AlexHost Moldova QEMU Virtual CPU Reliable Unlimited Traffic VPS Hosting Test and Review
Our recent testing of the AlexHost Moldova VPS showcased a server capable of handling unlimited data with a modern setup. Equipped with a 2-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 40GB SSD, it performs well for various tasks. The server is well-connected, sporting a 100 Mbps internet connection and IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
To evaluate its performance, we ran several tests. We started with basic benchmarks to measure its computing power. Then, we used Yabs and Unix Benchmark for more detailed performance metrics. We checked its connection speeds with the Global Node and Global Ping tests.
We performed the Media Unlock Test to understand how well it can access regional content. To assess connection quality, we used the CloudFlare Internet Test. Lastly, we looked at how well it supports websites with PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About AlexHost
AlexHost is a well-established hosting provider that has been serving customers since 2008. With over 40,000 satisfied customers, the company has built a reputation for providing reliable and fast website hosting services.
The company operates its own data center, ensuring a high uptime of 99.99%. This means that websites hosted on AlexHost are almost always accessible, which is crucial for businesses that rely on their websites for operations.
AlexHost offers a wide range of hosting plans to cater to different needs. These include dedicated servers, basic hosting with cPanel, and Virtual Private Server (VPS) options. The dedicated servers come with various configurations, including different numbers of cores, RAM options, and disk types. This flexibility allows users to choose a server that best fits their needs.
In addition to hosting, AlexHost also offers domain name registration services. This makes it a one-stop shop for individuals and businesses looking to establish an online presence.
One of AlexHost’s standout features is its customer support. The company offers 24/7 priority support, ensuring that help is always available. This is particularly important for businesses that operate around the clock and cannot afford downtime.
AlexHost also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, giving customers peace of mind and confidence in their services. This shows the company’s commitment to customer satisfaction and confidence in its service quality.
Official Website: https://www.AlexHost.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2099.996 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 39.3 GB (1011.4 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (68.2 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 13 hour 47 min
Load average : 0.02, 0.03, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-21-cloud-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Location : Chisinau / MD
Region : Chișinău Municipality
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 266 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 816 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 628 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 570.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 80.78 Mbps 80.40 Mbps 0.49 ms
Los Angeles, US 81.34 Mbps 80.51 Mbps 190.28 ms
Dallas, US 80.69 Mbps 82.05 Mbps 162.31 ms
Montreal, CA 83.48 Mbps 80.16 Mbps 134.60 ms
Paris, FR 81.13 Mbps 80.84 Mbps 39.74 ms
Amsterdam, NL 81.07 Mbps 80.37 Mbps 43.60 ms
Shanghai, CN 78.83 Mbps 87.42 Mbps 307.67 ms
Chongqing, CN 3.34 Mbps 0.33 Mbps 214.91 ms
Hongkong, CN 76.87 Mbps 82.65 Mbps 273.21 ms
Mumbai, IN 78.37 Mbps 81.79 Mbps 241.26 ms
Singapore, SG 80.72 Mbps 1.20 Mbps 228.80 ms
Tokyo, JP 83.26 Mbps 80.60 Mbps 228.13 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 38 sec
Timestamp : 2023-12-21 05:54:44 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 14 hours, 0 minutes
Processor : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores : 2 @ 2099.996 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 39.3 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-21-cloud-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Alexhost SRL
ASN : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Host : Alexhost S.R.L
Location : Chisinau, Chișinău Municipality (CU)
Country : Moldova
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 57.84 MB/s (14.4k) | 431.00 MB/s (6.7k)
Write | 57.92 MB/s (14.4k) | 433.26 MB/s (6.7k)
Total | 115.76 MB/s (28.9k) | 864.27 MB/s (13.5k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 647.09 MB/s (1.2k) | 704.46 MB/s (687)
Write | 681.47 MB/s (1.3k) | 751.38 MB/s (733)
Total | 1.32 GB/s (2.5k) | 1.45 GB/s (1.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | busy | busy | --
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 79.2 Mbits/sec | 45.7 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | --
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | --
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 76.9 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 73.3 Mbits/sec | 76.2 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | busy | --
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 433
Multi Core | 570
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4076176
YABS completed in 27 min 14 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Thu Dec 21 2023 07:11:06 - 07:39:15
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 23940043.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4536.8 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2188.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 256036.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 68855.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 783830.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 362494.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 28197.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 3952.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5667.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 835.1 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 208519.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 23940043.3 2051.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4536.8 824.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 2188.1 508.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 256036.3 646.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 68855.9 416.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 783830.2 1351.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 362494.5 291.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 28197.7 70.5
Process Creation 126.0 3952.7 313.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5667.5 1336.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 835.1 1391.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 208519.2 139.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 532.7
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Benchmark Run: Thu Dec 21 2023 07:39:15 - 08:07:34
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 35018373.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6758.8 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2976.1 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 324713.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 88572.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1046604.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 526272.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 136335.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7250.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6456.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 863.6 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 291891.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 35018373.5 3000.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6758.8 1228.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 2976.1 692.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 324713.4 820.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 88572.2 535.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1046604.0 1804.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 526272.4 423.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 136335.3 340.8
Process Creation 126.0 7250.2 575.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6456.4 1522.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 863.6 1439.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 291891.3 194.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score 802.7
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 176.123.0.17
Test IPv6: 2001:678:6d4:feed::17
Download Files: 100MB 1GB 10GB
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 9.43 MiB/s | 75.47 Mbps | ping 7.689ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 4.18 MiB/s | 33.43 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 3.94 MiB/s | 31.52 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 324.07 KiB/s | 2.53 Mbps | ping 123.263ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 5.51 MiB/s | 44.10 Mbps | ping 178.770ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 6.44 MiB/s | 51.53 Mbps | ping 150.778ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 5.55 MiB/s | 44.39 Mbps | ping 218.896ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 6.60 MiB/s | 52.82 Mbps | ping error!
