IMO A huge benefit is being able to upsize memory and processor only when necessary.
That is not possible with a dedicated server. *
Ryan LeTulle*
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Earnie Boyd earnie@users.sourceforge.netwrote:
Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:
There should be advantages in reliability (uptime) and scalability (many
servers) and speed (geographic diversity). I can't say that I have seen any evidence in my minimal exposure that any of that actually happens.
I don't see this happening ever because of the expense cost to price ratio unless you go with someone like Google or some other equally large company and then the price to income ratio will hit you big time. Really, I would suggest that your client look to dedicated servers when they can afford it. The two dedicated servers can be cloud enabled for their use.
The benefit of cloud for the lessor priced hosting providers is to themselves. They don't have to work as hard to provide you with the same services and can propagate the work via cloud technology to other equipment when one becomes overloaded. It is also a name thrower for clout advertising. Everyone must do as they're neighbor does kind of thing. It's new, and sounds exciting so I must have it which makes it misused and abused.
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