Πώς να επιλέξετε τη χώρα φιλοξενίας σας

Επειδή προσφέρουμε φιλοξενία σε 18 χωρών, τώρα μας ρωτούν συχνά:

Ποια χώρα να επιλέξω για τη φιλοξενία μου?…

Ενώ δεν μπορούμε να το απαντήσουμε για την περίπτωσή σας, μπορούμε να σας δώσουμε το πλαίσιο για να βρείτε μόνοι σας μια απάντηση.

Υπάρχουν τρεις σημαντικοί παράγοντες που πρέπει να κατανοήσουμε σήμερα:

• everything is about speed ;
• νόμους περί απορρήτου ;
• a country is associated with risks.

In general, our best answer is simply:

you have to pick the location which is the closest to your customers

It gets tricky for some people because their business is global. In this case your customers are everywhere in the world. In any case: a majority of your customers should come from one country in particular, and it is this country (or the closest location to that country) that you need to pick. Όμως: since your customers are global, you need to alter your website and serve your static scripts using CDN (“Content Delivery Network”). This can only be done once by modifying some code (and it something we would do).

In terms of risks: Japan has obviously natural catastrophe risks (tsunamis, earthquakes, power outage, και τα λοιπά). Brazil on the other hand might have political risks. In our view the safest location in terms of risk is:

Ireland

And the most risky location is:

Ιαπωνία

Regarding νόμους περί απορρήτου: some countries do not allow data to be exported out of their jurisdiction. For example: for business in the EU it is required to be hosted in the EU (and that include backups).