The software architecture of the website when it was on the shared hosting platform was monolithic. This means that all the files (code, database, images, etc) that composed the website were contained in the same server hosting the website. This meant that if there was failure that led to server outage the whole website could go down.
In a post-cloud era where many businesses are still running their software applications on legacy technologies the decision to go cloud is not a light one for both business managers and technology professionals.
The U.S. census department must perform a census every 10 years. In 1880 the actual head count required only a few months, but tabulating and analyzing the data took nine years to complete.