Month: August 2018

The dramatic increase of internet and data users in the 21^st century comes with its benefits and downsides. Due to large traffic generated in websites, it is a common thing to see web services slow down as their proposed hardware infrastructure finds it difficult to keep up. Normally, this would mean the purchase of more servers to compensate for the increase in traffic.

Of course, this step has its own disadvantages. One is the problem of scalability which simply means you can’t easily increase your computing power without purchasing more hardware and when you need to downsize, you’re left with lots of hardware you don’t need. It’s similar to buying a memory stick with a higher space for your device when you need it, and getting stuck with a large memory drive you don’t need when you need to get rid of your information. However, thanks to cloud computing, …