The term "Cloud Hosting" describes a web hosting service provided by a cloud computing system in which the processing operations (computation) and data storage are divided between separate underlying physical server infrastructure layers. A Cloud computing system is virtualized by default. It has the following layers: Infrastructure hardware layer; Infrastructure hypervisor layer; Tenant virtual machine (server) layer; Tenant operating system (OS) layer; Tenant application layer.

Server environments provided as a service to IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) users (tenants) defineds as "Public Cloud" and "Private Cloud" are hosted in the same physical cloud computing system. This is called "cloud hosting".

The term Dedicated Cloud Hosting describes a single-tenant cloud system. When you use a dedicated cloud hosting service, you do not share the resource of the cloud hosting system with other users. It is exclusively dedicated to you! There are different Dedicated Cloud Hosting technology models that an organization can use depending on its specific needs.

1. Cloud-based environments naturally scale processing power, RAM, and storage resources.

2. Applications hosted on cloud servers can use different types data storage disks, including Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with magnetic platters, Solid State Drives (SSDs) with flash memory, Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) storage drives that use a PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) bus, and portable USB flash storage devices that connect via a USB port.

3. "Cloud-native apps" hosted in cloud server environments can automatically scale up or down depending on resource utilization through Kubernetes-based containers and similar technologies that enable scaling of cloud infrastructure according to resource demand.

4. Cloud servers feature high availability and failover functions. These features enable a single cloud server or a group of servers used for application delivery to continue providing services in the event of downtime in the main physical infrastructure or operating system failure.

Generally, the same principles apply to securing software environments at the operating system (OS) and application levels, whether they are hosted on physical (bare metal) servers or cloud servers (virtual environments).

The term "Cloud hosting security" is an artificial and is used for various reasons, mainly due to a lack of technical knowledge.

In terms of an OS and application security, a cloud server (a virtual machine or a container) operates like a physical server. It has an operating system (OS) that needs to be secured using standard, uniform security procedures.

Similar principles apply to network security for a cluster of servers (also known as cloud infrastructure), which is used to host cloud servers, as well as for a standalone physical server.

The main difference is that cloud infrastructure administrators deal with virtual networks and VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks), which are logical groupings of network devices that communicate as if they were on the same physical network, even though they are connected to different physical switches or locations.

In theory, cloud-based instances (servers) have an additional layer of security because system and network administrators can apply different security policies to physical and virtual networks. For instance, cloud servers could be limited to a bandwidth capacity of 1 Gbps, even if the internet connection is 100 Gbps. Administrators can apply custom routing and firewall rules to both the physical and the virtual networks.

Enterprise virtualization technology is used to design, automate, and manage cloud hosting infrastructures and usually has its own virtual networking and security terms, rules, and procedures. While these may differ in terminology and management procedures, the principle of network security generally remains the same.

Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks usually cause service unavailability and result in thousands of dollars in data transfer service fees, especially if you use a major hyperscale cloud provider to host your cloud server.

HostColor's DDoS-protected cloud servers and cloud infrastructure minimize the risk of service unavailability and virtually eliminate the risk of you incurring data transfer costs as a result of artificial, bot-generated traffic to your cloud instances.

When you use our cloud servers, your applications run behind sophisticated DDoS protection firewalls, maximizing application availability. Our enterprise-grade, DDoS-protected networks safeguard your cloud infrastructure from unexpected network downtime, preventing loss of business and revenue. Our DDoS-protected network services filter out malicious traffic and ensure that legitimate traffic requests reach your cloud servers and applications. Specifically, our DDoS protection includes the following capabilities:

• Real-time mitigation of malicious attacks
• Human-generated traffic that reaches your cloud servers and infrastructure
• Native protection against network attacks of any size
• No additional fees or charges for DoS and DDoS protected cloud servers and infrastructure
• No fees for bot-generated and malicious traffic on all unmetered cloud servers and dedicated clouds
• No increased latency and long round-trip delays in application delivery in the event of a network attack
• All IPv4 and IPv6 settings are protected from DDoS attacks

To protect your cloud-hosted applications and data from any type of natural disaster, your organization must have two different cloud servers hosted in two separate data centers. These data centers should be at least 100 miles (160 km) apart. When selecting dedicated server locations, consider the risk of natural disasters in each region.

Once the two cloud servers are in place, they must be interconnected, and the applications and data must be backed up or mirrored. In the event of a primary server failure, operations switch to the redundant server according to a specific readiness-level scenario and procedure. This depends on the chosen disaster recovery and business continuity model.

Failover Protection is a technology service that limits or completely eliminates downtime of the operating system and applications running on IT infrastructure environments, such as cloud servers.

The Failover Protected Cloud Servers are virtual environments that are automatically protected against downtime by the availability of a clustered, fully mirrored, redundant server environment that automatically migrates and starts up in the event of a failure of the original main cloud server node.

Yes, any organization can use two or more dedicated cloud servers to set up a customized business continuity plan. Business continuity describes an active, fully operational cloud infrastructure model that enables an organization to maintain its technology operations and workflow with virtually no interruption in the event of a failure or outage of its primary technology infrastructure.

Yes. Disaster Recovery (DR), refers to the ability to preserve applications and data and resume technology operations after an interruption caused by an outage, data loss, or failure of the main cloud infrastructure.

Cloud servers, especially cloud servers, are a convenient way to create and implement a fully customizable and private disaster recovery infrastructure. The dedicated cloud servers, spefically, have a major advantage over the virtual environments hosted in one of the large hyperscale clouds. The disaster recovery infrastructure deployed on dedicated cloud servers is managed and governed solely by the organization's internal data retention policies and procedures. This makes the DR infrastructure deployed on dedicated cloud servers a private technology asset that is 100% controlled by its owner.

The "US Cloud Server" is not a technical term. Its only meaningful purpose is to describe a cloud server hosted in a data center located in the United States. Thus, the terms "US Cloud Server" and "US Cloud Hosting" do not refer to any specific technical specifications regarding the overall quality of the dedicated hosting services, including server performance, security settings and policies, hardware, software and network customization options, and service reliability..

The only technical information that can be used as a reference for these terms is that each cloud server hosted in a U.S. data center has an IP address originating from the ARIN region and/or a geolocation with the physical address of the U.S. data center.

All HostColor Cloud servers and dedicated clouds come with free infrastructure support. We save your money. Unlike major hyperscalers who charge clients for technical support on unmanaged infrastructure, HostColor never charges you for such support. Our infrastructure technical support includes everything related to network interfaces and the core functionality of your cloud server's computing resources, such as the CPU, RAM, and virtual storage disks.

Please note that free infrastructure support does not include operating system (OS) support, support for custom configurations created and managed by the server owner, or support for installed software applications. With our free infrastructure support, you can save money and receive technical assistance for your server's core components.