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Looking for a cheap VPS in HK. (Leaseweb reseller?)
Hi,
Requirements:
- KVM (No OpenVZ).
- 1vCore (Haswell/AVX2/AES/NI).
- 1GB RAM.
- 1GB SWAP.
- 20GB to 30GB disk. (Preferably SSD/SSHD/NVMe).
- Debian 9.x.
- 100Mbit port.
- 1TB trafic month. (Preferably only outbound counted).
- No NAT.
MUST have decent latency to both Singapore and Thailand.
Presence at either SGIX/Equinix SG/HKIX is highly regarded.
Budget: Cheap?
Alternatively could settle with a Leaseweb (HK) reseller.
Comments
You can take a look at our KVM here: https://greencloudvps.com/hong-kong-ssd-kvm-vps.php
HK-2 plan.
We can bump the bandwidth to 1TB for you with annual payment.
I'm sorry but no, no and NO.
I am currently a customer of GreencloudVPS on their yearly VN-1 plan for a VPS located in Vietnam, we are currently half way through the yearly deal and I can assure I will NOT be renewing my deal.
While the offer was really cheap (got it through these forums and through you), the VPS has never lived up to it's expectations, in terms of international bandwidth, I have tried for several months to get proper upstream (VPS -> Internet in the APAC region) bandwidth and it has never been properly provisioned.
After an exchange back and forth of roughly 10 tickets with the tech support department (if memory serves well), I finally gave up and left the server to idle (to die) in a corner and am patiently waiting for it to expire.
Tech support department never supplied a proper answer other than "Your server is fine, there is nothing wrong with it".
Based on that previous disastrous experience, I have absolutely no desire to do anything with GreencloudVPS in the future.
Mark my words though, was it cheap? Yes, it was, in fact it was dirt cheap. Were the tickets answered rapidly? They sure were, all of them in a timely manner. Was the case handled in a professional fashion? It sure was, that's not the issue here.
The only issue I have here is that the service is not to par and never lived up to my expectations and it simply never will.
That's the GreencloudVPS experience, right there, no outgoing bandwidth whatsoever.
Do let us know what you find, I am also looking for something acceptable there.
I’m sorry for your experience with our Vietnam VPS. The international bandwidth in Vietnam is the issue with all providers there, not only us. It’s $75/mbps and usually affected by APG & IA cables issues which happened nearly one time a month since 2018.
If you need high international bandwidth - then Vietnam VPS is not suitable for you. In Asia we offer Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan which will work fine for you.
One of the exchanged tickets mentioned an issue with cables earlier in the first quarter of 2019 if I recall correctly but even then before and after the outage the issue remained the same.
Luckily I am covered in Singapore by OVH and not interested in Japan, that leaves me with Hong Kong.
Is it possible at this point to get my VN-1 VPS instance shut down and "converted" in terms of remaining months to either a HK-1 or HK-2 plan so I can at least get to try it and get some use of my hard earned money?
Thanks.
Edit: Nevermind, see below:
https://greencloudvps.com/data-centers/hong-kong-data-center.php
Ping/Traceroute Test IPv4: 103.229.145.1
fl@sg:~$ traceroute 103.229.145.1
traceroute to 103.229.145.1 (103.229.145.1), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 139.99.40.1 (139.99.40.1) 0.120 ms 0.072 ms 0.091 ms
2 192.168.143.254 (192.168.143.254) 0.416 ms 0.370 ms 0.348 ms
3 10.29.196.62 (10.29.196.62) 0.331 ms 0.319 ms 0.299 ms
4 10.29.192.30 (10.29.192.30) 0.265 ms 0.265 ms 0.253 ms
5 10.133.2.24 (10.133.2.24) 0.865 ms 1.017 ms 1.189 ms
6 10.75.0.8 (10.75.0.8) 0.326 ms 0.241 ms 0.209 ms
7 10.75.248.2 (10.75.248.2) 0.654 ms 2.455 ms 10.75.248.4 (10.75.248.4) 0.816 ms
8 sin1-sgcs2-g2-nc5.sng.asia (103.5.15.225) 0.789 ms sin-gss1-bb1-a9.sng.asia (103.5.15.16) 1.083 ms sin1-sgcs2-g2-nc5.sng.asia (103.5.15.225) 0.906 ms
9 sin-gss1-bb1-a9.sng.asia (103.5.15.16) 1.117 ms * *
10 if-ae-20-2.tcore1.svq-singapore.as6453.net (180.87.96.21) 1.201 ms 1.277 ms 1.140 ms
11 if-ae-20-2.tcore1.svq-singapore.as6453.net (180.87.96.21) 1.393 ms * 1.012 ms
12 63-218-165-49.static.pccwglobal.net (63.218.165.49) 38.739 ms TenGE0-0-1-1.br01.hkg31.pccwbtn.net (63.218.210.50) 36.788 ms 63-218-165-49.static.pccwglobal.net (63.218.165.49) 39.114 ms
13 TenGE0-0-1-0.br01.hkg31.pccwbtn.net (63.218.214.38) 39.525 ms * 39.436 ms
14 TenGE0-0-1-1.br01.hkg31.pccwbtn.net (63.218.210.50) 35.940 ms * 36.465 ms
15 103.229.145.1 (103.229.145.1) 193.441 ms * *
fl@sg:~$ ping -c 10 103.229.145.1
PING 103.229.145.1 (103.229.145.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=48 time=193 ms
64 bytes from 103.229.145.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=48 time=193 ms
--- 103.229.145.1 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9012ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 193.241/193.389/193.521/0.087 ms
193ms from Singapore (OVH) to Hong Kong, inacceptable.
