Difference between Cloud Hosting and VPS

[freds86]

Anyone can explain for me what is the difference between Cloud Hosting and VPS
I knew a little about VPS but Cloud is quite strange and new to me

just waiting for your shares

 

[datarealm]

The answer depends entirely upon whom you ask. Traditionally cloud hosting will have some sort of clustering or failover capability for virtual machines. Some clouds also have options for advanced software based networking.

However, many operators like Digital Ocean like to call themselves 'cloud' providers even though they are only offering basic vps services -- this has really muddied a lot of the terminology.

 

[freds86]

freds86

Thanks for your answer, maybe i need to know why has Cloud hosting and its advantages over others?
when I should switch from my shared hosting to cloud hosting or VPS?

 

[Hassan]

The similarity between cloud hosting and shared hosting is that users share the physical server. But cloud hosting typically use virtual machine for each user with dedicated resources. Unlike in shared hosting, the resources are shared for all users.

 

[ElixantTechnology]

It really depends on the provider and the technology that is being utilised by the provider. I personlly see Cloud Hosting as a myth, there really aren't too many benefits in comparision to traditional VPS solutions.