Internal/External Hosting & The Cloud

Which are advantages of local hosting?

• Ideal for local network users - less bandwidth needed

• Always on - cannot use sleep mode

• Costs less than external hosting

• Slow bandwidth connection

Which are disadvantages of local hosting?

• Ideal for local network users - less bandwidth needed

• Always on - cannot use sleep mode

• Costs less than the alternative

• Slow bandwidth connection

Which are disadvantages of local hosting?

• Dynamic IP address - Your ISP assigns it usually

• Little technical knowledge required

• More prone to viruses and hacking

• Expensive service

What is local/internal hosting?

• You pay a company to host your website

• Data is saved onto your local computer for people to access externally

• More prone to viruses and hacking

• Data is saved onto an external computer for people to access externally

What is external hosting?

• Data is saved onto your local computer for people to access externally

• You pay a company to host your website on a local computer to you

• Data is saved onto an external computer for people to access externally

• More prone to viruses and hacking

What is a disadvantages of external hosting?

• Costs less than an external host

• Little technical knowledge required

• More prone to viruses and hacking

• Expensive service

Which are disadvantages of external hosting?

• Ideal for local network users - less bandwidth needed

• Expensive service

• If servers go down it is out of your control

• Slow bandwidth connection

What are advantages of external hosting?

• Costs less than an internal host

• Little technical knowledge required

• More prone to viruses and hacking

• Backups are made for you

What are advantages of external hosting?

• Viruses and hacking risk is smaller

• Costs less than an internal host

• Fast bandwidth connection

• More prone to viruses and hacking

What are advantages of external hosting?

• Firewalls can help stop access to the server

• Backups are made for you

• Servers are looked after and fixed by them – not you

• More prone to viruses and hacking