WordPress Cloud Hosting

Cloud vs. Traditional Hosting

Cloud is the generic term given to applications or sites delivered over the web using a scalable server infrastructure. This means that the old constraints of using single physical server (either shared or dedicated) are a thing of the past.

Traditional Hosting

In a tradition server set up, all your web and email services are delivered from a single place, these may include:

• Your webserver operating system (Linux or Windows)
• HTTP server for generating your webpages, css, images etc (ie Apache)
• Database for storing content and settings
• File storage for storing images and downloads
• FTP, the protocol used to transfer files from a computer to your webserver
• SMTP for outgoing email
• Other services for running scripts such as PHP

As this environment has little or no expansion capability, once out grown, the only option is to move to a ‘bigger’ server, incurring cost, and website downtime.

Out growing your server is often not a gradual process. Imagine an unexpected piece of media coverage that temporarily generates 10 times your normal traffic load, putting instant strain on the processing capabilities and bandwidth of your site. If one service fails, they all do.

Cloud Hosting

By using a cloud server infrastructure you are effectively distributing all your web services across a set of linked servers. Each part of your cloud is specifically designed to perform its job. For example the database server needs lots of processing power, whilst the bit that serves your webpages needs less processing and more bandwidth, and your email services are kept completely away from your website.

And because the cloud is scalable, whenever more server resources are needed, they are instantly available to you, meaning a fast, efficient and secure website.

How IMRE Hosting Cloud for WordPress works

IMRE Hosting Cloud for WordPress uses a set of linked servers in a server cloud, each server configured, and optimized, to perform the task it needs, giving you’re a fast, scalable and robust platform.

A set of additional technologies are also utilized for site hardening and speed, these include:

• advanced caching – reducing the number of database and network connections required for each page visit, making your fast cloud website, even faster.
• firewall – repelling the ever growing number of threats and attacks to websites around the world, keeping your site secure
• backups – should for any reason, you need to roll back to an earlier version of your site, daily backups are taken, and stored separately from your cloud.
• failover – if, for some unlikely reason the entire cloud should fail, the is a complete mirror cloud which becomes instantly active. Giving ultimate protection
• Security – With the ever increasing threats from attacks, viruses, trojans and software vulnerabilities , security is also at the heart of the IMRE Host WordPress cloud. WIth a set of advanced features, to protect your valuable online assets and website visitors.