Please try to ping it from multiple locations before justifying the network: http://ping.pe/103.229.145.1
Only 36ms from DigitalOcean in Singapore.
I can somehow understand why is he raging about your network. You cant justify network by just pinging from one area, but normally, which including me, justify a network by just pinging from one location, which the target location matters me the most, if the latency is high, from the location that I matter the most, I justify it as "not up to my standard". Having a good route from digital ocean doesn't mean that you have a good route over 80% of other networks from the same area.
I am not exactly “raging” about the overall poor performance of their network infrastructure, that being said stating that I am deeply disappointed is a clear understatement.
As I’ve said above; when it comes to GreencloudVPS, I am just about done with them and will definitely not recommend them in the future.
I think it’s about the right time to forget and let go the topic.
I’m still on the lookout for some quality HK based VPS with a hoster matching the aforementioned specs, with preferably a PoP in SG for a latency sub 35ms between HK and SG and good routes between
HK and TH as well.
You might need to check this one:
https://www.hkisl.net/cart.php?gid=15
I'm not sure about latency to Singapore and Thailand as I didn't check it but they are the cheapest I could find when I was searching for HK VPS, they have a free trial as well as unmetered bandwidth
https://www.hkisl.net/cart.php?gid=14
This is slightly suspicious, that price in Hong Kong is too low. They also seem to have good peering to China via HGC, which raises eyebrows.
I didn't use them for a long time so I can't vouch for them, I found them on https://serverfound.com
Try vpsserver.com?
Essentially looking for a Leaseweb reseller, someone with a robust dedicated server with several IPs who could fire up a virtual machine on it and allocate 1vCore, 1GB of RAM, 1GB of swap and anything between 20GB to 50GB of SSD on it and a dedicated IP address.
@BKKHK I have services in HK which should offer good connectivity to both Singapore and Thailand. Can you test here? http://hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au/
https://www.ransomit.com.au/hong-kong-china-vps/
Not a reseller from Leaseweb; I have my own equipment in HK1 Equinix...
:-)
To Thailand: TRUE/True Move/Asianet, peering in HK. 60ms is acceptable.
traceroute to clarinet.asianet.co.th (203.144.225.242), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 103.216.221.1 (103.216.221.1) 0.632 ms 0.737 ms 0.867 ms
2 104.124.247.43.static.as24516.net (43.247.124.104) 0.380 ms 0.409 ms 0.401 ms
3 38082.hkg.equinix.com (36.255.56.20) 35.566 ms 35.579 ms 35.562 ms
4 TIG-Net245-90.trueintergateway.com (113.21.245.90) 35.872 ms 35.968 ms 36.075 ms
5 TIG-Net245-104.trueintergateway.com (113.21.245.104) 60.925 ms TIG-Net241-192.trueintergateway.com (113.21.241.192) 61.797 ms TIG-Net241-188.trueintergateway.com (113.21.241.188) 59.585 ms
6 SG-ICR-GS2-241-174.trueintergateway.com (113.21.241.174) 58.135 ms TIG-Net241-192.trueintergateway.com (113.21.241.192) 61.543 ms TIG-Net25-169.trueintergateway.com (122.144.25.169) 60.828 ms
7 te1-3-75.node254-20.ttw.net.trueinternet.co.th (203.144.161.17) 61.053 ms 103-3-177-189.static.asianet.co.th (103.3.177.189) 59.455 ms TIG-Net25-169.trueintergateway.com (122.144.25.169) 62.077 ms
8 103-3-177-189.static.asianet.co.th (103.3.177.189) 60.428 ms 203-144-144-8.static.asianet.co.th (203.144.144.8) 59.262 ms 61.001 ms
9 clarinet.asianet.co.th (203.144.225.242) 59.723 ms !X 59.747 ms !X vl115.node254-32.mtg.net.trueinternet.co.th (61.91.99.238) 60.159 ms
To Thailand: DTAC/TriNet, no peering, uses HE.net. 65ms should be avoided.
