Inventory Domestic Cloud host services

Revenues of around $1 billion a year dominate the cloud computing market. All this has made Amazon a target for companies with plans to provide cloud services, whether in the US or elsewhere in the world, including some it giants: IBM, Microsoft, Google, Rackspace, and so on.

And the domestic hope to emulate Amazon, in the cloud services market Siege of the company also a few, Aliyun, Sheng, million network, Century interconnection. But what kind of strength is needed to challenge Amazon? Experts in the industry have given the view that in order to compete with Amazon AWS, you need three things: billions of dollars in investment, enough money to manage large-scale technology and freedom to break the traditional constraints.

July 27, Amazon reported the second quarter of 2012 earnings, including Third-party business platform services Revenue and AWS, and other emerging businesses, revenue 57% per cent, to 2.04 billion U.S. dollars. For Amazon, these new businesses are more valuable than the traditional online retail business, and the increase in their share will bring about a corresponding boost to the company's gross margin. Such a high profit margin, so many it giants see the Amazon will covet.

Figure Amazon Cloud business 2010-2014 Revenue (images from the network)

To be sure, money is not the key to catching up with Amazon's cloud services, so what is missing from IT companies chasing Amazon. It should be said that the operational experience in technical and integrated management of data center cloud services. And some experts see the potential for companies like Facebook to provide data center cloud services, and they are more bullish about the real needs of business users.

Figure Amazon Cloud computing market share (images from the network)

As the proverb goes, "The city of Rome was not built in a day." Amazon's ability to reap such profits in cloud services is inextricably linked to their many years of technical accumulation and operational management experience, which is not a short-term acquisition of money.

The following content, the editor around the cloud host for the main topic, inventory some of the domestic data center cloud services prices and price, to provide you with an optimal cloud host choice.

Distinguishing cloud hosts from virtual hosts and VPS

May be in some novice users, the cloud host, virtual host and VPS still have some unclear understanding, then, here the editor collected the relevant concepts and differences in the end of this article, the right to be a popular science, the master can be skipped here.

Many users are first contact with the virtual host, and then understand the VPS, and then heard the cloud host. Although, a lot of time to hear how the cloud computing how unsafe, unstable, but also listen to the use of users mentioned is really very convenient and efficient, different perspectives of the views of some users at a loss. Well, first of all, what is a cloud host.

First look at what is the cloud host? Cloud Host is a new generation of host rental services, it will CPU, storage and network bandwidth, such as the integration of three services, through a unified platform, on-demand access to services. It effectively solves the traditional host rental price high, uneven service products and other shortcomings.

Although the cloud host has been rising for a long while, but the market still has a cloud host to sell the banner of the VPS products, a very obvious difference is that the cloud host can really get root permissions, users can reload and upgrade the operating system, and the VPS host users do not have root permissions, can not reload and upgrade the operating system. In addition, please remember that there are many nodes, 0 maintenance, easy expansion, non-stop, etc., the most important is to pay on demand, one months, a year or even a day for the unit can constitute a service.

Then the VPS host, all known as a virtual private server. VPS host refers to the use of Virtual Server Software on a physical server to create multiple isolated small servers. These small servers are so-called VPS, which has its own operating system, and its operation and management is identical to the stand-alone server.

The advantage of the VPS is to ensure that all resources are exclusive to the user, so that users can enjoy the price of a virtual host to the quality of independent host services. A service that divides a server into multiple virtual exclusive servers. Each VPS can be assigned independent public network IP address, independent operating system, independent super space, independent memory, independent CPU resources, independent execution program and independent system configuration. In addition to the user can allocate more than one virtual host and unlimited Enterprise mailbox, more independent server function, you can install the program, separate restart the server.

The disadvantage is that the same physical server different VPS will affect each other, performance is subject to a single server configuration, and no root or Super Administrator operating system permissions.

Again, the virtual host. Dividing a real physical server host into multiple logical storage units each unit has no physical entity, but each logical storage unit can work on the network like a real physical host, with a separate domain name and a complete Internet server for each virtual host (WWW, FTP, e-mail, etc.) function, each user has its own part of the system resources (IP address, document storage space, memory, CPU time, etc.).

Virtual host between completely independent, even in the same hardware, the same operating system, running for multiple users to open the different server programs, but also can not interfere with each other, in the outside world, each virtual host and a separate host performance exactly the same.

However, the shortcomings of the virtual host is also obvious, if the real physical host failed, then all the above sites are inaccessible.

However, today's virtual hosts and VPS are still in the mainstream of host service mode, for many enterprises to provide services, a large part of the reason is that the company has not yet confirmed the new technology and services, there is doubt, even in the virtual host and VPS errors than the cloud host slightly larger, enterprises to stabilize the mentality will still use the former two services. However, it can be seen that many enterprises have begun to taste the sweetness of cloud host, the market is about to open a door.

