Cloud Hosting in Algeria: The Questions Every Company Should Ask

Describe the workload before comparing providers

Document users, data classes, peak demand, dependencies, acceptable downtime, recovery targets, support hours, and growth. The same provider may be suitable for one workload and unsuitable for another.

Questions to ask before signing

• Who operates each layer and which controls remain with the customer?
• Where are primary data, replicas, backups, logs, and support access located?
• How are availability and support response measured?
• When was the last complete restore test?
• Which subcontractors can access or interrupt the service?
• How are data, configurations, and keys exported on exit?

Turn promises into verifiable evidence

Request architecture and responsibility matrices, sample incident reports, restore evidence, monitoring exports, support escalation, and an exit demonstration. Certifications support due diligence but do not replace scope verification.

Calculate total cost and incident cost

Model compute, storage, traffic, backups, monitoring, support, licences, integration, growth, and exit over twelve months. Add the business cost of credible outage and recovery scenarios.

Composite example: an order portal dependent on ERP

High cloud availability does not protect an order portal whose ERP connector is a single point of failure. The service-level design must cover the complete business path.