Zenlayer Vietnam Hanoi Intel Xeon Compute-optimized Virtual Machine Test and Review
We’re going to check out Zenlayer Vietnam Hanoi‘s high-performance virtual server. This server uses a fast Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake). It comes with the following setup: a 2-core CPU, 4 GB of memory, 40 GB of solid-state storage, a speedy 1 Gbps internet connection, 1 TB of data traffic, and one IPv4 address.
We put the server through several tests:
- Basic Performance Tests: We looked at how powerful and responsive the server is through standard benchmarks.
- Network Tests: We assessed the network’s reach with a Global Node Test and checked how quickly it responds with a Global Ping Test.
- Regional Media Access Tests: We verified what media services the server can access in different areas.
- Connection Quality Tests: We measured how well the server connects to the internet with the help of CloudFlare’s testing tools.
- Website Speed Tests: We used tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix to evaluate how quickly websites run on this server.
About Zenlayer
Zenlayer is a global company that focuses on improving digital experiences instantly. It offers a variety of services that are designed to enhance the performance and reach of online applications.
One of the key services provided by Zenlayer is the Global Accelerator. This service is designed to accelerate dynamic content worldwide, ensuring that users can access the information they need quickly and efficiently. The company also offers a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that delivers content with ultra-low latency, making it ideal for businesses that rely on fast and reliable content delivery.
In addition to these services, Zenlayer offers a Turbo feature, which can instantly speed up more than 350 apps. This is particularly useful for businesses that use a variety of applications and need them to perform at their best at all times.
Zenlayer’s services extend to cloud networking, providing instant global networks and optimized connections worldwide. They offer scalable virtual servers and dedicated bare metal servers on demand, catering to businesses of all sizes and needs.
The company also provides Edge Data Center Services, which include global colocation and managed hosting. These services help businesses manage their data more effectively and efficiently.
Zenlayer has a strong presence in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. This allows the company to offer services to various businesses and industries, including media & entertainment, cloud service providers, and blockchain.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2095.078 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 39.3 GB (1.4 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (104.8 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 27 min
Load average : 0.12, 0.03, 0.01
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-19-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
Location : Hanoi / VN
Region : Hanoi
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 162 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 192 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 190 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 181.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1040.91 Mbps 1038.18 Mbps 0.23 ms
Los Angeles, US 492.43 Mbps 1241.60 Mbps 164.71 ms
Dallas, US 371.56 Mbps 1269.07 Mbps 224.24 ms
Montreal, CA 321.48 Mbps 938.79 Mbps 237.86 ms
Paris, FR 391.11 Mbps 1253.64 Mbps 225.56 ms
Amsterdam, NL 338.21 Mbps 1278.14 Mbps 246.82 ms
Shanghai, CN 281.84 Mbps 1356.89 Mbps 243.04 ms
Chongqing, CN 1.55 Mbps 1.08 Mbps 323.48 ms
Mumbai, IN 811.40 Mbps 1268.42 Mbps 97.44 ms
Singapore, SG 1192.61 Mbps 1256.24 Mbps 64.64 ms
Tokyo, JP 665.91 Mbps 1263.74 Mbps 121.46 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 15 sec
Timestamp : 2023-11-22 06:44:34 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU cores : 2 @ 2095.078 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 39.3 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-19-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Zenlayer Inc
ASN : AS21859 Zenlayer Inc
Host : ZENLA-1
Location : Hanoi, Hanoi (HN)
Country : Vietnam
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.00 MB/s (2.0k) | 97.82 MB/s (1.5k)
Write | 8.04 MB/s (2.0k) | 98.34 MB/s (1.5k)
Total | 16.04 MB/s (4.0k) | 196.16 MB/s (3.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 95.56 MB/s (186) | 94.94 MB/s (92)
Write | 100.64 MB/s (196) | 101.26 MB/s (98)
Total | 196.21 MB/s (382) | 196.21 MB/s (190)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 820 Mbits/sec | busy | 198 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 186 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 845 Mbits/sec | 46.7 Mbits/sec | 194 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 298 Mbits/sec | 296 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 150 Mbits/sec | 56.8 Mbits/sec | 246 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | busy | 72.1 Mbits/sec | 341 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 902 Mbits/sec | 455 Mbits/sec | 179 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1038
Multi Core | 1840
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3657907
YABS completed in 15 min 13 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Wed Nov 22 2023 07:27:49 - 07:55:55
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 34307002.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5187.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3858.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 950804.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 256559.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2257099.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1758548.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 144115.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6851.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9805.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1749.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2013197.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 34307002.9 2939.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5187.9 943.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 3858.0 897.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 950804.4 2401.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 256559.7 1550.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2257099.0 3891.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1758548.9 1413.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 144115.7 360.3
