Virtual Servers VS Cloud Computing

[payattention]

This explanation above was pretty clear:

"Say you need separate database, web, file, and Jabber servers. Rather than dedicating an entire computer to each of those services, you can set-up one physical (IE: real) server, and configure it to run multiple computers inside of it.

Each of those computers that runs inside of the physical server is called a "virtual server" or "virtual machine".

Creating this type of virtual environment has all sorts of benefits, including being very cost-effective, making server deployment and management much easier in large computing environments, etc."

[Randy5]

I also get confused by all of these technical terms. For instance, I've heard the term "scalable," but I'm still not sure what it means or what it refers to.

[Randy5]

All I can say is that the more I use cloud computing, the harder it is for me to imagine life without it.

[cloudmaster87]

Hey All,

This video on

youtube.com/watch?v=ae_DKNwK_ms

Cloud computing from Salesforce might help explain in more laymans terms what its all about. I always find videos easier than text explanations.

Hope this helps!

[suwunk]

Hope this picture help

Virtual Server


Cloud computing

[alaamri]

i wanna your help quikly please cuz i ve assignment,so can u provide me with information about different servers that offere cloud computing?

[alaamri]

i wanna your help quickly please cuz i ve assignment,so can u provide me with information about different servers that offere cloud computing?

[auryn]

Hope it helps:

Unlike virtual private server hosting, using a cloud hosting company means that the server space is separated over different nodes. The use of multiple servers for one account means that there is 100% uptime, and companies can choose to scale up or down without any hassle or interruption to their service.

http://myhosting.com/blog/2011/02/cloud-hosting/
http://myhosting.com/blog/2011/03/vp...-onramp-cloud/

[jakson0100]

What's the difference between Virtual Servers and Clouds?

VPS hosting is type of web hosting, while it can be served via a cluster is commonly found on a single "beefed up" server.
And cloud computing is generally found run on a cluster of servers that allow for redundancy and fail over.Cloud computing is using ISCSI or other form of Network Storage for its storage space, while most of the VPS hosts I see are using local storage.


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