Linode Akamai United States Fremont Shared CPU Cloud Instance Test and Review
We’re excited to put Linode‘s Akamai United States Fremont Shared vCPU VPS Server to the test! These shared CPU instances are a great choice for medium-duty workloads, providing a well-rounded mix of performance, resources, and affordability.
This particular server is powered by an AMD EPYC 7713 64-core Processor, giving you 2 CPU cores, 4GB of RAM, and 80GB of storage. With a super-fast 40Gbps network in and 4Gbps network out, along with 4TB of traffic and 1x IPv4 and 1x IPv6, you’ll have all the resources you need to run a wide range of cloud applications – from personal projects to enterprise-grade software.
Overall, with its balanced array of resources, Linode’s Shared Instances are a great choice for any workload that requires efficient and reliable cloud hosting. Get started today and see why so many users trust Linode for their hosting needs!
About Linode
Linode is a US-based cloud computing company that can supply developers with everything they need for a flying start. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, the USA), Linode specializes in cloud hosting solutions for developers and those with high Linux know-how. The company provides high-performance hosting infrastructure to over 800,000 customers worldwide, allowing them to deploy cloud servers, use native SSDs on a superfast 40GB/s network, and utilize superior headwear like E5 processors.
Linode offers three types of plans: Dedicated CPU Plans, Shared CPU Plans, and High Memory Plans. The Dedicated CPU Plans start at $36 per month for the Dedicated 4 GB plan and go up to $4,608 per month for the Dedicated 512 GB plan. The Shared CPU Plans start at $5 per month for the Nanode 1 GB plan and go up to $1,152 per month for the Linode 192 GB plan. The High Memory Plans start at $60 per month for the Linode 24 GB plan and go up to $960 per month for the Linode 300 GB plan.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 2 @ 1999.999 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 78.2 GB (929.8 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (70.4 MB Used)
Total Swap : 512.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 14 min
Load average : 0.03, 0.01, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-23-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Location : Fremont / US
Region : California
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 479 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.5 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 1.6 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 1217.8 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 4501.30 Mbps 6903.51 Mbps 1.33 ms
Los Angeles, US 4115.49 Mbps 7133.06 Mbps 11.01 ms
Dallas, US 2119.37 Mbps 7328.51 Mbps 38.98 ms
Montreal, CA 663.00 Mbps 899.72 Mbps 65.98 ms
Paris, FR 550.21 Mbps 5335.73 Mbps 148.66 ms
Amsterdam, NL 468.38 Mbps 4873.27 Mbps 149.41 ms
Shanghai, CN 350.76 Mbps 1956.75 Mbps 195.49 ms
Nanjing, CN 346.47 Mbps 3473.47 Mbps 137.80 ms
Hongkong, CN 4.98 Mbps 4.93 Mbps 154.20 ms
Singapore, SG 480.12 Mbps 1888.37 Mbps 164.43 ms
Tokyo, JP 413.13 Mbps 6576.27 Mbps 104.47 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 19 sec
Timestamp : 2023-06-13 07:01:15 UTC
Looking Glass
Speed Test: http://speedtest.fremont.linode.com
Yabs Performance Bench
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Akamai Technologies, Inc.
ASN : AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Host : Linode
Location : Fremont, California (CA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 258.21 MB/s (64.5k) | 3.16 GB/s (49.5k)
Write | 258.89 MB/s (64.7k) | 3.18 GB/s (49.7k)
Total | 517.11 MB/s (129.2k) | 6.35 GB/s (99.2k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 8.58 GB/s (16.7k) | 9.14 GB/s (8.9k)
Write | 9.03 GB/s (17.6k) | 9.75 GB/s (9.5k)
Total | 17.62 GB/s (34.4k) | 18.89 GB/s (18.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.23 Gbits/sec | 1.29 Gbits/sec | 140 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.37 Gbits/sec | 1.25 Gbits/sec | 151 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 1.21 Gbits/sec | 152 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 756 Mbits/sec | 702 Mbits/sec | 233 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.64 Gbits/sec | 2.68 Gbits/sec | 66.8 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 4.28 Gbits/sec | 4.97 Gbits/sec | 37.7 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.31 Gbits/sec | 8.15 Gbits/sec | 8.06 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.22 Gbits/sec | 1.26 Gbits/sec | 140 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.36 Gbits/sec | 1.23 Gbits/sec | 149 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.12 Gbits/sec | 1.14 Gbits/sec | 152 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 583 Mbits/sec | 727 Mbits/sec | 233 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.69 Gbits/sec | 2.73 Gbits/sec | 66.8 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 4.27 Gbits/sec | 5.02 Gbits/sec | 38.5 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 4.30 Gbits/sec | 8.26 Gbits/sec | 8.03 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1153
Multi Core | 2054
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1579884
YABS completed in 13 min 29 sec
Summarize
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 657.89 MiB/s | 5263.16 Mbps | ping 0.655ms
Gdrive : 43.59 MiB/s | 348.74 Mbps | ping 1.346ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 2.39 MiB/s | 19.12 Mbps | ping 69.582ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 97.48 MiB/s | 779.85 Mbps | ping 1.293ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 29.49 MiB/s | 235.92 Mbps | ping 69.051ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 114.03 MiB/s | 912.20 Mbps | ping 20.669ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 59.84 MiB/s | 478.76 Mbps | ping 44.265ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 215.05 MiB/s | 1720.43 Mbps | ping 7.449ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 33.00 MiB/s | 263.99 Mbps | ping 67.699ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 37.53 MiB/s | 300.25 Mbps | ping 55.312ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 14.36 MiB/s | 114.88 Mbps | ping 134.918ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 5.84 MiB/s | 46.72 Mbps | ping 155.724ms
Hetzner, Germany : 312.00 KiB/s | 2.44 Mbps | ping 159.894ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 14.89 MiB/s | 119.08 Mbps | ping 137.006ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 12.37 MiB/s | 98.94 Mbps | ping 149.410ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 246 B/s | N/A | ping 152.269ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 239 B/s | N/A | ping 152.711ms
Online, France : 12.03 MiB/s | 96.27 Mbps | ping 151.850ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 51 B/s | N/A | ping 156.461ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 12.51 MiB/s | 100.09 Mbps | ping 152.007ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 122 B/s | N/A | ping 171.013ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 4.83 MiB/s | 38.63 Mbps | ping 177.284ms
Prima, Argentina : 379.35 KiB/s | 2.96 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 6.33 MiB/s | 50.61 Mbps | ping 175.833ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 23.16 MiB/s | 185.28 Mbps | ping 99.715ms
Linode, Singapore : 7.46 MiB/s | 59.71 Mbps | ping 170.548ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 21.68 MiB/s | 173.43 Mbps | ping 104.272ms
Benchmark finished in 129 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: San Francisco, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: San Jose, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done!
Global Ping Test
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
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Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
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Conclusion
locations in the USA (Atlanta, Dallas, Fremont, and Newark), one in the UK (London), one in Germany (Frankfurt), one in Canada (Toronto), one in India (Mumbai), one in Singapore (Singapore), one in Japan (Tokyo), and the final one in Australia (Sydney). The company also provides a speed test for each location so customers can decide which server works for them.
Linode is cheaper than most cloud services and provides enterprise-level performance with its Shared CPU plans. It has problems maintaining uptime and lacks responsive technical support options. But if you’re a developer on a budget willing to work with some uptime issues, you could still get some good value out of Linode.
In conclusion, Linode is a powerful cloud computing company offering developers high-performance hosting infrastructure and additional services. While it has some issues with uptime and technical support options, it remains affordable for developers on a budget.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com