When Does Hosting Your Website in the Cloud Make Sense?

When Does Hosting Your Website in the Cloud Make Sense?.

Discussion of when to use cloud vs own metal. Short answer:

When you need that extra boost in bandwidth due to being slammed with requests.

Basically don't just jump to the cloud because it is 'cool', use the cloud if it saves you money.

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