Get A Chinese Virtual Private Server!
When in need of something stronger than shared hosting but not as powerful as dedicated hosting, a virtual private server is the perfect choice. The plans listed here are ranked according to editorial and user reviews. Make sure to read our VPS reviews before settling on a plan.
China VPS Hosting Cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China, so if you're interested in China VPS hosting, Beijing is one of the first places you should look. The spotlight was on Beijing in 2008 as the host of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Other possible spots in China for VPS hosting include Shanghai, the largest city in all of China and Hong Kong, world famous as a city of commerce, and a British city until 1997, giving Hong Kong the advantage of being a merge of both Western and Eastern culture.
China VPS Hosting
When you are setting up your China web host, you will need to decide what kind of web hosting plan to adopt. Shared server plans are the most common. Given the large population in China, it is likely that many individuals and companies sharing Chinese web servers. While each company gets its own bandwidth and disk space, there are some drawbacks to a shared server. Some disadvantages include a lack of design and adaptation flexibility and having to share an IP address, control panel and technical support.
The alternative, a dedicated server in which a company has full access to the whole server, provides maximum design flexibility, more security and more resources, but can be very expensive. A more economical alternative is the VPS, the virtual private server. This is a server that is partitioned in such a way that each portion acts as its own self-contained server, providing the benefits of a dedicated server with the economy of a shared one.
