Katapult United States Phoenix AMD EPYC-Rome CPU Optimized Cloud Server Test and Review
We recently tested the Katapult Cloud Server in Phoenix, USA, which is made especially for tasks requiring lots of computing power. It’s got some serious muscle behind it: AMD EPYC-Rome Processor, 64-core CPU, 192 GB of memory, 1600 GB of SSD storage, 10 Gbps internet connection, 12 TB of traffic, and it comes with IPv4 and IPv6 address.
To put it through its paces, we ran a bunch of tests. First, we looked at how it handles basic tasks with some standard benchmark tests, including Yabs and Unix Benchmark. We didn’t stop there – we also measured its network chops with the Global Node Test and checked how quickly it responded with the Global Ping Test.
Media lovers would be interested in the Media Unlock Test to see what streaming services you can get. The CloudFlare Internet Test gave us insights for those curious about internet quality. Lastly, we wanted to know how well websites would run on this server, so we used tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance to see how fast web pages load and perform.
About Katapult
Katapult.io is a leading cloud hosting service provider offering a high-speed, reliable, scalable public cloud platform. Krystal, one of the UK’s leading web hosting providers, designed and developed it. Krystal operates on 100% renewable energy and has pledged to plant and protect 1 billion trees by 2030.
Katapult.io’s platform is user-friendly, with a powerful and frustration-free control panel. It offers an instantly loading and clean-looking client area that simplifies tasks. The platform is designed for quick and easy deployment, with an intuitive interface.
One of the key features of Katapult.io is its transparent, pay-as-you-go pricing. It offers monthly caps and ensures there are no surprises in billing.
Katapult.io provides up-to-the-minute performance data for CPU, Network, and Disk activity. It supports multi-user environments, making it suitable for teams of all sizes. It also offers two-factor authentication for added security, supporting Yubikey & OTP (such as Google Authenticator).
Users can access multiple Katapult organizations from a single set of user credentials. The platform also offers both light and dark modes. Katapult.io allows users to point their domains to Katapult and manage their DNS zones within the console. It is built to scale with users’ needs, making it a go-to infrastructure partner.
Official Website: https://Katapult.io
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
CPU Cores : 64 @ 2899.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 1.5 TB (3.6 GB Used)
Total Mem : 188.7 GB (370.5 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 13 hour 47 min
Load average : 0.02, 0.06, 0.02
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✓ Online
Organization : AS12488 Krystal Hosting Ltd
Location : Phoenix / US
Region : Arizona
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 803 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 813 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 810 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 808.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 639.66 Mbps 4921.54 Mbps 128.37 ms
Los Angeles, US 3808.56 Mbps 4963.45 Mbps 40.02 ms
Dallas, US 3125.96 Mbps 5023.81 Mbps 57.57 ms
Montreal, CA 592.25 Mbps 891.68 Mbps 62.60 ms
Paris, FR 558.81 Mbps 4364.17 Mbps 143.82 ms
Amsterdam, NL 460.31 Mbps 4965.81 Mbps 143.98 ms
Shanghai, CN 391.21 Mbps 1077.34 Mbps 203.43 ms
Hongkong, CN 490.28 Mbps 2132.12 Mbps 167.63 ms
Mumbai, IN 329.44 Mbps 3195.90 Mbps 248.27 ms
Singapore, SG 425.54 Mbps 4382.46 Mbps 178.19 ms
Tokyo, JP 693.15 Mbps 5038.51 Mbps 117.03 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 7 sec
Timestamp : 2024-01-31 00:22:59 GMT
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
CPU cores : 64 @ 2899.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 188.7 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 1.5 TiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Krystal Hosting Ltd
ASN : AS12488 Krystal Hosting Ltd
Host : Krystal Hosting Ltd
Location : Phoenix, Arizona (AZ)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 199.84 MB/s (49.9k) | 1.02 GB/s (15.9k)
Write | 200.37 MB/s (50.0k) | 1.02 GB/s (16.0k)
Total | 400.21 MB/s (100.0k) | 2.04 GB/s (32.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 997.50 MB/s (1.9k) | 991.96 MB/s (968)
Write | 1.05 GB/s (2.0k) | 1.05 GB/s (1.0k)
Total | 2.04 GB/s (3.9k) | 2.05 GB/s (2.0k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.19 Gbits/sec | 1.39 Gbits/sec | 132 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec | 34.8 Mbits/sec | 132 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.10 Gbits/sec | 1.24 Gbits/sec | 145 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 614 Mbits/sec | 736 Mbits/sec | 226 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.76 Gbits/sec | 3.17 Gbits/sec | 64.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 7.76 Gbits/sec | 3.92 Gbits/sec | 22.4 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.09 Gbits/sec | 5.48 Gbits/sec | 8.61 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.17 Gbits/sec | 1.35 Gbits/sec | 132 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 135 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.06 Gbits/sec | busy | 145 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 556 Mbits/sec | 680 Mbits/sec | 226 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.76 Gbits/sec | 2.98 Gbits/sec | 64.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 7.77 Gbits/sec | 3.64 Gbits/sec | 22.2 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 7.65 Gbits/sec | 5.00 Gbits/sec | 8.61 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1250
