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Chapter 106 Server

Lin Rui was not satisfied, so he closed his eyes and conceived for a while, and the brush fell down again. This time, Su Hongxiu was a bit delicate and graceful, with a hint of charm.

Lin Rui still took it aside, and closed his eyes to conceive for a while. This time it took a very long time. When he opened his eyes, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes, and there was a faint confidence on his face. Take it easy.

Hearing the rubbing sound of the pen tip on the drawing paper, Su Hongxiu's figure gradually appeared, pure and beautiful, and full of charm, the eyebrows, the expression, the lovely shy appearance, really seemed to be in the painting .

It has the eight-point charm of Su Hongxiu.

Lin Rui admired it for a while, then put away his pen, and nodded in satisfaction. This is the most satisfying painting he has drawn since he learned to paint.

……

The next morning, Lin Rui came to the company, and after dealing with the matter at hand, he asked Sun Yutong to notify Tan Yuanming and Han Yunsong to come over for a small meeting.

Regarding some simple renovations in the new office area, Han Yunsong has already contacted a specialized decoration company to take charge. Office furniture and supplies are already being selected, and the quantity of customization and purchase is being calculated.

In this regard, Han Yunsong thought very comprehensively, thought out every detail clearly, and executed it quickly, which made Lin Rui very satisfied.

Then they began to discuss the company's development. As the optimization of Weibo became more and more perfect, the time for the release was getting closer and closer, and the preparations before the release were gradually ready.

Now there is only one thing left, and that is the server. At present, it is not cost-effective to buy a server, not to mention consuming a lot of money, and it takes a lot of time to install and debug.

It is also necessary to rent a computer room to place servers, recruit special management personnel, and manage servers.For Lin Rui's current small company, it is really a bit troublesome.

Then there is only one target to choose from, which is to rent a server. At present, there are many large and small server operators in China, and their qualifications are also mixed. There are many in Los Angeles, not only serving local small Internet companies, but also various large and small enterprises. Official website, personal website set up by some individuals.

A male student of Lin Rui’s major seems to have set up a personal website last year and rented the bandwidth and service space for a year for only more than 200 yuan.

However, this is not considered a rented server, but a rented virtual host. A virtual host is a space divided from the server.

One server can be divided into more than 100 virtual hosts, and the environments are all configured in the same way, which is not suitable for applications or websites that require special environmental requirements.

Moreover, the virtual host is shared with other websites. Once other websites are hacked, it is likely to affect the security of your own website.

It is much more convenient to rent a server directly, and can directly obtain full control of the server, and can run many programs and services that could not be run before.

All right!The above is all nonsense. With the size of Lin Rui Company, it is necessary to rent a server. As for the virtual host, the bandwidth, computing power and virtual space are not enough to fit between the teeth.

The main function of the virtual host is for those individual enthusiasts to build their own personal websites for self-entertainment. If they really want to be used for commercial purposes, the number of visits is too much, and it is easy to get stuck and make you doubt your life.

However, to rent a server, you must also choose a reliable server operator, which is really too low a threshold.Two college students who know a little bit of technology can do it by renting a few cabinets in the telecommunications room.This is very unstable, changing IP addresses randomly is common, and you may run away if you encounter a little twists and turns.

There are also some small-scale server operators with relatively weak technical strength, which may not be obvious in the short term. When the failure occurs, the problems will naturally increase, such as crashes, restarts, slow speeds, etc...

Then I went to the computer room to check the circuit and anti-virus... At this time, it is common to yell on the mobile phone in the middle of the night. When I encounter an irresponsible service provider who wants to run away, once the mobile phone is turned off, I will fall in love with someone.

Therefore, when renting a server, it is very important to choose a reputable and reliable service provider. Even if the price is high, it does not matter, as long as the service quality is good, there will be no failures.

Several people discussed this issue for a while, and suddenly Tan Yuanming seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Lin, have you heard of cloud services?"

"Cloud service!" Lin Rui muttered: "I read in a technology magazine that Amazon abroad was the first to do this, and there are very few such companies in China."

Tan Yuanming nodded and said, "Amazon was the first to open up cloud services in foreign countries. It started to develop and build its own cloud computing platform in [-]."

"There are also domestic ones. Ali established a cloud computing platform in 08 and developed the Feitian system. Last year, Alibaba Cloud officially registered as an independent company. It is currently the earliest cloud service company established in China, and it is also the largest."

Lin Rui said thoughtfully: "You mean, use the cloud service directly instead of renting a server yourself."

Tan Yuanming nodded and said: "Compared with renting servers by yourself, using cloud services has many advantages. It can be elastically expanded according to business needs, and can be dynamically migrated to improve reliability. Monitoring, operation and maintenance management is very convenient, and physical resources can be allocated flexibly to improve utilization... "

"Moreover, the service is distributed on multiple servers or even multiple computer rooms, so it is not easy to go down completely. It has strong disaster resistance and fault tolerance, and can guarantee long-term online. Whether it is scalable or not, the basic feature of the cloud host is the distributed architecture, so it can It is easy to add servers and expand computing service capabilities exponentially."

"The most important thing is that it is cheap, because the service can be distributed to multiple servers and resources can be fully utilized, which reduces the cost of hardware, electricity and maintenance. Moreover, cloud hosts are billed according to usage. By paying less, vacant resources will not be wasted, and the real price is only one-half to one-third of the cost of renting a server."

Lin Rui suddenly became interested. This convenient and practical method, which can also reduce operating costs, is liked by everyone who starts a company. He thought about it and asked with some doubts: "Why hasn't such a good technology been promoted? "

Tan Yuanming said: "The main reason is that cloud service is a new technology even in foreign countries. Although it is simpler, more practical and cheaper, the barriers to entry are very high. Without high technical strength and deep financial support, ordinary companies do not do it at all. Not coming."

