Comments on: GoDaddy unveils its take on cloud computing

By: Meh

Meh — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:34:41 +0000

Using GoDaddy for cloud services is like riding a bicycle for a Nascar race.

By: Born2Code

Born2Code — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:33:29 +0000

how is this different from their current virtual dedicated servers offering? i have been a GD customer since their first year in business and this (per the little info we have) is just a repackaging of their current virtual dedicated servers offering.

By: David Meyer

David Meyer — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:17:25 +0000

To be sure…the end product will likely look different. I think it will be a good thing, but I think they will miss a tremendous opportunity if they don’t adopt the traditional Cloud model giving people the flexibility that characterizes the Clouds that are already out there.

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:21:52 +0000

William and David,

I’m holding out final judgment until the offering is public. As I noted in my update, it’s evolving still, so there’s a chance that pricing will change, too.

By: William Toll

William Toll — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:46:50 +0000

Sadly the offering described is not very cloud like. True cloud services are consumed and billed in an elastic and “pay for what you use” model. The plans and pricing referenced above represent an evolution of the traditional model that web hosters have offered since the 1990′s. As more and more Web 2.0′s and traditional ISV’s architect their solutions around the cloud model of consumption based billing and auto-scaling architecture, offerings like this will not be considered. It is interesting to see which traditional hosters understand the new paradigm and which are clinging to the past.

By: David Meyer

David Meyer — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:39:21 +0000

Hi Blah. Actually…I have nothing against GoDaddy. In fact, I have been a customer of theirs for years. My statement really reflected the fact that one of the values that Cloud offers is the ability to scale up and scale down as needed, and pay for what you use. When you lock it down to three set configurations you take away that benefit…and you are left with, in my opinion, dedicated servers as opposed to a true Cloud. From the article:

“According to a marketing brochure for the service, GoDaddy plans to offer three options for users. However, all three levels provide fixed resource amounts for a monthly fee, with additional resources available “a la carte.” This is a deviation from the standard infrastructure as a service model of charging for resources on an hourly basis and allowing for the number of servers to be spun up or down on demand.”

If this works for GoDaddy and its customers, great! I just am having trouble seeing how this is a Cloud…that’s all. But no…I have NOTHING against GoDaddy. They have provided me with excellent service for many years.

By: Blah

Blah — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:09:47 +0000

@DavidMeyer – Care to elaborate? What makes a “cloud” a “cloud”? How do you know they’re dedicated servers? It seems like you’ve got it all figured out, so please share the knowledge. On the other hand it almost seems like you have a grudge against GD??

By: Robert Cathey

Robert Cathey — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:17:39 +0000

Any word on how their pricing compares to AWS?

By: davidmeyer

davidmeyer — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:21:38 +0000

This is clearly NOT a Cloud, but rather expensive dedicated servers at a web hosting facility. They need to visit Amazon and Rackspace Cloud sites and look at the pricing model. Still scratching my head…

By: Henry from NJ

Henry from NJ — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:41:05 +0000

this is a good sign for cloud computing as Go Daddy seems be keen on what is profitable.