There are plenty of cloud based solutions out there that take on the “enterprise” moniker, but what does it truly mean? I believe that is subjective. You’ll hear phrases like “create a new server instantly with one click” and “we only charge you by the hour for what you need”.. Now, I’m sure there are people out there doing development or other projects that do need to instantly spawn new servers, and this is probably great for them, but is it what you want for a stable enterprise environment?
It’s easy to go out and pick a hosting solution for your application with the wealth of options out there. But what questions to you need to ask potential hosting companies? For me, hosting an application or an environment always comes down to how it’s stored. It’s the core of your applications availability and survivability. Without a proper storage solution in place, what happens if drives fail? (and they do), what happens if the storage hardware fails? (and it can). Do you have a disaster recovery plan in place in case your provider looses your data?
In the hosting industry, one question often asked is: “why can’t I just host my own cloud environment on my own hardware?”
While that is certainly an optional route to go. If you crunch the numbers you’ll realise that not only is it not cost effective, you loose out on the majority of the important enterprise features. When you utilise the CloudStacker hosting environment, you get far more than just hosting services. You get an entire support network that can be as involved as needed in your operations.
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