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11-15-2007, 10:50 AM #1Newbie
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good colocation service provider in Hong Kong
hi,
our company just decided to buy two servers in Hong Kong and colocate them there. Does anyone know a reputable hosting company (data center) in Hong Kong that offers colocation service?
we hope the hosting company/data center can buy the servers for us - probably give us a few choices with different configurations and prices so we can pick two middle level servers. Is this something a typical data center/hosting company can help us with?
up-time is not critical for our website, but we want a hosting company (data center) we can work with for many years, therfore it has to be a stable and reputable (maybe large) company/center.
any recommendation is highly appreciated!!!
thanks!
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11-15-2007, 11:10 AM #2Retired Moderator
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We are using Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) for a couple of years now, they are quite stable, being a Nasdaq listed company.
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11-15-2007, 11:29 AM #3Newbie
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thank you for your quick reply, Boonchuan!
I checked out the website of Pacific Internet (Hong Kong). It looks good.
one quick question - does data center usually help their colocation customers buy servers as well? or they only host their servers?
thanks!
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11-15-2007, 05:43 PM #4WHT Addict
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If you're interested in a large/reputable global company, then Equinix is probably worth looking in to - they are one of the leading international carrier neutral data center providers and have a datacenter down there.
If you are looking for large local providers, then iAdvantage is one of the biggest in the area as far as I know, with multiple data centers.Sune Christesen
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11-17-2007, 06:15 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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I wouldn't go with Pacific Internet for various reason. Note that they were recently sold to Asia Netcom.
Equinix or iAdvantage/Mega-I is the place to be if you can afford it. Equinix's sales and engineering do know their stuff well. iAdvantage is of course the biggest provider in the area.
For us, we chose to go with Asia Netcom. They are probably the strongest carrier in the region and their sales staff/response time is very promising. We brought a 100mbps of transit and they even threw in half a rack for free on their floor in Mega-I.
Also, do note that there is an international and local portion in bandwidth. If you do not explicitly buy international bandwidth from your colo, then your traffic going international will slow to a crawl.http://Ethr.net jay@ethr.net
West Coast AT&T / Level3 / Savvis Bandwidth, Colocation, Dedicated Server, Managed IP Service, Hardware Load Balancing Service, Transport Service, 365 Main St, SFO / 200 Paul Ave, SFO / PAIX, PAO / Market Post Tower, 55 S. Market, SJC / 11 Great Oaks, Equinix, SJC
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11-18-2007, 09:33 PM #6Temporarily Suspended
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11-18-2007, 10:44 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Yes, you do. If you colocate in Hong Kong, consider everything that leaves Hong Kong to be International. If you go with people that do "share" International, then there is no guarantee and if your luck is bad, it will slow to a crawl. If you are buying from a carrier, be careful they make it clear if they will do traffic policing or not. Of the few carriers I talk to, only T-System and Asia Netcom doesn't enforce traffic policing. The rest of the bunch will somehow explicitly or implicitly ask you where your traffic is going and price based on that.
http://Ethr.net jay@ethr.net
West Coast AT&T / Level3 / Savvis Bandwidth, Colocation, Dedicated Server, Managed IP Service, Hardware Load Balancing Service, Transport Service, 365 Main St, SFO / 200 Paul Ave, SFO / PAIX, PAO / Market Post Tower, 55 S. Market, SJC / 11 Great Oaks, Equinix, SJC
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11-19-2007, 11:04 AM #8Disabled
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ANC uses a lot of the old GX fiber in the region - a great organization.
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11-22-2007, 03:26 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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We have 13mbps PDIA in ANC. They are good initially. But, after the earthquake that broke some of the lines some time earlier, the China connection is very bad till last month. (For now, I am not sure since we have scheduled to move all out.) I have 1 customer cancelled and 1 refused to move from Singtel to ANC after testing.
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11-22-2007, 04:36 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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http://Ethr.net jay@ethr.net
West Coast AT&T / Level3 / Savvis Bandwidth, Colocation, Dedicated Server, Managed IP Service, Hardware Load Balancing Service, Transport Service, 365 Main St, SFO / 200 Paul Ave, SFO / PAIX, PAO / Market Post Tower, 55 S. Market, SJC / 11 Great Oaks, Equinix, SJC
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11-22-2007, 09:10 PM #11Temporarily Suspended
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Mfjp: I have tried to contact ANC since few days, but no one answers. Do you have any good contact there?
Thank you.
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11-22-2007, 11:22 PM #12Web Hosting Evangelist
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I believe ethr.net has some colo space in Hong Kong. Why dont you colocate it thru him?
His service is great.current and satisfied customer of softlayer.com and webnx.com
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11-23-2007, 02:34 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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11-23-2007, 04:48 AM #14The Guru!
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11-23-2007, 04:59 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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http://Ethr.net jay@ethr.net
West Coast AT&T / Level3 / Savvis Bandwidth, Colocation, Dedicated Server, Managed IP Service, Hardware Load Balancing Service, Transport Service, 365 Main St, SFO / 200 Paul Ave, SFO / PAIX, PAO / Market Post Tower, 55 S. Market, SJC / 11 Great Oaks, Equinix, SJC