"Moreover, large-scale hardware investment and technology research and development are required in the early stage. Basically, they are all pure investment. There is not much revenue. The scale is too small to give full play to the advantages of cloud computing. Only by accumulating a sufficient scale can we slowly realize profitability. , there are not many companies in China that have the strength and determination to do this.”

"And strictly speaking, this technology is to use a new concept to integrate the existing resources of the server in the form of cloud computing. Some large traditional server operators with capital and strength are more suitable for transformation to cloud services."

"But cloud services are actually poaching the corners of traditional server operators, poaching their own corners, and using this cheaper method. They don't want to change at all. The slower the development of cloud services, the better, and they can earn more. Annual money."

Lin Rui nodded and said: "It's no wonder that the topic of cloud computing and cloud services has been so hot in foreign countries in recent years, but it has not been tepid in China. It is almost rare to hear such discussions."

Tan Yuanming said: "At present, the prospects of cloud computing and cloud services are still being debated in China. Alibaba was the first to enter the market, and established a separate cloud computing company Aliyun last year."

"Both Baidu and Tencent are hesitating. Just like Robin Li, the boss of Baidu, once said in a speech that cloud services are old wine in new bottles, which is not much different from traditional server operators. Tencent's Xiao Ma also said, There is still a generational gap in the current technology of cloud services, and it is difficult to realize it in a short period of time. Both companies are waiting and watching. At present, the only one in China that is really capable of doing this and entering the market is Ali.”

Lin Rui nodded thoughtfully. His current understanding of cloud computing is only a concept, and he doesn't know the specific implementation method. After all, he is not from a technical background.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "The cloud service is really good. Our company may consider giving it a try. Is there anything we need to pay attention to?"

Tan Yuanming said: "There is also one thing to be aware of. When we use cloud services, we can't see the actual server at all. What we have come into contact with is only the virtual host of cloud computing. At the beginning, we will feel that we lack control over cloud services, because cloud hosts only provide The network interface and our company's data must all be subject to the arrangement of the cloud service company and are completely under the latter's control."

"Whether the data is safe and confidential depends on the latter's professional ethics and protection capabilities, so many companies that want to use cloud services will have some concerns in this regard, worrying about whether the companies that provide cloud services will leak and monitor these data. You need to find a very reputable company."

"In this regard, big companies are more secure. Whether it is for profit, reality or reputation, they will not lose watermelons for the sake of picking up sesame seeds. They will pay great attention to these things, even more than we do. Once this kind of thing happens, there may be no If people and companies dare to use your cloud service, this cloud computing service company will be ruined.”

"I think this is a place that needs attention, but it can be avoided as long as you choose the right company."

Lin Rui nodded, thinking that what he said made sense, and for a small company like his, there was no data worth peeking at.

"It's still you who have a keen eye for technology. Like me, I have only heard of the concept of cloud computing, and I don't know its practical value at all. Some things don't have a deep understanding, and I really don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain." Lin Rui was a little emotional, and a little admirable Said.

Tan Yuanming smiled modestly: "It's not because I have a keen eye. It's mainly because I have a college classmate who joined Alibaba in Hangzhou two years ago. When Alibaba Cloud Computing's Feitian system project was launched, he was transferred to this project. In the group, develop the Feitian cloud computing operating system."

"It is said that he was quite reluctant at the time. At that time, there was no concept of cloud computing in China, and even many members of the development team did not know it. Only Dr. Wang Jian, the project leader dug back from Microsoft with a high salary at that time, had a deep research on this. "

"They worked hard with Wang Jian, and gradually became famous. We often chatted on the Internet and listened to him a lot. I gradually got some research and concepts on these things."

Lin Rui said thoughtfully: "It seems that if we choose a cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud may be the most suitable one in China at present."

Tan Yuanming said: "That's true. We have caught up with a good time. Alibaba Cloud just held a press conference last month."

"Ali's Feitian cloud operating system has completed the development and testing. It was officially announced last month that it will be open to the whole country. We sincerely invite domestic companies with sincerity to cooperate with them. I think this is an opportunity for us?"

Lin Rui said "Oh": "You mean we join Alibaba Cloud's public beta. Is this kind of public beta safe? No data will be lost!"

Tan Yuanming said seriously: "Security should be fine. Although it is a public beta, they pay more attention to this aspect and will not allow data loss. I think this aspect is more reliable than renting a server by yourself."

"On the other hand, it can save a lot of operating funds. If Weiyang Weibo develops smoothly and the number of users increases steadily, the data that needs to be processed will also increase all the way."

"If you rent a server, as the data grows, we need to increase the number of servers non-stop, not to mention maintaining and processing the data yourself, and the cost of renting is also high."

"The cost of using cloud services is only one-half to one-third of that of traditional servers, and participating in the public beta of Alibaba Cloud services is a beneficial cooperation for both parties. The cost is definitely lower, and we don't have to worry about data maintenance and Security Question."

"They are also doing various hardware expansions during the period. We can save a lot of manpower and material resources. I think this is a good deal."

After Lin Rui listened, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, feeling really good, saving money, effort, and worry.

Thinking of this, he finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, let's try using Alibaba Cloud instead of renting a server."

Having said that, he looked solemn, turned around and said to Han Yunsong: "Old Han, you should communicate with Alibaba Cloud first to see what process this matter needs to go through. The sooner the better, our Weibo is getting closer and closer to the release time." The closer it is, the matter cannot be delayed."

Han Yunsong solemnly agreed.

Lin Rui also asked Tan Yuanming to carefully understand the specific situation of Alibaba Cloud with his classmates, and popularize it with the employees of the technical department, so as to lay the foundation for the data docking work after using cloud services.

Several people discussed for a while before leaving.

(End of this chapter)