Disadvantages of Cloud Hosting
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Because cloud web hosting is a very new method of site hosting, the majority of the problems that could be listed may well be temporary as once technology for cloud hosting develops, as will the flaws be eradicated.
Firstly, there are major issues with security. Because the networked servers and computers do not operate separately or independently to each other on personal operating systems and instead work as a combined single system they are all equally susceptible to hacking. It is likely this risk will lessen with advancement in cloud technology but will never be completely obsolete due to the nature of a shared computing conscious across potentially thousands of hardware bodies which could be physically invaded.
There is also a potential problem in the shape of stability. Because the information is shared across the entire network of computer hosts, if one computer becomes corrupted the fractions of data that could be stored on that unit could be corrupted too. Again, this issue will likely be resolved as technology develops.