Sheng Host

The Sheng ECU (elastic Compute Unit) is the Sheng CPU computing capacity standard, with 4ECU computing power equivalent to the computing power of the Intel 1.8--2.2 or AMD Xeon processors at the single core Opteron GHz. By introducing ECU, the Sheng platform can eliminate CPU performance interference between cloud hosts, providing stable and guaranteed CPU computing resources for the first time in China.

The Sheng host provides Linux and Windows two operating systems, including support for Windows2003, CentOS, and Redhat. The Sheng host offers six types of services ranging from miniature to super large. From the above low and middle three kinds of configuration to see the charging standard:

Low-end (single core/512MB memory/7.5GB storage): Discount price by the hourly fee of 36 yuan, monthly charges 37.25/34.75, the annual fee of 447/417 yuan (accounting for: Monthly 37.25/34.75).

Midrange (dual-core/4GB memory/60GB Storage): 316.8/288 monthly fee per hour, 298/278 per month, annual charge of 3576/3336 (accounting for the monthly average of 298/278).

High-end (eight kernel/16GB memory/240GB storage): The special price is paid by the hourly rate 1267.2/1152, the monthly charge is 1192/1112, the annual charge 14304/13344 (monthly 1192/1112).

Figure Sheng Tariff Overview

Figure Bandwidth Billing Overview

Sheng host. To "cloud host cost = Cloud Host package Cost + bandwidth package cost" form to provide cloud host services, the cloud host and bandwidth separate billing.

Sheng hosts can increase or decrease computing power in minutes, not hours or days. You can create a cloud host, or create dozens of cloud hosts at the same time. A cloud host allows you to select a set of processors with different size, memory size, and disk sizes. You can choose to use the original or optimized operating system, and you can choose to match different applications. Mirroring allows you to quickly generate a large number of the same cloud hosts, saving deployment costs and increasing deployment speed. Simple control Panel, so that you on the cloud host's internal operating status at a glance, remote operation, easy. For each host group to provide firewall functions, through the Network Layer Security control, comprehensive protection, protection of cloud Host security.

When the world's IT industry has seen the success of Amazon in the field of IaaS (in fact, only to see the cloud services to bring a relatively good profit), all mouth-watering. Let many domestic traditional IDC industry also saw, the original IaaS service can walk in the forefront of cloud computing landing position.

Therefore, many domestic enterprises began to pursue a goal, to become China's Amazon. So where is China's Amazon?

Aliyun server. In the 2009, Aliyun was born. Aliyun can be seen as the predecessor of the Ali Software. Aliyun server provides both standard and economical types of services, including CPU, memory, storage space and bandwidth, such as the choice of four parameters, at their own expense can be provided according to the month and year.

Below, we look at the bottom of the high-end cloud server price layout. (The CPU is all configured with the Intel Xeon 2.26GHz).

Low-end (single core/512MB memory/60GB storage/1m Bandwidth): 99 yuan per month, 990 yuan per year (monthly 82.5).

Midrange (quad-core/4GB memory/500GB storage/5m bandwidth): 899 yuan per month, 8990 yuan per year (monthly 749).

High-end (eight kernel/16GB memory/750GB storage/5m Bandwidth): Pay 1999 yuan per month, 19990 yuan per year (1665 Yuan monthly).

In addition, for additional storage space, install different ranges for charging, such as 0-1TB, 1TB-50TB, 50TB-100TB or greater than 100TB.

Figure Aliyun Server Price Overview

The cloud hosting service provided by Aliyun is based on Aliyun's self-developed large-scale distributed computing system, which integrates IT resources through virtualization technology and provides Internet infrastructure services for various industries. Cloud server with self-service management, data security, automatic recovery and network attacks and other advanced features, can help you simplify the development and deployment process, reduce operational costs, build on-demand expansion of the Web site architecture, so as to better adapt to the fast changing characteristics of Internet applications

Aliyun server is mainly applicable to the community website, corporate website, portal, E-commerce site, SaaS applications (such as: Online Erp,crm,oa,hr), game class applications.

Wan Host

Million network as a veteran IDC manufacturer, is also constantly seeking transformation. From the past hosting and rental servers to the current cloud hosting services rental, completed from the traditional vendors to cloud computing service manufacturers transformation.

Performance comparison between cloud host and traditional host

The Wan host is divided into the types, which are universal type, standard type, Xiang Yun I to v five kinds. The CPU uses the Intel Xeon Xeon 2.26GHz, the memory uses the DDR3, the hard disk SATA disk, the bandwidth is exclusive, the operating system includes the Linux (Centos 5.4 64 bits, Red Hat 5.4 64 bits) and Windows (Windows 2003 R2 SP2 32/64 Chinese version, Windows 2008 STD SP2 32 Chinese, Windows 2008 STD R2 SP1 64-bit Chinese version) two types.

