Cloud hosting is the latest, most popular form of hosting these days. In this type, hosting is provided for websites on
virtual servers. These servers offer computing resources from a network of
physical web servers.
Cloud server hosting is offered as a service, not as a product. The client is able to use the resources easily and just the amount that they require for their needs. They pay for what they use, nothing more.
This type of hosting can be considered as an alternative to traditional hosting on a single server, like in dedicated or
shared hosting. The difference is that the network utilized in this hosting is extremely vast and spread over multiple servers placed at different geographical locations.
Cloud hosting offers multiple benefits to the clients. There is tremendous reliability since even when an entire data center goes down, the client’s website remains unaffected since it can draw resources from the remaining pool of servers. The array of
data centers contributing towards this type of hosting ensures there are several layers of security, and so the client’s data remains safe and secure. Further advantages are flexibility and scalability, as well as responsive load balancing.