What's the difference between a server and a cloud hosting?

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Sacha and his cofounder already developed the first version of their product. They are now undertaking the Version 2 of their development and are considering moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as their cloud hosting solution.
Moving an application to the cloud is usually a very good option because you are not renting a server anymore but buying a delivered service instead.
Let's see how cloud services work.
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[@moodytracks5207]

I was struggling for 6 weeks to understand this at Uni and you simplified it in 7 minutes

[@JafferManiar]

Thank you so much for your clear explanation. For 15 years I was on a shared hosting and I was always "maintaining" it until last week when my website was redirected to another website on the same server, without a possible explanation. I have now moved on to a different company with cloud hosting and couldn't be more satisfied. While the cost is higher, I get more features on the cloud services

[@aasthagarg5306]

Very well and transparently explained! Thanks.

[@thomascarlton82]

Well done, Im learning cloud from basics and i didnt have a clear understanding on the differences between cloud and basic servers. You are very good at making it easy to understand, I will make sure to sub and refer to you as I continue to learn

[@mediaiweb]

Extremely good tutorial

[@sujoyghosh2620]

Very nice. well explained. very clean and to the point. Thank you so much.

[@MyCTOFriend]

You are welcome!

[@binugeorge3301]

Awesome Explanation. Thanks ! Subscribed 👍🏼

[@sandip6272]

Thank you so much, I never heard such a clear and concise messaging

[@MyCTOFriend]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ceesno9955]

Great breakdown

[@mohdrashidsiddiqui162]

Very well explained. Thank you so much.

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thanks for your feedback, happy to see that it helped

[@sirishagodina2527]

with Virtualization S/W industry went to the next level & then Containerization made S/w guys life even more colorful

[@ramunasmakelis]

Perfect explanation. Thank you.

[@wet-skunk3373]

DIfference is, with a server, no one can dictate terms to you, if you go cloud, you may be cancelled out by big tech and tossed off their cloud.

[@swojnowski453]

100% agree. Upload a video to youtube they do not like, and your account might get suspended. Cloud is the same shitty model.

[@johnycache]

Yeh, that's true. Would it also be true to say though, the company that owns the server, if you choose outside of cloud hosting, could do the same thing? If pressured i.e. some 'legal' reason? Do you think along the lines of just doing your own backups of your server? Or maybe have a backup (of your server contents) with a different company?? (I'm new to server management - I do front-end)

[@daltonrandall4348]

Thank you, MyCTOFriend.

[@zlatkozeco7951]

Thank you very much!!! I've got it finally what are the differences between cloud and servers

[@MyCTOFriend]

Hi, great! happy to hear it, is there any other topic you’d like be me to cover?

[@KB-ce5sh]

Awesome explanation! Simple and easy to understand

[@leocool62]

Clear and concise. Thanks.

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thank you for watching!

[@r.mConversations]

really great video

[@ZorbaPress]

Thank you very much -- that was the clearest and best explanation I have found.

[@MyCTOFriend]

Glad it was helpful! what other topic would be helpful for you?

[@ZorbaPress]

@@MyCTOFriend How to start a KZbin Channel, and keep it going.

[@jayasreemanoj8943]

Very good explanation..Datasoft providing cloud server with reasonable price and quality

[@juyjuyy]

Thank you very much, but I cannot find your next video you mentioned in the video. Can you let me know the name or the title of the next video?

[@Douglas_Gillette]

While the points you’ve labeled as minor drawbacks at the end of your video certainly add to the discussion, I personally think they represent significant trade-offs. In my experience, these can often be deal-breakers, as the risk or sacrifice involved in accepting these drawbacks can sometimes be too great. Great video!

[@richcruz936]

thank you. very well explained.

[@MyCTOFriend]

My pleasure Rich, What type of project are you working on? What other topics can we help you with?

[@abysvineyard]

Really helpful video and i have a Cloud server from Datasoft

[@nabihakhwaja4335]

Very nice explanation!

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thank you very much! Is there any other topic you would like me to cover?

[@ashwinlokesh9516]

C'est superb explanation!

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thank you very much

[@charithgunathilaka]

nice explanation, very helpful

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thanks for the feedback

[@tracymorris4700]

very informative video !!

[@MyCTOFriend]

Hi tracy happy to hear it, it there any other thing you would need help with?

[@franciscoreis5184]

Hello! I wanted to ask if this video is still up to date to current cloud functions? Is it still relevant?

[@emmap4339]

Merci beaucoup! Très synthétique et bien expliqué

[@MyCTOFriend]

Avec plaisir

[@mariosmichael5116]

Thanks for the information ❤

[@MyCTOFriend]

My pleasure 😊

[@faryalmaqsood5893]

Well explained 👍

[@amaurykhelifi]

My pleasure! Is there any other topic you’d like me to cover?

