Need a perfect infrastructure to host your company business? Independent server and cloud computing services are the two most important ways to choose from. To help you understand the differences between this model in detail, we will introduce the four major differences between cloud servers and independent servers. These differences will be explained in the form of common questions, hoping to help you.

　　1. How long does it take to go online for browsing?

　　When using an independent server, the minimum time to be deployed on the line is about 1-3 days. Because of the server hardware configuration, power on the shelves, environmental settings, debugging, etc., this series of work can be delivered to you to use it normally. But through cloud computing, you can obtain resources from the cloud in a few minutes or even a few seconds, create a cloud server instance and start using it.

　　2. Can I upgrade the CPU, memory or disk space at any time?

　　Cloud servers and independent servers allow hardware upgrades. However, the difference is upgrade efficiency. Using a cloud server, you only need to click a few times to achieve automated upgrade through the API. But this is not the case for independent servers. Upgrading the independent server hardware requires manually on the shelves of the machine room personnel, and the machine needs to be suspended.

　　3. How is cost -effectiveness and high availability?

　　Compared with the cost of hosting the website on independent servers, the high availability (HA) environment based on the cloud server can save 60%of the cost. If you need to use multiple cloud servers, the time required to configure the HA environment and the load balancer can be completed within a few minutes. In sharp contrast, the independent server is not the case. Although you can achieve a high available environment through multiple independent servers, it may take several hours or even a few days to complete this process. But it is not absolute. For business with huge resources, independent servers are likely to be more cost -effective than cloud servers in the long run.

　　4. Do you have an automated tool that can be accessed?

　　Cloud computing allows cloud servers to obtain automatic management, automatic configuration and automatic scaling through an open API acquisition tool. Although independent servers can also use such tools, before implementation, these tools need to be customized to manufacturers.