<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
computer	O
service	O
provider	O
based	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
service	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
ten	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
;	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
(	O
two	O
sites	O
)	O
,	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
four	O
sites	O
)	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
was	O
privately	O
held	O
and	O
competed	O
with	O
other	O
public	O
cloud-infrastructure	O
providers	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Elastic	I-General_Concept
Compute	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
and	O
Rackspace	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
 '	O
EU	O
hosting	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
are	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
not	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
built	O
on	O
Linux	O
Kernel-based	O
Virtual	O
Machine	O
(	O
rather	O
than	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
an	O
API	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
given	O
a	O
good	O
review	O
from	O
a	O
REST	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
(	O
and	O
therefore	O
licensees	O
)	O
are	O
supported	O
directly	O
by	O
BoxGrinder	O
included	O
in	O
Fedora	O
15	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reseller	O
and	O
referrer	O
programs	O
offered	O
by	O
Elastichosts	B-General_Concept
,	O
include	O
one	O
called	O
White-Label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
White-Label	O
Reseller	O
Program	O
allows	O
companies	O
to	O
rebrand	O
Elastichosts	B-General_Concept
cloud	B-Architecture
hosting	I-Architecture
platform	O
and	O
resell	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
licensed	O
product	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
companies	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
licensed	O
from	O
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
their	O
own	O
branded	O
IaaS	O
cloud	O
to	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
Servers	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
ten	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
;	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
Dallas	O
,	O
Miami	O
,	O
Maidenhead	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
,	O
Portsmouth	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
,	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
and	O
Sydney	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
only	O
has	O
persistent	O
storage	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
local	O
host	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
2012	O
it	O
announced	O
solid-state	B-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
SSD	B-Device
)	O
for	O
all	O
instance	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
a	O
storage	O
area	O
network	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
has	O
directly	O
attached	O
RAID	B-Architecture
arrays	I-Architecture
,	O
with	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
interconnects	O
between	O
hosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
has	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
IPv4	O
addresses	O
-	O
static	O
and	O
dynamic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
lock	O
a	O
static	O
IP	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
instance	O
-	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
reallocated	O
from	O
the	O
control	O
panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elastichosts	B-General_Concept
announced	O
on	O
14	O
April	O
2014	O
that	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
maintaining	O
their	O
traditional	O
cloud	O
VM	O
business	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
releasing	O
an	O
alternate	O
type	O
of	O
server	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
linux	B-Operating_System
running	O
within	O
containers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
implementation	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
chroot	B-Application
or	O
BSD	B-Language
jails	I-Language
uses	O
the	O
more	O
advanced	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
Control	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
feature	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
deemed	O
mature	O
enough	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
type	O
of	O
cloud	O
server	O
,	O
launched	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Elastic	O
Containers	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claiming	O
this	O
as	O
a	O
world	O
first	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
virtualization	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
currently	O
offers	O
versions	O
of	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Centos	O
-	O
though	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
containers	B-Application
,	O
all	O
run	O
with	O
the	O
host	O
's	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Containers	B-Application
in	O
and	O
of	O
themselves	O
are	O
not	O
a	O
new	O
technology	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
cgroups	B-Application
features	O
first	O
begun	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
;	O
and	O
other	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Docker	B-Language
Inc	I-Language
.	I-Language
producing	O
software	O
that	O
uses	O
them	O
to	O
virtualize	O
applications	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
claimed	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
an	O
IaaS	O
provider	O
has	O
used	O
the	O
technology	O
for	O
full	O
operating	O
system	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
press	O
articles	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
pay	O
as	O
you	O
go	O
billing	O
option	O
,	O
whereby	O
the	O
container	B-Application
can	O
optionally	O
be	O
billed	O
for	O
actual	O
usage	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
some	O
fixed	O
instance	O
size	O
,	O
in	O
15	O
minute	O
increments	O
;	O
where	O
the	O
common	O
industry	O
standard	O
is	O
1	O
hour	O
time	O
blocks	O
for	O
cloud	O
server	O
rentals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
analysts	O
expressed	O
confidence	O
that	O
container	B-Application
based	O
systems	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
future	O
for	O
cloud	O
providers	O
;	O
"	O
Given	O
the	O
fiercely	O
competitive	O
nature	O
of	O
cloud	O
pricing	O
these	O
days	O
,	O
it	O
’s	O
hard	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
containers	B-Application
wo	O
n’t	O
become	O
a	O
dominant	O
mechanism	O
for	O
delivering	O
cloud	O
services.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Paragon	O
Internet	O
Group	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Host	O
Europe	O
Group	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
GoDaddy	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
ElasticHosts	B-General_Concept
was	O
ultimately	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
GoDaddy	O
prior	O
to	O
Godaddy	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
close	O
the	O
brand	O
as	O
from	O
30	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
