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06-17-2005, 04:55 AM #1Newbie
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Dedicated hosting in China?
I am working on a Chinese sponsored web project that, although international in scope, will be mostly accessed from China. As an option to offshore hosting, we are very much interested in the possibility of having this project hosted 'close to home'. To cut to the chase: can anyone recommend a reputable host in mainland China or Hong Kong that does not lie within any banned IP range?
Requirements:
- 2 GHz+
- 1GB RAM
- RAID-1
- dedicated 100Mbps
- 1000GB transfer
- ability to choose server OS (preferably Debian or FreeBSD)
- customer support in both Chinese and English a bonus
- unmanaged/semi-managed (no need for CPanel etc.)
We are guessing it might be hard to find a reputable host matching the price level of hosts such as LayeredTech, but ideally the price would not be much over $100/month.
Grateful for any recommendations,
-Kris
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06-17-2005, 11:39 PM #2Retired Moderator
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I think one of the provider hosting4asia does in Hong Kong, you can try PM him for more details. I would recommend putting in HK instead rather than in China , easier to control.
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06-18-2005, 02:39 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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I think you will need a license for your website if you want to host in China.
If you have that, hosting in China is the best since I heard that China firewall is very advanced now. The firewall will scan your emails and web pages when you download them inside the firewall. If "illegal contents" are found, your domain/ IP will be banned until the content is removed. So, you need to monitor your content closely, especially forum.
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06-18-2005, 03:24 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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I am currently in China now and there are only afew hosts around...
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06-18-2005, 03:59 AM #5Retired Moderator
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Yeap heard that it is cost hundreds of thousands to secure and register as a hosting co esp if you are a foreign hosting co wanting to establish there.
Originally posted by pang
I think you will need a license for your website if you want to host in China.
If you have that, hosting in China is the best since I heard that China firewall is very advanced now. The firewall will scan your emails and web pages when you download them inside the firewall. If "illegal contents" are found, your domain/ IP will be banned until the content is removed. So, you need to monitor your content closely, especially forum.
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06-18-2005, 04:20 AM #6Newbie
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Originally posted by pang
I think you will need a license for your website if you want to host in China.
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06-18-2005, 04:26 AM #7Retired Moderator
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Nope, HK is by far one of the freeiest economy in the world unlike China which has a very restrictive environment. My feeling on China is that they arent really keen on "internet" but rather on their own "intranet".
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06-18-2005, 05:16 AM #8WHT Addict
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There is something you have to know:
1. You have to register your web site, otherwise you can't run
your site, especially if it's a commercial one.
2. Reall Dedicated 100M Connection is not cheap, I doubt $100 if
Far from enough.
3. You can choose the OS by yourself.
4. Traffic is not metered, usually, as long as it's reasonable.
5. There different providers, and the speed varies. What is your main target visitors? Where are most of them located?
6. Support in Chinese is of course no problem, but not sure about English. Most hosting sites have only Chinese Version homepage.I Love WHT
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06-18-2005, 08:08 AM #9Newbie
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What's your contents? I know one of chinese hosting provider.
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06-18-2005, 12:22 PM #10Newbie
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What's your contents? I know one of chinese hosting provider.
What is your main target visitors? Where are most of them located?
Thanks folks for all the enlightening replies so far, I am learning a lot about a hosting market I know next to nothing about. 谢谢你们帮忙!
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06-18-2005, 12:49 PM #11WHT Addict
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Originally posted by TigerBee
It's a non-commercial digital library project related to folklore, nothing controversial.
The main target is academics and students of Asian culture worldwide, but the brunt of the visitors will probably be from China. There will eventually be quite a lot of multimedia content on the site, hence the need for some decent hardware.
Thanks folks for all the enlightening replies so far, I am learning a lot about a hosting market I know next to nothing about. 谢谢你们帮忙!
a governmental site.
I am running a hosting company in China, I can help you on that.
But to tell you the truth, the real 100M port will be rather expensive.
For me, support in English is not a problem.I Love WHT
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06-18-2005, 01:12 PM #12Newbie
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I am running a hosting company in China, I can help you on that.
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06-18-2005, 01:36 PM #13WHT Addict
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Originally posted by TigerBee
Sober, would you please PM me with a price quote for the server (see above) and various bandwidth options (we might have to skimp on the 100Mbps if it is going to be very expensive, but let us know how much). Also, I'd like to know what the url of your company and where in China you are located. Thanks!
P4 3.0C
512M DDR X 2
120G SATA
Not sure whether I can get the REAL 100M BW
So quote may not be accurate.
Contact me as you can't receive my PMI Love WHT
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06-18-2005, 02:09 PM #14Newbie
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Contact me as you can't receive my PM
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06-18-2005, 02:16 PM #15WHT Addict
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Originally posted by TigerBee
Specs look good, especially if we can have another 120G drive set in for RAID-1. Will contact you shortly.
most Chinese dedicated host would like a yearly payment
And trafic is not metered
and payment method should be a problem
anyway, you can contact me for the detail sI Love WHT
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06-18-2005, 08:57 PM #16Retired Moderator
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BTW just a curious question, I always find Shanghai connection to be problematic, Beijing is slightly better, any particular reasons. Do PM me an indicative cost for a basic dedicated server in China if possible. Thanks
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06-18-2005, 09:00 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Boonchuan - i was just in beinjing, nanjing and now shanghai - i've had internet in each place (broadband) and beijing seems to get better routes to the US
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06-19-2005, 11:34 AM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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Please be noted that there is no freedom of speech in China
I read the news that you even have to register you Blog to Gov.
They can shut your server down without any notice and never pay back money
Cost of running business there are pretty high in terms of ***risk**Downloadinn.com - Ultimate Download Service
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06-19-2005, 08:37 PM #19WHT Addict
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Well, well, who can be more familiar with someone in China himself
As long as you don't run sites with Adult/Porn Political contents,
and spend as little as 5 minutes to register your site
you don't have such worry
Originally posted by Downloadinn
Please be noted that there is no freedom of speech in China
I read the news that you even have to register you Blog to Gov.
They can shut your server down without any notice and never pay back money
Cost of running business there are pretty high in terms of ***risk**I Love WHT
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06-19-2005, 10:48 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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sober, are you in China?
Where to register website in Egnlish?Downloadinn.com - Ultimate Download Service
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06-19-2005, 11:35 PM #21WHT Addict
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Originally posted by Downloadinn
sober, are you in China?
Where to register website in Egnlish?
I am afraid currently the governmental site in only available in CN
and you have to provide a local mobilephone number to
receive the activation code
I am willing to help but my own number has already been used
for registering my siteI Love WHT
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06-20-2005, 02:00 PM #22WHT Addict
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if your customers in china mainland, you should get hosting in mainland than HK.
电信, 网通, 联通 you can choose those three providers.
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06-20-2005, 02:06 PM #23WHT Addict
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i really want to get a good space in mainland too, maybe you can go to www. net.cn( the biggest hosing provider in china), if you want commerial website, you should register and get lisence.
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06-24-2005, 03:47 AM #24Account Suspended
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The www.net.cn is the biggest webhosting provider in china not delicated server service provider!
If you want to hosting in china mainland,you can go to www.edong.com,we use china telecom idc center in shanghai waigaoqiao .
http://www.edong.com/v8/delicatedserver/