Bandwidth in DCs in APAC region

[dcrsch2011]

hi,

We currently have servers in US. Recently we thought of having some servers in APAC region and have been talking to quite a few data centers in HongKong, Singapore and China.

We have around 4-5 servers currently in US and all have 100Mbps connections and we consume around 4000GB/mon (all servers combined).

In APAC data centers, one of the most common concerns is that all these provide servers which have "10Mbps shared line" bandwidth. When we ask for 100Mbps we invariably get replies saying bandwidth is very expensive and that such bandwidth needs will make the configuration almost 5-10times more expensive than their US setups!!

Is it really this bad? I am not sure if we are communicating our requirements properly and hence thought of checking here. Also any recommendations in HK/Singapore will be most welcome

Thanks

[mdubash]

Are you talking about WAN links? In which case, would WAN optimisation be a potential solution?

[mdubash]

Just to follow on from that, I see that one of the leading WAN optimisation companies has just announced big financial results - does it suggest that this technology is achieving critical mass?

[5ms]

In Asia, it is usual to separate data transfer rate and data transfer allotments between domestic and international bandwidth. Note some Asian countries have great national backbone infrastructure with providers offering plenty of high quality low cost domestic bandwidth. However, international bandwidth is an issue anywhere in Asia Pacific (and Oceania, and Africa ...), as it costs a lot and is slow and low quality, usually shared -- don't expect a cheap dedicated server or VPS having more than 1-2Mbps shared international bandwidth in that regions.

Also should be noted in Asia peering is not that common between network operators, as many times you have close geographic proximity but not network proximity and it is not unusual networks from neighboring countries peering only in the US or Europe.

Regarding China, do you have the needed licenses for China (ICP, and additional for other services than HTTP)? China requires a government license to people/companies operate sites, blogs, forums, ... issued only to people/companies living/operating in mainland China.

I think you may want to read this:
http://blog.sinohosting.net/icp-lice...-need-to-know/