cloud = vps?

hack3v · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-10, 16:19

Bit unsure about what exactly the cloud does... Can I treat a cloud server as if it were a VPS? If it was running Windows could I still use remote desktop etc?

Also, what resources do you mean here?

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Scalable and flexible - you can easily add or remove server resources as per your requirements. So, physically there is no need to add any additional hardware equipment which again helps reducing overall hosting costs. This clearly indicates that "you only pay for what you use."

Amelia · #2 (**permalink**) 07-12-10, 01:18

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Originally Posted by hack3v

Bit unsure about what exactly the cloud does... Can I treat a cloud server as if it were a VPS? If it was running Windows could I still use remote desktop etc?

Also, what resources do you mean here?

The set up will be similar to that of your VPS server. Cloud hosting environment makes use of a number of different servers in a cluster and so we are able to offer 100% uptime on it. You can use remote desktop on the Cloud Server as well. You can add resources to your existing Cloud server at anytime.

debasri · #3 (**permalink**) 11-17-10, 04:11

There are very small differences between VPS hosting and cloud hosting.

VPS hosting commonly found on a single "beefed up" server another hand cloud computing generally run on a cluster of servers who allow for redundancy and fail over.

VPS hosting using local storage other hand cloud computing are using the ISCSI or other form of Network Storage for its storage space.

BoD - Chris · #4 (**permalink**) 11-17-10, 04:45

The main difference between cloud and VPS is that, you get 100 % uptime on cloud , which seems to be a difficult task on VPS.

A vps server along with other vps runs on a same dedicated server.

While on the other hand, in Cloud number of dedicated servers are clustered and data is stored on a centralized location.
Whenever a main node faces an issue, the vm servers on those main node are switched to other main node in cluster immediately , there is no downtime even for a fraction of second.

and on VPS ,if the main vps node faces an issue , all the vm's on that server are affected.

and the resources i.e memory and CPU are shared with other vm's on VPS, but this is not the case with Hyper - V, as its hardware Virtualization.