Container-Oriented Hosting

Container-Oriented Hosting is a new hosting paradigm, where solutions are deployed as containers, and then the deployment processes, operations, and infrastructure management are optimized around the idea of a container.

As opposed to general-purpose hosting, where software in varying formats could be deployed, Container-Oriented Hosting has a laser focus on containers, and builds its ecosystem around that.

Container-Oriented Hosting and Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an example of a Container-Oriented Hosting solution. However, when people speak of it, they are often refering to simple and managed options like DOrch.

Pros of Managed Container-Oriented Hosting

The biggest benefits of Container-Oriented Hosting are (i) better developer experience, and (ii) increased productivity.

Providers of Managed Container-Oriented Hosting strip developers of the need to manage the infrastructure their containers run on. There is often also no need to have deep infrastructure expertise to manage container hosting. Furthermore, deployment, operations, and infrastructure management time is cut short: There would be no need to set up servers, harden them, etc.

Cons of Managed Container-Oriented Hosting

The biggest downside of Container-Oriented Hosting is that customers are sometimes unable to repurpose purchased capacity for non-container uses.

Take Away

When there is no specific need for Container-Oriented Hosting, it is recommended to stick to general-purpose hosting. However, for teams building commercial products, embracing Managed Container-Oriented Hosting could significantly improve agility.