Cloud Hosting

The cloud hosting is the special web hosting type where all the storage is divided into small nodes and located in different servers. It is absolutely opposite to a dedicated server hosting which is based on dedicated hardware. Cloud hosting is based on the idea of decentralization of the storage. It have been invented by Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider in the 1960, so it cannot be called absolutely new invention, however it is still getting popular. The IT developers got used to the old and tested hosting methods, therefore cloud hosting is getting popular so slowly.

Hosting companies invest lots of money to the promotion of the cloud computing services, so does Host1Plus. We believe that in the nearest future all the data will be stored in the cloud because cloud hosting is efficient way of hosting. The resources are used only when they are needed, therefore it is also money saving way of hosting.Since sixties, the cloud hosting has developed a lot. The advanced software allow managing the remote nodes easily in graphical interfaces, therefore the managing of hosting services has become a pleasure rather than trouble. Majority of the hosting companies use this technology as one of the most important service. The most popular cloud hosting service is cloud VPS. Virtual private server means that server is just a virtual one, not physical as dedicated – created from different nodes in various servers. Also private server refers to a service which is managed by the customer. Still cloud VPS is managed by the hosting company if needed. Customer cannot change the main parameters of the server, but can install his preferred operational system on his own or using the special virtualizations prepared by hosting company technicians. Anyway, Cloud VPS hosting can be easily managed both by experiences users and the beginner ones as it has some handy tools for easy management.

Types of Cloud Hosting

There are few types of cloud hosting and some usage scenarios of cloud storage. In any case they are not so important for the end users of commercial hosting services.

• Public Cloud – A public cloud is hosting your website, intranet all the needed applications, software and hardware in a public location – not your home or office.

• Private Cloud – When you host all your computing infrastructure yourself in different servers in your home or different offices and you own the servers.

• Hybrid Cloud – You host your most important websites and applications on your own servers to keep them more secure and secondary applications anywhere else so save the costs.

• Community Cloud – A community cloud is shared between the community members. It could be a professional community, geographic community or some other well-defined community group which agree upon sharing their spare or dedicated resources for all the members’ benefits.

These four groups are the main types of cloud hosting, however there are other three sorts according to the usage specifics:

• Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS – when entire computing and software services are provided as one service. For example a medium company can arrange all the servers, email together with needed software for working, internal employee communication applications, kno-how storage etc.

• Software as a Service or SaaS – when cloud hosting is used to host specific software. The best example of such service is Google Docs or Microsoft Web Apps which can replace Word processor software.

• Platform as a Service or PaaS – when cloud hosting solutions replaces the desktop computers and other company infrastructure. For example various warehouse terminals with the touchscreen monitors can be connected to internet without any powerful computing hardware.

Advantages of Host1Plus Cloud Hosting

The Host1Plus offer two main cloud hosting services – Cloud VPS and Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Cloud VPS services have 20 different pricing plans for all the needs. What are the advantages of Host1Plus cloud VPS hosting services?

Pricing. The pricing is one of the main advantages. The medium size VPS hosting plan is just $29.95 per month. That is a great price for international VPS.

International hosting. The Cloud hosting is provided from Germany datacenter which are Host1Plus valued and trusted partners.

Easy installation. The experienced customer can install all the needed software himself, but some customers need help. Therefore some automated application installation tools are provided which allow users install the needed software easily. If the server still needs to be managed, the any control panel installation is recommended.

Extra management of VPS hosting. If you work with cloud hosting plan, you do not necessarily need hiring the system administrator. VPS hosting of Host1Plus is managed by the technical support for the additional price by ordering the Extra care service. The customers of this service outsource the system administrator and can save lots of money.

Amazing support. Host1Plus can boast with unbeatable support service which can help solving any hosting related problem. Hosting support is available 24 hour a day and 7 days a week via live chat messenger application, support center, forum and UK and US toll-free phone numbers. The most frequent inquiries with the answers are also published in a special knowledge base section. The support can be provided in English, Russian, Lithuanian and German.

99.99% uptime guarantee. The cloud hosting solutions have lots of different security applications and technologies which can grant the 99.9% server uptime. Host1Plus VPS hosting is also equipped with all the needed solutions to guarantee the almost 100% uptime. Some projects may require such uptime, therefore Host1Plus can become your partner.

Get Started With Host1Plus Cloud

Once you have decided to start partnership with Host1Plus there are few simple steps to get started.

Choosing the needed cloud VPS service is easy. Host1Plus has provided 20 different pricing plans which have specific parameters – CPU, RAM, Network Speed and hard disk space. Also we have set some basic requirements which are needed to host particular applications, for example WordPress, Drupal, Magento, cPanel and others. If you do not know what requirements are needed, you can choose your plan by the application.

During the plan order procedure you also need to choose which operational system you will need to get installed. There is a special drop-down list of more than 70 applications which can be installed automatically.

The billing period can reduce your monthly hosting plan cost. Longer the period, smaller the price as we value long term commitment and are ready to make discounts for the long term orders, which can be continued easily in the service management interface.

The last important step is the payment. We allow the payments from the most popular payment systems – PayPal, Alipay Payment, Web Money, AlertPay, Skrill (Moneybookers), CashU, Google Checkout.

After the payment you will need to validate your account details and you are ready to start using the cloud hosting services.

If some problems persist, our customer support will be happy to assist.

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