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Imagine having an email client, an instant messaging program, a browser, an office application and an image editor running on your personal computer at the same time – now imagine that you were able to work in all of them at the same time, would you expect it to work fast? And this is just one account on your computer, now imagine there were several hundred. It is just like this with web servers too – many services running at the same time and many accounts on the same server mean bad performance. The good, the bad and the ugly (solutions) One solution to this problem is to host only a small number of accounts on the same server, which means high expenses for server hardware and administrative support. Although a possible one, this is a high-cost solution and the expenses are covered by the customer – high monthly fees cover the high expenses. On the other hand, if you host a larger number of accounts per server, the performance gets worse, so you end up either having a quality, but unreasonably expensive service, or an affordable price, but poor quality.

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Many companies promise good performance but the truth is that with today’s technology there are certain limits that you just cannot pass. That is why we are using tomorrow’s technology.Last month was the 53rd anniversary of the completion of Chungking Mansions. Many mainland Chinese know it from Chungking Express, a movie by Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai which explores the paradox of a densely populated metropolis where people are lonely. Europeans and Americans know it only as an inexpensive place to stay and a growing number of people from Africa treat it as a place of business. A 2013 survey by the Hong Kong Baptist University found that more than 70 percent of the 4,000-plus occupants of Chungking Mansions are from outside Hong Kong. Besides Africans, there are numerous Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese and Bangladeshis. Travelers from more than 130 countries and territories check into the 17-story building each year and on any given day, its mobile population tops 10,000.

Many compare Chungking Mansions to the former Kowloon Walled City, a dense, largely unregulated Chinese enclave during the British colonial administration. But unlike the Walled City, which was notorious for crime before it was demolished in 1993, Chungking is being hailed as a perfect example of low-end globalization. In the past decade, it has been home to an increasing number of visitors from the mainland. They have been largely responsible for the thriving business of its commercial tenants such as Sa Sa, Chow Tai Fook, Mannings and Café de Coral. Chungking is a microcosm of entrepreneurship, with deals made and goods delivered in cramped diners and subdivided flats. Within its walls, garments, watches, mobile phones and other electronic products change hands. Most come from mainland China. Two in 10 mobile phones sold in sub-Saharan Africa pass through Chungking Mansions, according to Gordon Mathews, a professor of anthropology in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

It’s common to see moustached Sikhs or sari-clad young women speaking fluent Cantonese. They are likely second or third-generation tenants. Backpackers looking for cheap accommodation beat a path to Chungking Mansions, aided by extensive references in travel guidebooks and websites (Lonely Planet is one). It has more than 160 guest rooms. A HK$200 (US$26) suite is the best of the lot but a youth hostel-style bunk bed with a shared bathroom costs only HK$50 a night. It is said that many English training centers in Guangdong recruit backpackers and jobless foreigners who live in Chungking Mansions as temporary language tutors. On top of cheap accommodation, Chungking has more to offer. There are numerous stalls selling everything from groceries and garments to electronics, artifacts and tourist souvenirs. Perhaps most notable among its many attractions are the authentic Indian and Pakistani restaurants. Nabela Qoser, a Pakistani TVB news anchor who speaks Cantonese as fluently as a local, visits Chungking almost every month for beef karahi, her hometown favorite.