Since the appearance of cloud servers, more and more companies have doubts when choosing between the typical physical server or cloud server. In some cases, businesses start by storing their documents on multiple computers and, when they run out of space, store it on physical servers. However, there always comes a time when having a server room and all the inconvenience it can cause makes one consider moving to cloud servers.
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What is a server?
The server is a computer equipment that provides information (images, videos, text files, applications, your web page...) to some clients, which can be people or other equipment connected to it. There are two types of servers:
- Physical server: This server is “physically” in hardware, often in specific rooms of the companies.
- cloud server: With this server, all the information stored is in the cloud, in a virtual infrastructure.
Cloud server vs physical server
cloud server
- Lower prices, without physical space and plans based on needs and monthly payment.
- Constant technological update.
- High scalability, with easy and fast contracting of new services.
- Easy access, from anywhere and at any time.
cloud server
- Higher costs, need for a physical space, refrigeration system, devices… Large initial refunds.
- Possible obsolescence of tools and devices.
- Contracting new services takes longer, requires new devices and migration costs.
- Limited access to the device and additional cost for remote access.
1. Costs
One of the most important aspects when choosing one of the two options is the costs. On the one hand, the prices of a local server they tend to be tall, since you have to acquire licenses and services for its operation, and they require a infrastructure Y maintenance constant. In addition, the costs of other devices such as routers, cooling systems, security and extinction must also be added.
Instead, the cloud servers are cheaper Since it is not necessary to have a physical space, you can choose plan that best suits our needs and the supplier from service takes care of its maintenance. Also, with vendors like Google CloudPlatform you can save even more by contracting only the service that is needed.
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2. Technological upgrade
Technology is changing by leaps and bounds, this is indisputable. One of the decisive aspects when choosing a server may be its technological update.
On the one hand, physical servers they are made up of hardware and software that is installed in the process of their implementation. This can cause, after a while, to remain obsolete. Instead, cloud servers can be constantly updated without investing more efforts in it.
3. Scalability
If your company is growing and you need your resources to adapt to each phase of your company, it is best that you hire a cloud server. For example, with Google CloudPlatform increase or decrease the resources you have no need for long waits and of very easy way. Remember that if you have a physical server, you may have to buy new devices or invest in migrations.
4. Accessibility
Accessing the information you have stored can become a problem if you have a local server. In this case, your access is usually limited, as it is in a fitness room. In the case of wanting to access remotely, there may be a high security risk.
Instead, with the cloud server it is easy to access your information since it is not stored on a single device. This means being able to access any moment and from any place.
Which cloud server to choose?
If you are already a user of G Suite (now Google Workspace) and all the tools of Google, and you know all its benefits, the best solution will be to stay with Google CloudPlatform (GCP). It is the infrastructure in the Google cloud that allows:
- increase the security with GCP
- Reduce costs in infrastructure and unused services, thanks to payment for services.
- make the company more scalable
- have older accessibility to the data
- make the company more intelligent, thanks to services like GCP BigQuery, either Google Cloud Platform Machine Learning.
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Among the most requested services of Google Cloud Platform are gcp vpn, Google Cloud Storage either GCP Kubernetes. This option is also being chosen a lot in the following situations:
1. Companies with websites in Wordpress
If you have a Wordpress website and you are interested in finding a good hosting option, GCP also offers Google Cloud Platform Wordpress. Depending on the web you have (desired traffic and control), GCP can be implemented in different ways. These include GCP Marketplace, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, or any of the GCP plugins for Wordpress.
2. Companies that want to enhance Oracle workloads with GCP
If your company is using the services of Oracle and you want to reduce TCO, increase availability and simplify the management of centers and databases, Google Cloud Oracle Database it will be a good choice. Google Cloud offers several migration strategies (change of host, platform or code) that will allow you to start taking advantage of the benefits of Google Cloud Platform easily.
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