[@BreakingUFC]

This is great. Thank you

[@MyCTOFriend]

You're very welcome!

[@Kaabstract]

I love how you say " services" :v Bck to the main point, thanks! I have cleared off my doubts

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thanks for your kind words, is there any other topic you’d like me to cover?

[@jureddilavanya1406]

such a clear explanation!!

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thanks a lot! Is there any other topic you’d like me to cover?

[@jureddilavanya1406]

@@MyCTOFriend i am developing a web application for comparing grocery prices.i have collected json data from various online stores.now i am confused whether i should go on building a database if so is it possible to store a database in application server? could u plz give a suggestion

[@MyCTOFriend]

​@@jureddilavanya1406 Hi, very specific question hard too reply without the context. So in a nutshell you need 4 things: 1. yes I would recommend you to use your own database with updated date field, so that you can know if your data is outdated or not. 2. You need a synchronization batch to download prices on daily or hourly basis from the online stores. 3. You need a Business intelligence tool to be able to perform request easily on your database 4. You need an application that will serve your customer and deliver the value by sharing the insights from your database. If you need more help, let’s plan a quick call to see if I can help you. Here is my schedule: freecallwithamaury.youcanbook.me

[@priyaclaepor4489]

Thank you 🙏🏻 informative

[@MyCTOFriend]

You’re welcome 🙏

[@MobbG]

Cloud gaming is the best, I have not 1 issue with playing on the Stadia Cloud Gaming. When I play my on ps5 it’s not that good. The cloud is much faster, no downloads.. no crash. High resolution frame rates.

[@vaclyvakanda7675]

Merci infiniment . Tres explicite.

[@user-wl1nl4po7z]

How to use the hardware provided by the cloud provider to create server to host infrustracture as a server

[@amirkassaei8535]

Thank you very much for your good explanations. I have a question. I have a program that manages a hospital. Could I cloud our program and then our personal work with it off site?

[@MyCTOFriend]

Technically and legally yes you can. But it raises the bar of the expected security requirements. I never really worked for an hospital but as far I what so know, they like to store everything onsite, juste in case there would be any internet or electricity blackout, the hospital has to remain independent.

[@AnilArya51]

So if I am running a WordPress instance on GCP or AWS should I make a backup of files ?

[@MyCTOFriend]

Very good question. In fact lots of software wasn’t build and designed to be hosted on managed cloud services. Wordpress do save files on the local directory, which is not a cloud hosted directory. Therfore, it’s quite easy to deploy wordpress on a virtual machine on aws, GCP or any other hosting solution. But it’s quite complexe to adapt a software like wordpress to works in cloud without any server management. So for wordpress the easier remain the virtual server and yes, you always need backups.

[@AnilArya51]

@@MyCTOFriend Thanks for clearing my doubt, I am currently using hosting by Bigrock aka EIG, and its a shared server but my site fully loaded in 5-6.9 seconds (According to GTmetrix) so many of my friends said it better to change my hosting and upgrading it to a cloud hosting like Digtiaocean, AWS, GCP, Azure, Linode, etc. I get the speed results after fully optimizing images and files on my WordPress using a premium plugin and I am getting 90 and 57 respectively on page speed insights for Desktop and mobile devices. So should I upgrade to Cloud Hosting and which cloud hosting provider should I go for, I am a noob and a student (not IT) learning thing and don't have so much money to waste. waiting for your reply : )

[@manojkumarsah1155]

In cloud hosting, server are physically in same data center or the server present in remote data center are configured in cloud.

[@MyCTOFriend]

Cloud or not, data centers are pretty much the same. The difference are In the managed services provided. A basic hosting service will provide only a IaaS which are virtual servers, an advanced cloud provider will provide a PaaS which means that they will run your database, organize your files and run you apps for you.

[@postnatalmotcoach1006]

Thank you . Should each client have their own server / cloud account ?

[@MyCTOFriend]

It really depend on the client business. I would say that if that’s a startup with more complexe website than just a wordpress, then yes it’s better to deploy everything on the client’s infrastructure so that the client remain free to internalize the development or to change the provider.

[@alishahosein833]

So, does in-house server need internet?

[@ousamaelidrissi5886]

Well explained

[@MyCTOFriend]

My pleasure, is there any other topic you’d like me to cover?

