Now there’s an interesting question. I’m afraid to say that Clouding Hosting or Cloud Computing doesn’t as yet have a clear definition. Most vendors that are selling cloud computing services (and there are very few as I type this post), are essentially providing a pool of resources, consisting of bandwidth, CPU time, memory and disk storage. This resource pool is then allocated as needed in the form of Virtual Machines, via a control panel.
These VMs are then charged for on an hourly basis and used for whatever the user is looking to provision, including web applications and databases.
Only time will crystalise the actual definition of cloud hosting, and by that time the marketing folk will have relabled it…
Archive for May, 2009
What is Cloud Hosting or Cloud Computing?
by: Cairn
20 May, 2009
Can I change my control panel from Plesk to cPanel or vice versa?
by: Chris
19 May, 2009
Not exactly, however you can choose to swith to an alternative package should you wish to use a different control panel. Both cPanel and Plesk come with an import tool that will import your domains and their settings.
What are the charges for traffic over usage?
by: Chris
Our web hosting packages have set traffic limits, which do not allow over usage. However you can add additional traffic to your allowance by upgrading your package within your client area.
Additional traffic is charged at 25p per 1GB.
What happens if I reach my traffic limit?
by: Chris
Traffic limits assigned to our web hosting packages are hard limits, in that there is no over-usage. Once a traffic limit has been reached no additional data shall be transmitted from any websites hosted upon it.
Our system does however automatically send a warning when you are reaching your limit, and if required you can purchase additional traffic to compensate.
Is there a long term contract?
by: Chris
No. We do not have any minimum contract period with our web hosting packages, they simply run from month to month, based upon your initial order date.
Intrahost opens South Yorkshire Data Centre
by: Cairn
7 May, 2009
We were delighted to be asked by Sheffield based W2Group to open their latest data centre, SYDC (South Yorkshire Data Centre) in Barnsley. SYDC is W2Group’s 2nd second, their first being based in Sheffield. Intrahost’s Chairman, Cairn Emmerson and Managing Director, Mike Tree joined W2Group’s Director, Norman Shuker, Managing Director, Allan Rooms & Business Development Manager, Mike Bullivant for the opening ceremony. Champagne and handshakes all round.
Intrahost are also SYDC’s first client to provision their equipment at the data centre and are operational as of 7 May 2009. Enquiries to colocate equipment at SYDC should be sent to: enquiry@intrahost.co.uk
