What hardware do you use?
We use servers with two 18-core Intel Xeon Gold 6254 3.1 GHz processors, DDR4 ECC LR-DIMM 2.9 GHz RAM and fast-speed NVMe SSDs with N+2 backup (analog to RAID-6).
Why you call it a Cloud server?
Cloud server is a hardware-based server, connected to other hardware servers forming a single fault-tolerant cluster. When one of the servers fails, it instantly switches to a functioning server and thus provides high availability. Cloud server is also scalable, which allows you to quickly increase it capacity at any time.
Is my data secure?
Cloud service providers try to protect user data, otherwise they risk their reputation and, as a result, money. Therefore, they hire serious information security professionals and invest a lot of money in data encryption, protection of communication channels and quality support. As a result, it happens that the cloud infrastructure is better protected than the data that you store on local computers or your own data centers.
Where is cloud data physically located?
All data stored in the cloud resides on physical servers. These servers operate in dedicated data centers that are geographically distributed from each other. The data is automatically replicated to different servers. Therefore, if one of the servers fails, the data is opened at the same second on the other server.
What are the advantages of cloud services?
One of the main benefits of the cloud is cost savings. You no longer need to buy expensive computers with huge performance and a lot of memory, all your information will be stored on the cloud and most of the calculations will be done there. Instead of constantly purchasing new software for all employees, it is enough to purchase the software for the cloud once. And the cost of maintaining them in working order is completely reduced to zero.
Also, for the cloud, the problem of component breakage is not relevant. In storage and data centers, buildings where virtual infrastructure is deployed, multi-tier redundancy of computing resources is planned. There may be failures, but they do not pose fatal problems typical for physical servers. Problems are resolved an order of magnitude faster than operating a local server, thanks to redundancy and specialized personnel.
