The Technologies Behind Cloud Sites
Cloud Sites is a fully-managed, load-and-go web hosting platform that uses the computing power of the cloud to keep your websites online.
1. Run Linux or Windows, or even both!
Behind Cloud Sites, cabinets full of both Linux servers and Windows servers power the over 100,000 sites and applications we host for our customers.
Every Windows-based page is served from clusters built and optimized especially for Windows, and every Linux-based page is served from clusters built and optimized especially for Linux. We use advanced load-balancing technologies to automatically detect the type of technology you are running and route each request to the proper pool of servers.
This is a great example of the power of cloud computing, since you no longer have to make a hosting choice between Linux and Windows. Both LAMP and .NET are included, allowing you to choose the technology you need site by site (or even page by page). The best part is that the cloud technology that can power both will probably cost you less than even one server of either type.
Will your site or application run on Cloud Sites? Most popular apps like WordPress, Drupal, and .NETNuke run really well. If you have a question about your own code or needs, we can help right now over live chat.
2. Powerful Load Balancing
The older and more common way to host websites is to load as many as will fit onto one server. Cloud sites is different, because your sites and applications are loaded across large pools of servers, and the traffic you receive is balanced out to entire fleets of servers.
It’s the technology large, popular sites use to stay online because it solves two important problems. First, if a server fails, the other servers in the pool can continue to respond to requests for your site, and visitors often never notice a problem. Secondly, when your site gets suddenly popular, all the traffic being received can easily overwhelm a single server and ruin your moment in the spotlight. But our large enterprise server pools can (and do) handle billions of requests for millions of visitors each and every day.
3. Email Included
You can create and host unlimited email accounts. Each account can be accessed from desktop applications like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail, or through a browser on any computer using our webmail software. The webmail software even support shared contacts, calendars, and tasks.
- [wp_eStore:product_id:6:end] Basic Plan $10 per mo.
- [wp_eStore:product_id:7:end] Plus Plan $20 per mo.
- [wp_eStore:product_id:8:end] Premium Plan $50 per mo.