Process Creation 126.0 6851.3 543.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9805.5 2312.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1749.0 2915.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2013197.9 1342.1
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1455.4
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Benchmark Run: Wed Nov 22 2023 07:55:55 - 08:24:04
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 67860058.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 10375.1 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5373.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 879909.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 160140.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2691656.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3454402.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 387006.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 13731.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12898.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1726.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2568525.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 67860058.8 5814.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 10375.1 1886.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 5373.1 1249.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 879909.0 2222.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 160140.7 967.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2691656.2 4640.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3454402.6 2776.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 387006.8 967.5
Process Creation 126.0 13731.6 1089.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12898.9 3042.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1726.4 2877.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2568525.3 1712.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2064.7
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 72 B/s | N/A | ping 20.561ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 21.066ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 111.69 KiB/s | 0.87 Mbps | ping 235.583ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 317.41 KiB/s | 2.48 Mbps | ping 174.077ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 221.61 KiB/s | 1.73 Mbps | ping 228.342ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 10.97 MiB/s | 87.74 Mbps | ping 166.941ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 7.97 MiB/s | 63.77 Mbps | ping 201.574ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 10.45 MiB/s | 83.61 Mbps | ping 174.464ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 5.35 MiB/s | 42.81 Mbps | ping 244.536ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 7.06 MiB/s | 56.50 Mbps | ping 211.856ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 5.38 MiB/s | 43.04 Mbps | ping 230.371ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 24.15 KiB/s | 0.19 Mbps | ping 212.197ms
Hetzner, Germany : 232 B/s | N/A | ping 193.650ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 7.59 MiB/s | 60.73 Mbps | ping 218.572ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 3.49 MiB/s | 27.93 Mbps | ping 211.834ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 258 B/s | N/A | ping 310.923ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 201 B/s | N/A | ping 252.661ms
Online, France : 8.37 MiB/s | 66.94 Mbps | ping 185.406ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 52 B/s | N/A | ping 289.887ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 12.67 MiB/s | 101.34 Mbps | ping 156.169ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 340 B/s | N/A | ping 282.910ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 1.74 MiB/s | 13.89 Mbps | ping 215.560ms
Prima, Argentina : 54.37 KiB/s | 0.42 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 16.09 MiB/s | 128.74 Mbps | ping 52.299ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 32.82 MiB/s | 262.55 Mbps | ping 71.195ms
Linode, Singapore : 40.40 MiB/s | 323.23 Mbps | ping 52.963ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 34.29 MiB/s | 274.35 Mbps | ping 64.194ms
Benchmark finished in 124 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 128.1.197.139, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 128.1.197.139 – ARIN /24 AS21859 ZEN-ECN – Vietnam, Hanoi
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed Nov 22 07:23:43 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Zenlayer (128.1.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: Failed
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: VN)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: VN
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: FPT in Hanoi
Netflix Preferred CDN: Hong Kong
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: VND
ChatGPT: Yes
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Zenlayer’s admin console, also known as zenConsole, is a comprehensive online portal that allows users to self-deploy various Zenlayer services. It offers a range of flexible self-service options, making it a powerful tool for managing and optimizing digital experiences.
The console provides access to Zenlayer’s Global Accelerator and Bare Metal Cloud services, among others. The Global Accelerator is designed to reduce latency and accelerate connectivity, while the Bare Metal Cloud allows users to deploy applications on high-performance, dedicated servers instantly.