[@ousamaelidrissi5886]

​@@MyCTOFriend how to deploy java web application on linux hosting server using cpanel

[@MyCTOFriend]

Well MyCTOfriend is really for non-technical entrepreneur and I would recommend to a non-technical person to delegate that part. Nevertheless, you to answer your question, you need a java application service like tomcat. So be sure to enable "tomcat" on your cpanel. if it's not there, you might need to login into command line and install things manually. Fare well

[@ousamaelidrissi5886]

@@MyCTOFriend thank you for your answer

[@aqadaptiveintelligence]

What happens to my data if an entire data center burns down or blows up? How do I know which data center holds my google drive info for example?

[@MyCTOFriend]

Good question. Any cloud providers ( talking about Cloud App) has what we call a DRP ( Disaster Recovery Plan, I made a video about it). If anything arrive to one data center, they relaunch almost in real time a second app on a second data enter. Now for huge services like google cloud, Dropbox, facebook etc… they already use several datacenter in parallel and you data are always replicated in many datacenter.

[@aqadaptiveintelligence]

@@MyCTOFriend ok that’s good to know! Thank you 🙏

[@jureddilavanya1406]

it was fab

[@amaurykhelifi4972]

Thanks a lot! is there any other topic you'd like me to cover?

[@jureddilavanya1406]

@@amaurykhelifi4972 could u explain socket programming

[@shanky_blogger]

How to convert physical data center to cloud

[@pedrobarrantes1177]

Cloud is nothing else but a concept with an adequate software for the use of multiple DCs connected globally ( if needed). This software is powerful enough to bring multiple applications on a standard platform. Like you smart phone which can use multiple applications. You have Microsoft, Amazon, Google and other companies who have developed their own software.

[@Mazel_Tov_888]

Thx

[@MyCTOFriend]

More than welcome. What type of project are you working on?

[@Mazel_Tov_888]

@@MyCTOFriend without being too specific lol, my software solution deals with email enhancement and screen recording. Based on your recommendations the project from ground up will be designed to be cloud based, app, file services and db separated. You've really opened my eyes to things I never considered.

[@mediaiweb]

did you say Load balancer to switch ?

[@amaurykhelifi]

Ade doyin hi, thanks for your feedback. Yes I said Load balancer. It’s a network equipment that redirect clients’ requests to available services.

[@mediaiweb]

@@amaurykhelifi wow, than you so much ....

[@CoachTBowens]

@@amaurykhelifi just curious what happens if the load balancer fails? How is it maintained typically?

[@amaurykhelifi]

Hi, good question! Load balancers are basic computers and usually, there are not only one, but 2 (or more) load balancers, e.I. Your DNS will test load balancers every minutes and only redirect trafic to load balanced that are up and running.

[@CoachTBowens]

@@amaurykhelifi just curious, as important as they seem to be, how are they maintained? What happens if fail? Is that a human watching a light bulb or does it involve some automation to detect faults? Not a technical guy but just looking to understand

[@y2jshawnR]

great

[@MyCTOFriend]

Thanks Chinar, is there any other topic you'd like us to cover?

[@OfirReuveni]

Link please to the company that promise (and deliver ) 100% uptime. Very few even promise.

[@amaurykhelifi4972]

HI, Thanks for your question. In fact it's technically impossible to guarantee a real 100%, the organisation that has the highest SLA ( Service Level Agreement ) are large companies like IBM, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure... etc

[@OfirReuveni]

@@amaurykhelifi4972 Most "cloud hosting" companies will not Auto switch servers in case of failure.

[@OfirReuveni]

If you know those who will, please list them...

[@ahemednor5201]

👍🌹🌹🌹

[@JD-kf2ki]

Bonjour

[@MyCTOFriend]

Bonjour

[@divyamsheth5768]

Savisis

[@sirishagodina2527]

Pls put proper thumbnail, Its traditional hosting vs cloud hosting The major advantage of cloud hosting is, billing is done exactly as per the utilization, bcoz scaling is automatic, when hits go high more resources will be added automatically, as soon as hits go down resources/VMs automatically removed from the pool like if your website gets max hits only on Sunday (or) during peak hours, only that much will be charged But in Traditional hosting if u cant predict during which day (or) which hour requests go higher & higher, u need to hav fixed no.of servers, u expected 100000 users per day, & allotted resources/servers but u ended up with 1000 users only, then it's waste of cost With Cloud Everything is automating, especially scaling, monitoring, pricing..u name it as soon as 1 system is down, new System comes to the picture automatically when no.of requests fall down, no.of systems where server is running will be reduced Cloud hosting is much cheaper compare to Traditional hosting

[@sefriilham]

I have hard time understanding what he said behind that accent

[@Drenov]

It's naive to hand all your data over to someone else that may have political motivations.