When cloud computing meets IDC: Cloud host comparison and evaluation

When cloud computing arrives, IDC industry service providers and users also ferment some changes, some like to embrace the emerging things users have begun to use IaaS services, such as cloud host. This article introduced the cloud host and the traditional IDC service, and has made the comparison to several main manufacturers in the cloud host industry, including Sheng, Aliyun, Linkcloud.

1, when the cloud computing met IDC

IDC is the abbreviation of Internetdatacenter, http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/7612.html "> Internet Data Center." IDC as an industry, but also refers to the Internet infrastructure related to value-added services, usually include: domain name, virtual host, VPS, host hosting, host rental, Devis, Enterprise mailbox, construction station and other business.

Cloud computing is the Chinese literal translation of cloudcomputing, which is a service that is available on demand via the Internet, rapid deployment, resource pooling, on-demand and on-demand billing.

IDC Business is the network behind the development of plumbers and cultivators, not for ordinary consumers are familiar with, but is the basis of Internet services. Big to the largest Internet companies, small to individual start-up blog and entrepreneurial website, all need domain names, hosting and other IDC services.

Cloud computing is the hottest trend in the IT industry today. Cloud computing, which began in the 2008 as a new wave of IT industry, has also blown a whirlwind in China in 2010 and 2011, representing the forefront of technology and business models.

When cloud computing meets IDC, it creates an iaas industry. IaaS is the use of cloud computing technology and the concept of the IDC business. IaaS is the evolution of the traditional IDC business and the lowest service in the cloud computing service. The current IaaS and PAAs boundaries are increasingly blurred, resulting in a variety of services, including cloud hosts, cloud storage, and the most popular is the computing services, China is called Cloud host or flexible computing.

2, IaaS Service cloud host and the traditional IDC service comparison

In the traditional IDC business, host space input threshold is the lowest service, can not be compared with the cloud host. VPS and host leases are the most commonly used to compare services with cloud hosts.

Here is the comparison between the cloud host and the VPS:

Cloud Host vs. VPS

The following is a comparison between cloud host and host lease:

Comparison of host and host leases

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