I want to know which is more cost effective and powerful for hosting games and apps. As I understand it, a game console is powerful because it is a dedicated machine. On the other hand, I hear cloud servers run on clustering. Both of these methods are expensive and have their differences. Outline them please.
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The dedicated servers are physical machines, fully dedicated to high-performance hardware to accommodate high requests.
The resources of a dedicated server are usually used below 60%, so it never runs at full capacity. A fully loaded cloud can save a lot of electricity and money since it can replace 5 times of the dedicated servers.
The Cloud Computing is a slice of a set of features available in dozens of servers and storage, enabling scalability, availability and performance assurance environment.
Cost difference
Monthly cost for dedicated servers may range from $100 to $1,000 depending upon the packages.
In case of cloud computing, it basically is about how much you use. You only get charged for the amount of storage and the time for which you use the storage. The best part about cloud storage is that there is nothing that is capped like dedicated servers.
Whether it is data store cost or data transfer cost, a user is charged only for what he uses on the cloud.
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