AplusHosting.asia

Servers in Bangkok for the ASEAN region

AplusHosting.asia, run by AAE Co., Ltd., offers server rental from a data centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It targets developers and businesses who want their servers located in the ASEAN region, pointing to the growth of Asian economies and the pull this has on western companies, with response times to the region better than from Europe or the United States. The company specialises in virtual private servers and dedicated servers, and its servers are unmanaged.

Virtual servers in two forms

KVM virtual servers give full virtualisation and let customers load their own kernels. LXC containers offer lightweight, fast Linux environments with root access. Both are provisioned within minutes on enterprise hardware, and each machine has CPU and memory resources dedicated to it. Debian, Ubuntu and other well-known Linux distributions are available.

Dedicated machines

Dedicated servers use Intel Xeon processors and enterprise solid-state storage, and the company says the resources are exclusive to the customer. The servers sit in a Tier 3 data centre that meets high requirements for redundancy and concurrent availability.

Managing the machine

Customers manage their servers through cPanel, noVNC and xterm.js consoles, can reinstall or change the operating system quickly, reboot, back up and take snapshots before making critical changes. A staging tool is available, and free SSL is part of the offer.

Moving in and getting help

Migration brings a server over from a previous provider, and the company charges nothing for the transfer. Support is available in English around the clock, and the company says support and maintenance carry no additional cost.

Who it suits

Developers and projects of all sizes that need unmanaged hosting in Southeast Asia, including those who want bandwidth and resources without paying for hardware of their own. AplusHosting.asia says it tries to meet customers' needs through this focus on a narrow set of products.