The Top 5 Benefits of Using CloudLinux

CloudLinux, the only OS purposely made for the shared hosting and reseller hosting industry, has been growing very fast since its inception in 2009. The company announced it had reached its 1,000 milestone of paying customers in August 2012. Approximately 9,000 servers currently run on the CloudLinux platform.
VPS.Net offers this popular reseller hosting OS, which features isolation technology and a reputation for not compromising the uptime of other resources on the same server.
Below are the top 5 reasons why many people are increasingly finding CloudLinux beneficial.

1. 1. Resource Limitation

CloudLinux was developed specifically to be used in hosting. One of its best features is the Lightweight Virtual Environment (LVE) technology used for resource limitation. The LVE kernel level module is used to restrict single users from bringing down the entire server; accomplished by controlling the amount of RAM and CPU that can be used on any given server process.

1. 1. Visibility

Users of CloudLinux have great visibility over their resources. Using the ‘tenant’ model, the system runs each execution by a user inverse. This means it is not difficult to monitor system logs or log attempts that may be potential security threats. For example, spamming scripts can easily be identified or even scripts trying to gain (unauthorized) higher privileges.

1. 1. Customer Isolation

In some servers, accounts are relatively interconnected in such a way that when one goes down, it drags the others with it. Fortunately, this is not the way CloudLinux works. When one account goes down, the others remain unaffected. This means sites hosted on CloudLinux are extremely resilient!

1. 1. Ease of Deployment/Conversion

It is very easy to start using CloudLinux. This is true either for those who are just starting to use it or for those who wish to convert from other systems. For example, converting from CentOS or from RHEL is just a matter of a few minutes (5 minutes or so). Licensing is also easily given that each virtual or physical server can order its license from an easy to navigate ordering platform. Licensed systems are guaranteed important security updates as well as patches.

1. 1. Great Support

Great support for CloudLinux is one of its nicest features. Users just need to submit tickets to OS support staff to have their issues resolved. This support is available for usage, configuration, installation, bug fixes and even diagnosis for all versions of CloudLinux.