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I have been doing some catching up lately by reading about cloud hosting.
For a client that has about the same characteristics as StackOverflow (Windows stack, same amount of visitors), I need to set up a hosting environment. Stackoverflow went from renting to buying.
The question is why didn't they choose cloud hosting?
Since Stackoverflow doesn't use any weird stuff that needs to run on a dedicated server and supposedly cloud hosting is 'the' solution, why not use it?
By getting answers to this question I hope to be able to make a weighted decision myself.
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Cloud computing makes your small business dependent on the reliability of your Internet connection. When it's offline, you're offline. If your internet service suffers from frequent outages or slow speeds, cloud computing may not be suitable for your business.
One minor drawback to cloud computing is the fact that it's completely reliant on the internet. If your internet connection goes down, you won't have access to data stored in the cloud for the duration of the outage. However, an internet interruption won't destroy or compromise your data stored in the cloud.
Cloud-based hosting makes sense for most organizations. The only organizations for which it may not make sense are those that are required by law or by industry standard practice to have physical control over their data. Such organizations might be forced to create and maintain their own hosting infrastructure.
I honestly do not know why SO runs like it does, on privately owned servers.
However, I can assume why a website would prefer this:
Again, this is a cost-effectiveness issue, and each business will handle it differently.
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