Multi Core | 10822
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4675627
YABS completed in 13 min 14 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 31 2024 00:46:59 - 01:14:58
64 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 41463245.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7445.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5068.9 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 984938.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 284480.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2560378.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1793990.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 64715.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5058.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5697.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2678.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1992655.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 41463245.6 3553.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7445.6 1353.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 5068.9 1178.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 984938.5 2487.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 284480.4 1718.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2560378.6 4414.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1793990.8 1442.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 64715.8 161.8
Process Creation 126.0 5058.9 401.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5697.8 1343.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2678.9 4464.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1992655.3 1328.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1440.6
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Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 31 2024 01:14:59 - 01:14:59
64 CPUs in system; running 64 parallel copies of tests
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 408.16 MiB/s | 3265.31 Mbps | ping 0.894ms
Gdrive : 7.27 KiB/s | 0.06 Mbps | ping 9.474ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 3.97 MiB/s | 31.78 Mbps | ping 64.825ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 80.66 MiB/s | 645.26 Mbps | ping 17.350ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 1.01 MiB/s | 8.07 Mbps | ping 60.632ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 64.43 MiB/s | 515.46 Mbps | ping 38.188ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 102.15 MiB/s | 817.16 Mbps | ping 22.424ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 235.85 MiB/s | 1886.79 Mbps | ping 8.734ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 39.94 MiB/s | 319.49 Mbps | ping 63.950ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 56.30 MiB/s | 450.38 Mbps | ping 39.601ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 16.44 MiB/s | 131.56 Mbps | ping 129.433ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 36.17 KiB/s | 0.28 Mbps | ping 145.089ms
Hetzner, Germany : 297 B/s | N/A | ping 147.842ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 12.27 MiB/s | 98.16 Mbps | ping 146.890ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 13.52 MiB/s | 108.13 Mbps | ping 144.459ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 493 B/s | N/A | ping 148.515ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 574 B/s | N/A | ping 136.191ms
Online, France : 5.64 MiB/s | 45.11 Mbps | ping 131.915ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 320 B/s | N/A | ping 153.306ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 4.40 MiB/s | 35.23 Mbps | ping 250.915ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 362 B/s | N/A | ping 183.439ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 4.15 MiB/s | 33.24 Mbps | ping 179.107ms
Prima, Argentina : 437.23 KiB/s | 3.42 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 565.75 KiB/s | 4.42 Mbps | ping 188.218ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 11.85 MiB/s | 94.83 Mbps | ping 120.950ms
Linode, Singapore : 11.23 MiB/s | 89.83 Mbps | ping 173.519ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 18.74 MiB/s | 149.90 Mbps | ping 115.758ms
Benchmark finished in 94 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 185.69.56.233, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 185.69.56.233 – RIPENCC /22 AS12488 KRYSTAL – United Kingdom
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed 31 Jan 00:41:54 GMT 2024
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Krystal Hosting (185.69.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: GB)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: GB)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: GB)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: GB
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Washington DC
Netflix Preferred CDN: Boston, MA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: GBP
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: WW
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: Krystal Hosting (2a03:2803:2:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: GB)
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: GB)
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Washington DC
Netflix Preferred CDN: Miami, FL
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Failed
Bing Region: US
Instagram Licensed Audio: No
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Testing Done!CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
The Katapult Console is a user-friendly interface that allows you to manage your Katapult services. It is organized into three distinct areas: the header, the left sidebar, and the content area.
