Some time ago, webmaster friends to small series of complaints: Because the site is currently using the VPS hardware resources are limited, the site will often appear can not open the small situation, the development of some unsustainable. But the more tangled is not know whether to change the stand-alone server or upgrade VPS. Considering the security and cost factors, the cloud host and some "ready", but there is no detailed information on the domestic, do not know how to choose.
Then in with the editorial staff to discuss cloud host, found that many colleagues have encountered consulting cloud host friends, and everyone's confusion is generally concentrated in four points:
1, all have which cloud host platform, which is more "reliable" some;
2, which cloud host is more useful (easy to use, problem solving quickly, timely after-sales service)
3, for small and medium-sized webmaster, which is the most cost-effective cloud host, the most suitable for small and medium-sized webmaster;
4, for beginners, cloud host How to get started, and adapt to cloud host and space of different operating habits.
Taking into account the actual needs of small and medium-sized webmaster, in consultation with the Sina Cloud Computing Center of Engineers, CSDN founder Shantao, such as cloud computing field related people, Webmaster House will launch a series of cloud host article, to help small webmaster friends to understand, choose, get started the most suitable for their own web site needs of the cloud
What is a cloud host?
Although cloud host has been rising for a long time, the concept of cloud has been very abstract and difficult to understand in user psychology. Cloud host is also called Elastic computing cloud, simply said, there are two main types: one is to provide the host, such as Aliyun server, Sheng host, you can understand it as a VPS advanced version; One is to provide code hosting services, such as Google's Google App engine and Sina's app Engine, it can be understood as a multi-node virtual host.
The former is in the traditional VPS upgrades, maintenance trouble, but high flexibility, rapid adjustment. The latter limit is much more, but need to worry about maintenance work least. They all have different from the traditional IDC place, that is: on-demand, expansion easy, easy to upgrade.
What cloud hosting services are there?
Domestic cloud computing has been very bad, major internet companies are advertising. Webmaster Home Editorial List of Representative cloud service providers for your webmaster reference.
Amazon EC2 Resilient Cloud computing
Official website: http://www.awschina.com.cn/product.html
Service background: Amazon & Shenzhen Cloud Fruit Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Introduction: Amazon is the world's first provider of cloud computing, its most important contribution is to truly realize the utility of cloud computing. Amazon provides the cloud services include: high-performance Computing, Corporate Cloud Virtual Desktop solution, virtual host, application hosting and so on.
Case: Virgin Airlines, Sega, Zoopla, etc.
Sheng Host
Official website: HTTP://WWW.GRANDCLOUD.CN/PRODUCT/C2
Service Provider background: Shanda's public cloud platform for Independent technology research and development
Introduction: Sheng provides on-demand cloud host services, webmaster can be based on the needs of the site to choose a different cloud host package, and according to the package standard, website traffic, independent IP, etc. to charge. Sheng mainly provides cloud host, cloud storage, cloud hard disk, cloud monitoring, cloud distribution and other services.
Case: Shanda Network, the bookstore in the cloud, entrepreneurial home network, etc.
Aliyun Server/Web Cloud
Official website: http://web.aliyun.com/
Service provider background: The Alibaba Group invests in the establishment, has the research and development and the operation organization in Hangzhou, Beijing and the Silicon Valley.
Introduction: Aliyun provides a variety of cloud host Products: Cloud server, Web site cloud, electricity Shangyun, which mainly serve the cloud server users, the price is slightly higher, the site cloud, electricity Shangyun suitable for small and medium-sized webmaster, but limited to install the main station program.
Case: Comments, digital Bengbu, Huangshan Civic Network, Jiaxing Nineth district, etc.
Sina App Engine
Official website: http://sae.sina.com.cn/
Background: Sina's core strategic part of cloud computing
Introduction: The first domestic cloud computing platform distributed Web services development, operation platform, currently only support the PHP programming language. Suitable for web developers and ordinary Internet access, the launch of the "application store" to implement a key to install the common Web site program.
Case: Micro-disk, the Internet that thing, Zen project management software, micro-game
Google Google App Engine
Official website: http://appengine.google.com/
Background: Google Inc.
Introduction: Google provides a Web application development and hosting platform, really from the technology to do the scale of computing. Currently only supports Python, Java two programming languages, the use of the threshold for ordinary webmaster higher.
Case: V2ex.com,define.io,micolog