hkisl.net Corporate Web and Email [...], $ 21.40/mo. on Linux Shared

Corporate Web and Email Business has been added on Feb 20, 2019

🔌 Hosted domains :	2
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Hong Kong
⚑ Targeting :	CN HK JP

See also initial Corporate Web and Email Business plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Founded in 1995, ISL / HKISL is one of the longer-established Hong Kong infrastructure and IT-service providers, with a business focused on local data center services, connectivity, colocation and business hosting. Its service range covers Web Hosting, Corporate Email Hosting, VPS, Cloud Containers, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Cloud Backup, S3 Object Storage, FTP Hosting, SSL setup, Domains, RADIUS Authentication and professional IT services. Its business activities extend beyond Hong Kong into Shenzhen, Dongguan and the Philippines, while its network and support capabilities are suitable for customers operating across Hong Kong, mainland China and Japan.

The current hkisl.net operation is associated with Gigantic Data Services Limited, a Hong Kong company incorporated on May 29, 2020, under company number 2946627. The underlying ISL business and network history reaches back considerably further, to 1995, while the AS4594 network identity has historically been associated with Internet Solutions Limited.

A major strength is the combination of hosting services and locally operated infrastructure. ISL operates a self-built data center in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, with space for more than one hundred racks. This gives the company direct involvement in the physical infrastructure behind colocation, dedicated servers, VPS, leased-line connectivity and related enterprise services rather than limiting the business to conventional reseller hosting.

Web and Email Hosting combines traditional website hosting with business email services. The entry package includes 1 GB usable space, 1 GB web storage, 1,000 GB monthly traffic, one hosted domain, five subdomains and five POP3/IMAP email accounts. Larger Corporate Standard, Business and Expert packages increase overall storage to 55 GB, 230 GB and 600 GB, with web storage reaching 100 GB and monthly transfer allowances reaching 20 TB. Higher packages also include independent mailbox storage, corporate cloud-drive functionality and mailboxes reaching 50 GB each. cPanel SSL functionality and 24-hour support are included across the main hosting range.

Corporate Email Hosting is available separately for companies that primarily need managed mailboxes rather than web hosting. CORPMAIL packages provide between 50 GB and 1,000 GB total mailbox capacity, with five or ten POP3/IMAP accounts depending on the package. Individual mailbox allocations range from 10 GB to 100 GB. The platform includes webmail, calendar, contacts, tasks, corporate cloud storage, centralized administration, domain-wide disclaimers, antispam and antivirus filtering, together with POP3/IMAP access from desktop and mobile clients. The maximum email size is 100 MB.

The Virtual Server line includes Linux-oriented and Windows VPS configurations. A small free VPS trial provides one vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB Cloud SSD storage, one usable IP address and a 100 Mbps connection. VPS Lite moves to one vCPU, 2 GB RAM and 32 GB storage, while VPS Standard offers 100 GB storage. VPS Business scales to eight vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 300 GB SSD storage and 1 Gbps connectivity. Windows Standard and Windows Business configurations are available for customers running Microsoft workloads.

Cloud Container is the lightweight container-hosting option. Cloud Container Lite includes one vCPU, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB Cloud SSD storage, one usable IP and 100 Mbps connectivity. It is primarily suitable for very small Docker workloads, test environments or lightweight services, as 128 MB of RAM is extremely restrictive for many current applications. The Private Cloud Subscription section currently leads into this container-oriented catalog rather than a separate full private-cloud product family.

Dedicated Server Rental uses physical Dell hardware with technical support and continuous monitoring. Current configurations include Dell R710 servers using dual Intel Xeon E5649 processors and Dell R730 systems using dual Xeon E5-2682 v4 processors. Typical configurations include 32 GB RAM, 2 TB storage, one usable IP and 100 Mbps connectivity. These servers can still fit legacy applications, storage workloads and projects where predictable physical resources matter more than current-generation CPU performance, although the hardware is clearly older than the platforms available from many modern dedicated-server providers.

Colocation is one of the more substantial parts of the portfolio. Customers can choose 10U shared space, a 21U half cabinet or a 42U full cabinet. Each configuration includes a /29 allocation with five usable IP addresses and 100 Mbps connectivity. Power allocations range from 4A/220V on the 10U and half-rack options to 5A/220V for a full cabinet. The service is particularly relevant to companies that need equipment physically hosted in Hong Kong while retaining control over their own hardware.

Backup to Cloud combines an Acronis-based 50 GB personal cloud-backup package with S3 Object Storage. The S3 service is suitable for application data, backup repositories and other object-storage workloads and is charged on a usage-oriented basis.

FTP Hosting remains available for businesses that still require conventional hosted file-transfer services. FTP Standard includes 10 GB storage, 10,000 GB monthly bandwidth, one domain, five subdomains and ten FTP accounts, together with continuous and email support.

Domain registration is integrated into the customer system and covers both global and regional extensions. Available choices include .com, .net, .org, .asia, .hk, .com.hk, .cn, .com.cn, .co.uk, .de, .eu, .ca, .us and .ai, among others. Domain transfers are supported as well.

SSL services include a Let's Encrypt DV SSL setup service for a single domain. The Let's Encrypt certificate itself is free, with the charge covering configuration and setup work.

A RADIUS Authentication Service also remains available in the catalog. It is listed at HKD 0, although the service entry contains only limited technical detail.

The company also retains a D-Biz cloud package section originating from Hong Kong's Distance Business Programme. Gold, Diamond and Platinum configurations combine cloud-server resources with migration planning, after-hours migration and training. This service belongs to an earlier Hong Kong government support initiative and is now much less relevant to a typical hosting customer than VPS, colocation, dedicated servers and standard hosting products.

Pricing can be displayed in HKD, USD, JPY and CNY, which is useful for regional customers. The main website is available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese, making the service considerably more accessible to customers across Hong Kong and East Asia.