Header: The header includes a search function that allows you to search for Katapult services within the current organization. It also includes an organization selector, which enables switching between organizations within your account. Other features in the header include links to your settings, documentation, and a logout link.
Left Sidebar: The left sidebar primarily serves for navigation. The navigation focus will depend on where you are within the Katapult interface. If you are within an organization, you will see navigation items specific to that organization. However, if you are looking at your Katapult account settings, the sidebar will relate to your account. User-level access to the various navigation sections will depend on the role assigned to them.
Content Area: This is where you can manage your services within your organization. The compute pages allow the creation and management of your virtual machines. The storage section provides access to shared disks, disk backup policies, and any custom ISOs you upload to Katapult. The networking section allows you to manage virtual networks, your organization’s IP addresses, domains, etc. The Users & Access section allows you to manage users, define roles, and manage SSH keys.
In addition, the Katapult web console is a lightweight, browser-based terminal permitting shell commands against a given virtual machine. This can be accessed by selecting Compute -> Virtual Machines from the left sidebar and then selecting the virtual machine you wish to access the web console for. From the overview page, select Tools -> Console from the menu below the virtual machine hostname. You are now viewing the web console.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://Katapult.io
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Payments
Katapult.io offers a transparent and user-friendly billing system.
Billing Overview: The billing overview page provides a snapshot of the billing state for the entire organization. It displays your current account balance, a summary of any future uninvoiced usage, your next invoice date, and any coupons applied to your account.
Invoices Usage: Katapult.io provides detailed invoices for your usage. If you have any unpaid invoices, you can find them by navigating to Billing -> Invoices in the sidebar. You can pay an invoice with a stored or new credit/debit card. After choosing the required card or entering your new card’s details, click the Pay button to process the payment.
Add / Update Billing: You can easily add or update your billing information on Katapult.io. This ensures that your billing details are up-to-date, providing a seamless billing experience.
Customer Support
Their experts are always ready to help.
Contact Form: Users can complete a form on the Katapult.io website to raise a ticket. This is a convenient way to contact the support team for non-urgent issues.
Email: Users can send an email to the support team at [email protected]. This is another way to raise a ticket and is useful for more complex queries requiring detailed explanations.
Discord: Katapult.io has a presence on Discord. This provides a community-based platform where users can interact with the support team and other users.
Conclusion
In our lineup of tests, the server consistently showed its fast reflexes, especially with I/O operations, clocking in over 800 MB/s – well into the ‘good’ category. Network speeds didn’t disappoint, either. The server strutted its stuff with upload and download numbers that would make any data-heavy user smile, especially in cities like Los Angeles and Tokyo, where it showcased top-notch performance.
The Yabs performance bench swung in with impressive figures. Mixed read-write speeds were through the roof, easily surpassing the 1 GB/s mark, which we call excellent. Meanwhile, the Geekbench 6 scores told a similar story for CPU prowess – a single-core score of 1250 and a multi-core marathon finish of 10822 points towards a robust processor that can handle various tasks without breaking a sweat.
Regarding CPU capability, the UnixBench index score of 1440.6 confirmed that this machine can more than juggle multiple tasks efficiently, making it incredibly versatile for different computing needs.
To wrap it up, the Katapult Cloud Server in Phoenix doesn’t just talk the talk; it walks the walk. Whether it’s I/O speed, CPU performance, or network prowess you’re after, this server delivers on all fronts. It’s a powerhouse well-suited for businesses or individuals needing a high-performing server for demanding applications and data traffic. If performance is what you need, this server is a solid bet.
Official Website: https://Katapult.io
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