Multiple Dedicated Servers – Clustered Load Balanced Complex Hosting
When you start a project, shared or dedicated servers may seem perfect to suit your requirements. You host your website, email accounts and database on one server and kick start your online business.
As your business grows, more and more things may be needed from your web hosting. Instead of 10 email accounts, now you need 50 or more emails because your team has grown. You might require Virtual Private Networks to stay connected with your team members around the clock.
More importantly, you cannot afford a second of down time. Consistency, uninterrupted service, back up and recovery are factors that you need in order to offer seamless service to your customers.
Clustered load balanced hosting is what you need to manage and synchronize all your web activities effectively. This type of hosting is often referred as complex hosting. Though the technology is complex, there is nothing to get panicky with regards to technical complexities. Rest assured that your hosting service provider will help you set up your multiple dedicated servers in clustered and load balanced format where needed.
Benefits of clustered hosting
Clustered hosting eliminates the limitations of shared hosting. It allows your website to connect with multiple servers by virtualizing the resources. As a result your website accesses the processing power of multiple servers; and multiple server applications are distributed in real time.
By using the power of clustered hosting you can keep your website live 24×7. When one server experiences technical faults, there are many more to back you up. This is the reason many webmasters shift to complex hosting from a dedicated server as their businesses grow.
Why load balancing is done
Load balancing helps to achieve optimum response time, throughput and resource utilization. By distributing loads among multiple nodes, you can reduce redundancy and increase reliability.
In complex hosting load balancing is done programmatically. A software program is used to keep track of requests and available resources so that loads can be spread in the most efficient possible way.
By using the power of clustered load balanced server you ensure seamless, faster and more reliable services for your customers. Reputed service providers offer a full range of support including firewalls, SAN devices and everything required for complex web hosting.
If you intend to set up some special kind of server network, talk to your service provider. Renowned hosting companies help their clients to set up custom server networks as well.