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The foreign VPS has the characteristics of high cost performance, no north bank, high performance, etc., and its portability is also stronger than that of domestic servers. Even some businesses are very clear about Chinese consumers' minds, and have specially opened Alipay, one click installation of ss and other functions. However, novices are prone to encounter some problems when buying. This article makes a simple summary and share, hoping to help you.

1、 Account registration

You can find the official website of the business through Google search or some evaluation articles, but you need to pay attention to the following when you register your account.

1. It is better not to hang the proxy for the first registration
2. Please fill in the true information, English can be replaced by Pinyin
3. If the account cannot be paid, the account may need to be reviewed, please wait patiently.
4. In case of problems, it is recommended to submit the work order for consultation first (Google translation is not available in English)

About Aff: It is also a merchant's promotion link. When you register an account and consume through the promotion link, the recommender will get a certain commission share. Generally, there are many blog reviews, but they don't have any loss to themselves. If you don't like them, you can enter the official website through the search engine.

2、 Payment instrument

PayPal

PayPal is a very popular payment tool in foreign countries. Most foreign merchants support PayPal payment. If you don't have an account, please go to PayPal official website Registration.

• Please fill in the true information and bind the bank card for authentication. (Very important)
• Do not use an agent/WeFaren to access PayPal at any time, or the account may be frozen.
• PayPal will automatically convert US dollars and other currencies into RMB when making payment, so you can use the bound UnionPay card to make payment.

Alipay

It should be available to most people. Some foreign businesses have opened Alipay for the convenience of Chinese people. If it is supported, you can choose Alipay.

VISA/MasterCard Credit Card

Some businesses are arrogant, and they neither support PayPal nor Alipay. For example, in the early days of Linode, if you have a VISA/MasterCard credit card, it is very necessary. You can apply to major banks. It is better to have a VISA/MasterCard logo.

There are also many virtual credit cards on the Internet, but they can't be guaranteed to be effective for a long time, and they are more likely to be blocked. It is also troublesome to deal with, so they are not recommended.

network quality

As the saying goes, "The closer the computer room is, the better the month will come." The closer the computer room is, the more geographical advantages it usually has. But this does not really determine the quality of the network. The quality of the network directly affects the use and customer experience.

3、 Network latency?

Use the local ping command to test the delay and packet loss from the local network to the server network. The command format ping IP -n 100 , send 100 data packets to check the packet loss. The overseas VPS generally has packet loss, which is acceptable if it is within 10% (there may be fluctuations in the evening peak), as shown in the following screenshot.

The following delay is for reference. If it is not within this range, it is likely that the line quality is poor or the route is bypassed.

• Domestic<60ms
• Asia<100ms
• West Coast of the United States ≈ 200ms
• Europe ≈ 300ms

Super Ping tool: ping.chinaz.com You can test the delay of the national network, as shown in the screenshot below.

Is there a detour?

Route tracert can determine whether to bypass. It is recommended to use: besttrace.exe With this tool, you can visually see the route direction. If there is a detour, you should carefully consider it.

Is it a CN2 network?

Generally, the CN2 network is better than the ordinary network, but it is not a decisive factor. To determine whether the VPS line is a CN2 network, please refer to: https://blog.xiaoz.org/archives/9057

4、 Other parameters

Virtualization technology?

At present, popular virtualization technologies include OpenVZ, KVM, XEN, etc. It is not necessary to understand the detailed architecture, just a general understanding. OpenVZ is semi virtualized. This architecture has many limitations and resource oversales are serious, so it is not recommended. KVM is fully virtualized. The same configuration price may be higher than OpenVZ, with better functions and performance. KVM and XEN virtualized servers are recommended.

Generally, merchants will specify the virtualization technology they use when selling. If you have any questions, you can consult customer service or submit a work order. You can also refer to《 CentOS virtual machine/VPS view the architecture used 》Check it yourself.

Disk I/O

Disk I/O determines the read/write speed. At present, most foreign businesses use SSDs. Compared with traditional mechanical hard disk I/O, it is more objective to use Qiushui Yibing's bench.sh Script test.

summary

When you buy VPS, you have to consider the price, network quality, performance and other factors. You can make a comprehensive judgment according to the above methods. You should pay every penny, and remember not to covet small gains to avoid being trapped.

The following is the VPS that Xiaoz Blog is using for your reference (link includes Aff)