traceroute to www.dtac.co.th (202.91.21.227), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 103.216.221.1 (103.216.221.1) 0.622 ms 0.732 ms 0.856 ms
2 104.124.247.43.static.as24516.net (43.247.124.104) 0.330 ms 0.374 ms 0.367 ms
3 6939.hkg.equinix.com (36.255.56.8) 2.306 ms 2.340 ms 2.328 ms
4 100ge2-1.core1.sin1.he.net (184.105.222.102) 34.528 ms 34.521 ms 34.662 ms
5 telekom-malaysia-inc.100gigabitethernet10-2.core1.sin1.he.net (74.82.46.50) 92.562 ms 92.548 ms 92.541 ms
6 * * *
7 1.9.244.134 (1.9.244.134) 43.094 ms 43.433 ms 40.835 ms
8 185.142.241.1 (185.142.241.1) 57.558 ms 57.545 ms 57.354 ms
9 bkk2pe3-bkk1pe3.as15932.net (185.142.241.0) 57.725 ms 57.745 ms 58.461 ms
10 185.142.242.15 (185.142.242.15) 65.242 ms 65.260 ms 65.742 ms
11 124.40.237.34 (124.40.237.34) 65.853 ms 65.518 ms 64.685 ms
12 124.40.237.166 (124.40.237.166) 64.888 ms 63.743 ms 64.702 ms
13 202.91.20.187 (202.91.20.187) 65.293 ms 64.274 ms 64.883 ms
14 * * *
15 * * *
-- Traceroute timed out --
To Thailand: CAT Telecom, peers in HK, but uses the oversaturated CAT-IIGservice gateway, 61ms, I've seen better.
traceroute to www.cat.net.th (202.47.249.7), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 103.216.221.1 (103.216.221.1) 0.648 ms 0.750 ms 0.879 ms
2 104.124.247.43.static.as24516.net (43.247.124.104) 0.343 ms 0.334 ms 0.355 ms
3 e-1-1-ve982.cr1.sin1.as24516.net (43.247.124.33) 35.348 ms 35.344 ms 35.424 ms
4 4651.sgw.equinix.com (27.111.228.88) 35.126 ms 35.122 ms 35.117 ms
5 192.168.133.1 (192.168.133.1) 59.721 ms 59.801 ms 59.887 ms
6 61.19.7.14 (61.19.7.14) 64.637 ms 61.19.7.10 (61.19.7.10) 62.802 ms 62.788 ms
7 122.155.226.10 (122.155.226.10) 64.740 ms 122.155.226.6 (122.155.226.6) 62.285 ms 122.155.226.14 (122.155.226.14) 61.960 ms
8 202.47.238.5 (202.47.238.5) 64.762 ms 64.877 ms 64.662 ms
9 202.47.236.46 (202.47.236.46) 59.612 ms 59.539 ms 59.544 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
-- Traceroute timed out --
To Singapore: My box (OVH), 35ms as good as it gets.
PING 139.99.xx.xxx (139.99.xx.xxx) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 139.99.xx.xxx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=35.1 ms
64 bytes from 139.99.xx.xxx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=35.2 ms
64 bytes from 139.99.xx.xxx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=35.0 ms
64 bytes from 139.99.xx.xxx: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=35.0 ms
--- 139.99.xx.xxx ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 35.075/35.128/35.200/0.141 ms
The connectivity to Singapore is good enough, 35ms is top notch latency and the bandwidth is there, effectively saturating my VPS:
wget http://hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au/1000MB.test -O /dev/null
--2019-07-25 21:42:52-- http://hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au/1000MB.test
Resolving hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au (hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au)... 103.216.2 21.10
Connecting to hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au (hongkong-lg.ransomit.com.au)|103.216. 221.10|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1000000000 (954M)
Saving to: ‘/dev/null’
/dev/null 100%[============================================>] 953.67M 11.7MB/s in 82s
2019-07-25 21:44:14 (11.7 MB/s) - ‘/dev/null’ saved [1000000000/1000000000]
The connectivity to Thailand is good but nothing exceptional, sub 60ms latency would have been "premium", HE.net transit is trash.
For an offer at 10$/month I'll pass, GigsGigsCloud is equally as good and much cheaper, offers as low as 5$ with 512MB of RAM includes 1TB of traffic, or the same price 10$ with 1GB of RAM it includes as high as 2TB of traffic.
https://www.gigsgigscloud.com/asia-hongkong-ssd-vps-global-kvm/
Thank you for your time though. :-)
Still looking for a leaseweb HK reseller.
I think greencloudvps is also using gigsgigscloud hong kong server, I dont know why their ping is higher few days ago.
Can we drop the greencloudvps subject and get back on the topic please? Thanks.
Great, only 36ms in china ping.
You can try alibabacloud, their Hong Kong data center is awesome.
Thanks for the suggestion but I think I’ll stick to my original idea of going with Leaseweb.
Hi You can take a look at our Vmware cloud here http://lg-test.dignusdata.center/ Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Taiwan, Taipei our networks are china optimized CU CT CM
Our Hong Kong data center accesses multiple 10 GBPS connections to multiple network carriers including China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Equinix, GTT, HKIK, KT, NTT Communications, PCCW Global, Telstra Global, Telia Sonera.
our nodes are based on core i9 and E5-2695v4 https://dignusdata.center/vps
PS . if you need custom deal just let us know. We can offer free trial also
Still looking.
https://www.saaki.net/support/cart.php?gid=16
Uhh... no?
Well go directly with leaseweb then.
Here you go, a few more options with your configuration: https://www.serverhunter.com/?search=6E7-24C-6E0
I totally would IF they offered VPS in that region, which they don't. Only dedicated servers.