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Jelastic: Java and PHP as a service

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Article from ADMIN 19/2014

By Martin Loschwitz

The Jelastic cloud service is specifically designed to run Java and PHP applications. The service impresses with its technical finesse, thanks to immediate, load-dependent scaling without admin intervention.

Companies are often wary of booking external cloud services that involve storage of data on servers abroad, either because of compliance requirements or because of concern about the safety of data sent off-site. The Prism surveillance program and programs like it certainly have not done anything to dispel this skepticism.

Meanwhile, the number of as-a-service offerings by local service providers continues to grow, including some by smaller providers with smart ideas. For example, Jelastic, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution [1], hosts the entire infrastructure users need to run PHP and Java applications.

Testing of the Jelastic service for this article was hosted by dogado GmbH [2]. The public Jelastic cloud resides in a TÜV-certified data center operated by Host Europe [3] in Cologne, Germany, and it was designed to counter increasing concerns among corporate users in Germany regarding data protection, in that the jurisdiction of the Federal Republic of Germany applies exclusively.

When you use the Jelastic service, you will note that the manufacturer understands customer expectations for public cloud computing: After you create an account on the Jelastic site, access credentials are mailed, and you can pay by bank transfer or credit card before using the service. Self-service obviously plays a major role in Jelastic. After unlocking your account, you are given access to the Jelastic dashboard that controls the services you use within the Jelastic cloud.

Understanding Cloudlets

The service is based on technology from Parallels [4], which calls appliances "containers" ("cloudlets" in Jelastic parlance), which are separate areas on the host

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