Below, the editor also singled out the low middle and senior three types of key description.

Wan Host Price Overview

Low-end (single core/1GB memory/100GB storage/2m bandwidth): 2980 yuan per year (248 Yuan monthly).

Midrange (quad-core/4GB memory/500GB storage/5m bandwidth): 12980 yuan per year (1081 Yuan monthly).

High-end (eight kernel/16GB memory/750GB storage/5m bandwidth): Pay 25980 yuan per year (2165 Yuan monthly).

After Alibaba completed the acquisition of million nets, in order to meet the needs of the Internet SMEs, million network focus on building suitable for small and medium-sized Internet enterprises or the rental of the cloud services business

Western Digital Cloud Mainframe

Western Digital authorities will cloud host, VPS host, traditional cloud host, virtual host, leased stand-alone host and hosting server from a number of levels to compare. Let's look at the details below.

Comparison between Western Digital cloud host and traditional IDC

The specific view of the Western Digital cloud host price and several other differences. Western Digital provides two kinds of cloud host: Nebula host and Teng Yun host. One of the obvious differences between the two types is that the former enjoys 10M bandwidth, while the latter shares 100M bandwidth.

Nebula Host is subdivided into: entrepreneurial cloud host, development-type cloud host, Comfort Cloud host, enhanced cloud Host, enterprise-type cloud host and luxury cloud host. The CPU adopts the unified Intel Xeon 5620, the storage adopts the SAS hard disk primary storage +sata disk can only be backed up. Bandwidth is 10M exclusive.

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Entrepreneurial cloud Host (quad-core/2GB memory/200GB SAS storage and 500GB SATA backup): 358 yuan for the first month.

Comfort Cloud Host (quad-core/4GB memory/500GB SAS storage and 500GB SATA backup): 498 yuan for the first month.

Luxury Cloud Host (quad-core/12GB memory/1TB SAS storage and 1TB SATA backup).

Among them, Teng cloud host type Cloud host, standard cloud host, fine typical cloud host and extreme type cloud host. The processor uses the four-core Intel Xeon Xeon 5405/5620,100m shared bandwidth. Storage also uses primary storage and backup.

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Entry-level Cloud host (quad-core/1.5GB memory/73GB primary storage +73GB Backup): 338 Yuan for the first month.

Fine-typical cloud host (quad-core/4GB memory/146GB primary storage +146GB Backup): 578 yuan for the first month.

Each new product is expected to overturn the old product with an overwhelming advantage, so the compliment or sarcastic rhetoric is exhausted in contrast to the old and new performance. However, it is often easy to backfire. The needs of enterprise users, not revolution-turned upside down, can save money and efficient, is their pursuit of eternal value. Therefore, there is no absolute advantage, users are less likely to consider new products or services. The same is true of cloud hosts.

Cloud Host Market Smoke

At home, many of the traditional and next-generation data center cloud service providers are imitating Amazon's way of groping forward. In practical terms, however, the upward trend in such businesses is not obvious and the market is a bit bleak. As a result, some cloud host owners complained that the way to imitate Amazon cloud services, China lacks such a market environment.

Good, simple copy and paste business model, has been unable to obtain market recognition, we should have Chinese characteristics cloud services.

However, it can be determined that the cloud host can greatly reduce the cost of the enterprise to use IT resources, but also has, flexible and convenient, resource integration, economic advantages and so on, which makes the cloud host become the inevitable demand of enterprises in the future, especially in accordance with the small and medium enterprise IT status and capital investment Make small and medium-sized enterprises become cloud host service front position.

Since the position is a pioneer, then the successor. Century interconnection as China's earliest IDC service provider, its subsidiary Cloud Express line in the domestic earlier attempts to Amazon service model IaaS services provider. And, in January 2009, the Cloud Express line successfully launched the first commercial cloud computing infrastructure services platform-"Cloudex Cloud Express Flexible Computing platform", pioneered the use of "cloud host" this title to describe the flexible computing services.

Although, the Cloud Express line can obtain the media and the user's widespread attention in the product and the concept, but, cannot let more users pay for own innovation payment, eventually causes the Cloud Express line the footprint to stop in 2011.

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Including IBM, Google, Microsoft and other international it giants have begun to occupy the field of IaaS. For a time, the cloud host market began to smoke. It's not a good idea who can be the next Amazon. At home, including Shanda, Ali has been groping for several years in IaaS, the future including China telecom operators, Huawei, ZTE and other large enterprises will certainly be in this area Rimini.

No matter how much smoke, for enterprise users is a good news, the more enterprises to join the competition, the more can enjoy more transparent and high-quality cloud hosting services. Enterprise users should focus on, as in the selection of other products, from the cloud host performance, reliability, price and other aspects of multidimensional considerations. How to select a series of cloud hosting services that meet your needs.