What's the difference between a cloud server and a normal server?

There are three main differences between cloud servers and ordinary servers:

1, different definitions:

Cloud server is a simple, efficient, safe, reliable and flexible computing service, and it is a server cluster.

A common server is a relatively fixed server, which is a hardware device that provides computing services.

2. Different configurations:

Cloud servers can quickly create or publish any number of cloud servers without purchasing hardware in advance, and all calculations are realized in the cloud, reducing the difficulty of development and operation and the overall IT cost.

The public server consists of processor, hard disk, memory, system bus, etc. , similar to the general computer architecture, the cost is higher.

3, the failure rate is different:

Cloud server is based on server cluster, with high hardware redundancy and low failure rate.

However, the physical machine has less hardware redundancy and high failure rate.

Extended data:

Advantages of cloud server:

1, a cloud computing server, effectively solves the defects of difficult management and weak business development in traditional physical leasing and VPS services.

2. Users can conveniently carry out remote maintenance and reinstall the system for free, so as to realize complete isolation between cloud hosts at the hardware level; Built-in redundant * * * storage and intelligent backup, physical server failure can be automatically recovered in a few minutes.

3. It has the ability of rapid supply and deployment. After users submit cloud hosting applications, they can open them in real time, get services in real time, and the business supports smooth expansion. When the user's business scale is expanded, the business expansion can be realized quickly.

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