One of the standout features of the console is its upgraded alert management system. This system includes logs and triggers, giving users detailed insights into their services’ performance. The console also supports auto-numbering of instances during creation, which can be a significant time-saver for users managing multiple instances.
In addition to these features, the console has upgraded rules for the default security group and added support for port descriptions. This makes it easier for users to manage their security settings and understand the purpose of each port.
The zenConsole has been recently upgraded with new features and services that users can self-provision. It also sports a new look, enhancing the user experience. It now offers more flexibility with the introduction of Zenlayer Virtual Machine, allowing users to customize specs to meet their needs while running on Zenlayer’s ultra-low latency network.
The console also provides networking services, including Zenlayer Cloud Router and Zenlayer Private Connect. These services allow users to instantly provision a private network interconnecting data centers and clouds and connect data centers and clouds via a layer 2 network, respectively.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
Coupon
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Payments
Zenlayer’s payment process is designed to be straightforward and convenient for its customers. When a customer acquires Zenlayer’s services, they agree to the terms of the Master Services Agreement.
Suppose a customer registers for a free trial of Zenlayer services or free services. In that case, the applicable provisions of this agreement will also govern that free trial or those free services.
In terms of payment methods, Zenlayer accepts various forms of payment. However, it’s important to note that if Zenlayer incurs any third-party processing fees resulting from the customer’s chosen method of payment, such as credit card fees, wire transfer fees, or bounced check fees, Zenlayer will pass these fees to the customer without any markup. This ensures transparency in their billing process.
Customer Support
Zenlayer is committed to providing excellent customer support. Their dedicated support team is available 24/7 to assist with any issues or inquiries. This ensures that customers can get the help they need, no matter what time of day it is.
The support team can be reached through various channels, including toll-free numbers in the U.S. and Singapore. This makes it easy for customers to contact the support team, regardless of location.
In addition to its dedicated support team, Zenlayer also offers remote hand support in every data center. This means there are teams on the ground who can provide immediate assistance if there are any issues with the hardware or network.
Zenlayer’s support extends to the network, hardware, and OS layers. This comprehensive support ensures that customers can get assistance with any aspect of their Zenlayer services.
The company prides itself on quick response times, resolving most problems in under four hours. This quick turnaround time ensures that customers can return to normal operations quickly.
In addition to their customer support, Zenlayer also provides extensive documentation to help customers understand and make the most of their services. This includes technical support for Zenlayer accounts or infrastructure.
Conclusion
This server is fueled by a robust Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) and is equipped with a dual-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 40GB SSD storage, with internet speeds capable of reaching 1Gbps. The initial input/output speed tests showed consistent average speeds of 181.3 MB/s over three runs, demonstrating the server’s strong ability to read and write data quickly.
We conducted an extensive global node test regarding network capabilities, examining both the upload and download speeds and latency. Most strikingly, while high-speed transfers were noted across various international locations, performance dipped significantly in Chongqing, China, suggesting regional limitations. Yet, connectivity remained impressive within the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Singapore and Mumbai, where high speeds and low latency were observed.
Yabs and UnixBench constituted the performance benchmarks, analyzing mixed read/write operations and CPU performance, among other metrics. Both tests yielded impressive results: Yabs recorded balanced read and write operations with speeds up to 196 MB/s. UnixBench provided an index score of 1455.4 in single-threaded operations, which doubled when leveraging the server’s multi-threading capability.
Media service accessibility tests uncovered that while the server had region-locked limitations, it successfully enabled services like YouTube Premium and Amazon Prime Video for its situated region, with some global services remaining unlocked.
In conclusion, the Zenlayer Vietnam Hanoi server boasts substantial speed and efficiency, with the agility to address heavy-duty computing demands. However, its global connectivity does experience some variances, possibly attributed to geographical and network factors. Despite certain regional restrictions on media access, the server’s strong overall performance underscores its suitability for high-intensity applications and content delivery within targeted regions.
Official Website: https://www.zenlayer.com
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