In the futuristically advanced and hip world of virtual hosting, it’s almost as though they have their own special language, so here is le Dictionnaire de Clouds for your reference.
Virtual hosting has opened up the golden gates of opportunity, and more and more SMEs and large corporations alike are taking the upward route to cloud computing heaven. We’re saving money, cutting back on energy consumption, saving in-house resources, and we’re even reducing our carbon footprint while we’re at it. It’s like we’re on cloud-computing-nine. But who on earth thought it would be a good idea to swallow a technology dictionary and cough it back up at ordinary punters?
Most of us can grasp the basic concept of cloud computing. We understand that we no longer require the use of physical servers, and we could possibly even let Ed the IT guy go if we don’t particularly like him. But as cloud consumers, we take what we need from virtual hosting – a more efficient way of delivery an IT infrastructure and more money to put in the company kitty. What more is there to know, right?
Basic Virtual Hosting Terminology
Do we really want the tech-geeks to have the upper hand? Just like anything else we purchase, there are traps and pitfalls, so shouldn’t we make ourselves completely aware of what we are putting our money into?
- ‘Cloudware’ – this is a very general term that describes the variety of software (typically at infrastructure level) that enables building, deploying, running and managing of applications in a cloud environment.
- ‘Private Virtual Hosting’– this is an exclusive cloud-computing environment within an organisation’s own boundaries.
- ‘Public Virtual Hosting’– also known as an ‘external-cloud’, this describes traditional virtualisation in the mainstream sense. Resources are available on a self-service basis over the internet.
- ‘Hybrid Virtual Hosting’ – consisting of multiple internal and external providers, this combines both a private and external environment.
- ‘Positive Cloud Burst’ – this is when cloud computing has performed positively in order to address an increase in demand.
- ‘Negative Cloud Burst’ – when a virtual hosting environment fails to handle a spike in demand.
- ‘Virtual Portability’ – this is the ability to move applications and data across virtualised environments.
Virtual Hosting with SwitchLink
If you’re interested in virtual hosting, for business or individual use, get in touch with the specialist providers today. Switch Link can offer packages to suit your IT needs.
