temi

So, which one will you start with if starting a small web hosting company? a dedicated server where you pay a fix price regardless of how much resources you use or a cloud platform where you only pay for the resource you use making the cost of entry cheaper and lets be frank, you are highly unlikely to have that many customers when you star a new hosting business from the scratch.

If you have some web hosting experience or the experience of starting a new hosting business from the ground up, you are invited to join this discussion.

Originally Posted by temi

Recently while giving advice to someone who is thinking of starting a small web hosting company I suggested he lease or buy dedicated server, he said he was going for cloud hosting for its versatility etc etc he was also of the opinion that cloud hosting guarantee that the sites are always available. Well, unless I do not understand what cloud hosting is, my understanding is that it just a way of managing server resources, it something like the way you pay for your electricity, you may for what you use were as having a dedicated server is paying for fix hardware and bandwidth, whether you use the server or not you still have to pay for it.

Did I get the analogy write or wrong? if you use a cloud hosting platform for reselling web hosting services to small companies, I will like to hear from you.