What Is Cloud Hosting?

Cloud hosting spreads your site or app across a network of virtual servers instead of relying on a single physical machine. If one server has an issue, another picks up the load. That's the core reliability pitch.

It differs from traditional shared hosting (one server, many customers) and dedicated hosting (one server, one customer) by being elastic: you can scale resources up or down without migrating to new hardware.

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