and bandwidth issues in your website. The hosting works best because the resources that are necessary for maintaining your website are distributed across the many servers and then rendered as needed. In case one server is down, downtime is avoided because the other servers will cover the functions or information needed. In addition to this, cloud hosting allows websites to manage high traffic and traffic peaks effectively. This is so because multiple servers provide the additional resources. In short, your website does not have just a single server, but a series of servers that function in unison which are called the �cloud’.

A good example of successful use of cloud hosting is google. The search engine never experiences downtime or bandwidth issues because the resources of the search engine are spread over hundreds of servers functioning together as a cloud. In case any one of the servers in the cloud fails, the others kick in and act as backup to the one that fails rendering the resources as required. However, the use of servers that are of law quality leads to reduced performance. 

The main advantage that cloud hosting holds over dedicated server web hosting and Virtual Private Server hosting is its reliability even with high traffic. Having multiple severs at your disposal increases the security in coping with emergencies with ease. Nonetheless, pricing of the hosting services depends upon usage. This means that if your website falls on the heavy usage category, cloud architecture makes the cost slightly higher. Though the extra cost bring extra resilience. The other hosting options offer the advantage of low cost with however comes with the big disadvantage of low reliability.
In general, the cloud web hosting has provided a good solution to many of the problems that were common in the other web hosting options.