Table of contents
1. What is an overseas server?
2. Comparison of different mainstream overseas cloud servers
3. Creation of overseas servers (Amazon as an example)
1. What is an overseas server?
Amazon Cloud Technology overseas servers: Refers to server equipment deployed in Amazon data centers around the world. These servers provide various cloud services such as computing, storage, database, and network, aiming to provide efficient and reliable cloud computing resources to customers around the world.
Overseas servers are also called offshore servers. Mainly refers to servers in other countries and regions except mainland China. Overseas servers are actually a general term, including servers from all over the world, such as Japanese servers, Korean servers, American servers, and German servers.
Through Amazon Cloud Technology's overseas servers, users can take advantage of cloud computing to quickly deploy and expand their applications and services without the need to purchase and maintain physical servers. In addition, Amazon Cloud Technology also provides a wealth of management tools and services to help users more easily manage their applications and data running on overseas servers.
The difference between overseas servers and domestic servers: Overseas servers are mainly virtual machines because the cost of the virtual machines themselves is low. Domestic demand is mainly divided into two parts, one is domestic website building and the other is domestic foreign trade companies. Foreign trade companies usually do not use domestic servers to build websites but use overseas servers. Generally, they use overseas cloud hosts, and they are all produced by domestic companies. Because of this, the IP address of overseas cloud hosts will generally not be blocked. There are also some differences between overseas servers and domestic servers in terms of access speed, network control, laws and regulations, data security and privacy protection. When choosing a server, we need to base it on actual needs. Make trade-offs and considerations.
Amazon also provides us with this overseas and domestic choice, as follows:
In general, Amazon Cloud Technology's overseas servers provide highly flexible, elastic and scalable computing capabilities to global users, providing strong support for their business and innovation.
2. Comparison of different mainstream overseas cloud servers
Next we will conduct a comparative analysis on some mainstream overseas servers. Next we willbluehost, siteground, hostinger and what we explained today aws, a simple analysis of these four mainstream overseas servers:
bluehost: This blue host is a relatively old server, and now people may not use blue host very much, because with the change of time, there are some blue hosts Its updates have not kept up, and then when we buy blue host, we may buy a Chinese agent. It is not the real official blue host server. We need to pay special attention to this when purchasing. Official website: Jump link, the corresponding page is as follows:
Because it is a purely English website, you may not be able to understand some parts of it in English. Here I use a translation plug-in to translate it. The screen data is more intuitive. Then the prices of some of the corresponding packages are as follows. You can see that the minimum element of the basic package is US$2.95. Each month, each package is also equipped with basic functions:
siteground: This is also a relatively mainstream server, and the functions it provides are also very powerful. Its official website:Jump link a>, the corresponding page is as follows:
The corresponding package content is also relatively rich. Compared with blue host, the cost performance of this server is relatively high. The functions supported by each package are also relatively rich. You can find out for yourself:
hostinger: Hostinger is more affordable than bluehost and siteground. If you are a novice building a website and choosing between the above three servers, it is recommended to choose hostinger. Its official website: Jump link , the page is as follows:
It can be seen that in terms of price, Hostinger is relatively affordable. Don’t look at the price of Hostinger, but its server running speed is also very fast, no less than bluehost and siteground:
Another thing I particularly admire about hostinger is that in terms of payment methods, it also supports domestic Alipay payments. This is very user-friendly and eliminates the problem of payment difficulties for newcomers because it is an overseas server.
aws: Although the above servers are pretty good, there is one thing that makes me uncomfortable. There is no long-term trial function, because I bought the server and only let me know how to use it. Only then did I know the specific effects of using the server. Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth of the real benefits of the server. Amazon has done a good job in this regard. Its official website: Jump link , the page is as follows:
The most user-friendly thing is that AWS will even classify it for you according to your different needs:Jump link , as follows:
How to choose overseas server rental? ：
1. The geographical location determines the opening speed of the access. Whether it is a website or an APP application, choose the location of the server according to which country your customers are distributed in.
2. Line problem: Does the server room have a direct line back to China? Common lines include CN1 (163 large bandwidth), CN2 GT, and CN2 GIA. The most useful one now is China Telecom’s CN2 line. The CN2 line has the advantages of fast direct connection back to China, low latency, and no packet loss.
3. Server configuration: CPU, memory, data disk, bandwidth, and defense peak configuration. The performance gap between different server configurations is very large. If the business volume of the application is large, choose a server with high configuration. Otherwise, you can consider choosing a server with low configuration as appropriate.
4. IDC service provider: choose a server provider with big brand, well-known and strong strength.
3. Creation of overseas servers (Amazon as an example)
At the beginning of the article, we have used Amazon to introduce the related concepts of overseas servers. Here we can see that Amazon provides us with two registration methods. One is to register for the Amazon overseas region and the other is for the Chinese region. If you register For accounts in China, the server you open in the future will only be able to activate these services in the domestic region. If you use a server in the domestic region, you may need to register your domain name in the future, but overseas regions do not need to register. Here we take the creation of overseas servers as an example:
I won’t go into details about aws registration here. If the region you choose to register at the beginning is China instead of a global account, then you may not be able to choose some other regions. For the sake of better speed, we can choose Seoul in the Asia-Pacific region, Seoul is closer to us.
Enter the console to start the virtual machine:
Enter the configuration interface of the service, click on the instance to create it, and enter some basic configuration according to your personal situation. For detailed construction, you can refer to my previous article:Reference article , I won’t go into details here:
Finally, being able to remotely connect to the server using ssh is considered a success!
Next we need to install the Pagoda Panel and the Baidu Pagoda Panel for the official website. Here we make the corresponding selection based on the server we created before:
Copy the corresponding command to the corresponding ssh console to install the command:
Then according to the URL provided to us by the Pagoda panel, we return to the server console to open the corresponding port:
After the configuration is completed, visit the URL provided by the ssh client, enter the account password, and log in. Then we will officially enter the pagoda panel corresponding to the Amazon server:
Then the data status provided by the Pagoda panel is consistent with the server configuration we set before:
Next we can officially run our overseas server operations, haha! ! !
4. Personal summary
In my opinion, using overseas servers has the following advantages:
Global coverage: Overseas servers can provide wider geographical coverage and facilitate the provision of services to global users.
Network stability: The network facilities in some countries or regions may not be stable enough. Using overseas servers can reduce service interruptions caused by network failures.
Low latency: If your target users are mainly located overseas, using overseas servers can reduce network latency and increase page loading speed.
But that’s not to say that overseas servers don’t have any shortcomings:
High cost: Compared with using domestic servers, using overseas servers may have higher costs, including server rental fees and network bandwidth fees.
Restricted by law: Different countries and regions may have different legal and regulatory requirements. Using overseas servers requires compliance with local laws and regulations and may face more compliance challenges. .
Complex management: Using overseas servers means that server management and technical support need to be carried out across time zones and language barriers, which may increase the complexity of management.
Of course, this is just my humble opinion. The actual use of overseas servers requires evaluating its advantages and disadvantages based on specific needs and circumstances. Everyone needs to put more effort into choosing overseas servers and choose according to their own circumstances. Personally, choosing Amazon Cloud Service in China is still a relatively good choice! Just choosing a region for China alone is worthy of our trust. What kind of overseas server do you like to choose? Welcome to comment in the comment area and let’s discuss it together!
