Dedicated server vs Cloud

nasirbest

We want to offer VPS+OurSoftware as SaaS to our clients. regarding that I want to know.

What advantages each of them have ? VPS (on dedicated) VS VPS (from Cloud provider)

and what will be better regarding SaaS, our concern is following

1. cost
2. easy maintenance
3. auto provisioning ( like WHMCS integration )

any thoughts ?

Thanks in advance

serverian

Okay.

rds100

And what is "OurSoftware" ?

nasirbest

@serverian @rds100 @Zen @Jack, sorry! mistakenly submitted it uncompleted, please check it again.

marcm

Sounds like one of those college lab challenges, lol.

forthcloud

@nasirbest said:

1. cost VPS

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2. easy maintenance VPS/Cloud

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3. auto provisioning VPS/Cloud

Maounique

I would go with cloud:
1. Easy to scale;
2. Someone else cares for the infrastructure;
3. A real cloud will provide HA and redundancy (most setups marketed as "cloud" are not, though);
4. No problems with Hardware failure;
5. Easy to migrate to other locations or expand;
6. API support;
7. Better hardware and optimization (IO, network, higher quality built servers), etc.

Just to name a few. It should also be cheaper for start.

nasirbest

Thanks @Maounique, can you suggest some provider which support whmcs ? or other billing system ?

nasirbest

@forthcloud said:

Yes, exactly! I want to compare

Maounique

Since you will offer SaaS, it does not matter much, your own whmcs should be able to handle it, but you need to write a module to handle the api for billing and provisioning.

RichardLeik

Cloud, undoubtedly.