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 6.62 MiB/s | 52.92 Mbps | ping error!
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 8.68 MiB/s | 69.41 Mbps | ping 47.814ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 47.43 KiB/s | 0.37 Mbps | ping error!
Hetzner, Germany : 402 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 8.39 MiB/s | 67.11 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 8.80 MiB/s | 70.40 Mbps | ping 43.304ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 481 B/s | N/A | ping error!
OVH, Roubaix, France : 466 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Online, France : 8.84 MiB/s | 70.75 Mbps | ping 45.778ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 402 B/s | N/A | ping error!
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 840.21 KiB/s | 6.56 Mbps | ping 367.114ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 180 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Hosteasy, Moldova : 9.01 MiB/s | 72.09 Mbps | ping error!
Prima, Argentina : 224.77 KiB/s | 1.76 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.84 MiB/s | 14.74 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 2.89 MiB/s | 23.14 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Singapore : 277.09 KiB/s | 2.16 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 3.25 MiB/s | 26.03 Mbps | ping 273.457ms
Benchmark finished in 138 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 91.208.184.106, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 91.208.184.106 – RIPENCC /24 AS200019 ALEXHOST – Moldova
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Dec 21 06:51:24 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Alexhost (91.208.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: MD)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: No
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: MD)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: ORANGEMD in Chisinau
Netflix Preferred CDN: Associated with [Moldtelecom] in [Chisinau ]
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: WW
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
AlexHost is a hosting provider that offers various services, including dedicated servers, VPS, shared hosting, and colocation. Their client area dashboard is a centralized platform where users can manage these services. Here are some features you might find in the AlexHost client area dashboard:
- Hosting Management: Users can manage their hosting services, whether virtual hosting, LiteSpeed hosting, or VPS.
- Dedicated Management: Users can manage their dedicated servers with options for different operating systems, cores, RAM, discs, ports, IP, and traffic.
- Domain Service: AlexHost offers a domain transfer service that uses the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) for secure and efficient transfers.
- Support: AlexHost provides 24/7 priority support to its users.
Please note that the exact features and layout may vary, and it’s best to visit the website for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Also, remember to enable JavaScript and Cookies in your browser to ensure the site works correctly.
Server Pricing
View All Plans: https://www.AlexHost.com
Coupon
The company runs promotional offers from time to time. For updates on special deals and discounts, check their Promotions page regularly.
Payments
Payment Methods: AlexHost accepts various payment methods for maximum customer convenience. This includes credit/debit cards (Visa, MasterCard), PayPal, Bitcoin, Webmoney, Wise, Monero, LiteCoin, Ethereum, Elrond, EGold, Utrust, Token, DashCoin, USD coin, and Tether.
Invoices: You’ll receive the invoice if you have any active services. You can pay for your hosting services by signing into your AlexHost account.
Refunds: A full refund option is available within 30 days of purchase, giving you plenty of time to test their performance—more details about the Money-Back Policy.
Customer Support
Users can contact AlexHost’s support team through various channels. This includes live chat, phone, tickets, and email. They also offer a callback service via Telegram.
- Phone: +373 79 600002
- Mail: [email protected]
- Telegram: Live Chat
AlexHost offers round-the-clock support to its users. This ensures that help is available whenever it’s needed.
Conclusion
Digging into the performance, the server showed strong input/output (I/O) capabilities, averaging 570 MB/s across multiple tests. Network testing indicated consistent upload and download speeds hovering around 80 Mbps, but speeds dipped significantly in Asia, particularly in China. Latency was naturally higher when connecting to distant locations like Los Angeles and Singapore, but it remained low in Europe, as expected, due to geographical proximity.
The disk performance was impressive, with mixed read/write operations showing speeds up to 1.45 GB/s for larger block sizes. CPU capabilities, measured by UnixBench, revealed robust multi-core performance, doubling the results when utilizing both CPUs compared to a single one. A thorough Media Unlock Test suggested that while services like Dazn and Amazon Prime Video were accessible in Moldova, others like Netflix were limited to original content, and platforms like Disney+ were unavailable.
In conclusion, the AlexHost Moldova VPS is a solid choice for those seeking a powerful and reliable server solution with strong disk and CPU performance. The server managed well in network connectivity, with fast speeds and reasonable latency across most tested regions. However, potential users looking for wide international media access should be aware of the limitations found in our tests.
Official Website: https://www.AlexHost.com
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