DigitalOcean San Francisco Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 General Purpose Dedicated Server Test and Review
In this analysis, we set our sights on the US-based (San Francisco) General Purpose Dedicated VPS Server offered by DigitalOcean. Powered by an Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz Processor, the server deployment includes 2 CPU Cores, 8 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD Storage, 4 TB traffic per month, and also contains 1x IPv4.
Our comprehensive testing methodology comprises several rigorous analyses. Initially, we conducted the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark tests to gather crucial system performance metrics.
Following this, we perform a Global Node Test, allowing us to scrutinize the network performance from various international locations in depth.
Next, we use the Global Ping Test to measure the server’s latency precisely. Additionally, the regional accessibility and restrictions are assessed through the Media Unlock Test.
To evaluate the connection quality and speed to various internet services, we utilize the CloudFlare Internet Test. Lastly, we assess web performance through top-rated tools such as Google’s PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance.
The aggregate of these meticulous examinations will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the server’s overall performance capabilities and potential bottlenecks, empowering you to make an informed decision for your specific requirements.
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean, a renowned American global technology firm, is a trusted cloud solution provider. The company is favored by developers, start-ups, and small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) and offers robust cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platforms.
Based in New York City, DigitalOcean’s remarkable global presence is enhanced by 15 strategically placed data centers worldwide. The company’s cloud hosting services are crowned by simplicity and cost-effectiveness, enabling you to realize your digital visions, whether a SaaS application, an AI/ML enterprise, a website, or an eCommerce platform.
DigitalOcean is a market leader, securing the top spot in IaaS usability, VPS for SMBs, and SMB Hosting on G2. Backed by a 99.99% uptime Service Level Agreement for Droplets and Volumes block storage, DigitalOcean proudly supports over 600k clients in their digital pursuits.
In a strategic move, DigitalOcean recently absorbed Paperspace, a frontrunner in high-performance NVIDIA GPU computing. This merger aims to broaden the AI capabilities of DigitalOcean, facilitating users’ efforts to design, build, and expand AI models efficiently in the cloud environment.
DigitalOcean has curated a suite of products designed to meet the unique demands of start-ups and SMBs, empowering businesses to concentrate on app development rather than infrastructure intricacies. As a Forrester study reveals, the company’s predictable pricing, paired with an outstanding price-to-performance ratio, delivers an impressive return on investment of 186%.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
Looking Glass
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BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2693.670 MHz
CPU Cache : 4096 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 24.6 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (90.9 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 13 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 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 / Offline
Organization : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : Santa Clara / US
Region : California
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 605 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 987 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 979 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 857.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1998.49 Mbps 8277.22 Mbps 0.77 ms
Los Angeles, US 1702.45 Mbps 8947.72 Mbps 11.39 ms
Dallas, US 1163.35 Mbps 8905.13 Mbps 39.37 ms
Montreal, CA 614.11 Mbps 797.61 Mbps 74.74 ms
Paris, FR 534.08 Mbps 4625.97 Mbps 152.09 ms
Amsterdam, NL 571.78 Mbps 5112.46 Mbps 148.29 ms
Shanghai, CN 327.78 Mbps 3673.24 Mbps 203.98 ms
Nanjing, CN 598.01 Mbps 1183.18 Mbps 135.26 ms
Singapore, SG 455.60 Mbps 459.25 Mbps 173.02 ms
Tokyo, JP 384.64 Mbps 6951.70 Mbps 109.00 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 57 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-17 00:15:53 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host : DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : Santa Clara, 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 | 193.20 MB/s (48.3k) | 1.37 GB/s (21.4k)
Write | 193.71 MB/s (48.4k) | 1.37 GB/s (21.5k)
Total | 386.92 MB/s (96.7k) | 2.75 GB/s (42.9k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.49 GB/s (2.9k) | 1.46 GB/s (1.4k)
Write | 1.57 GB/s (3.0k) | 1.56 GB/s (1.5k)
Total | 3.06 GB/s (5.9k) | 3.03 GB/s (2.9k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 28.5 Mbits/sec | 42.8 Mbits/sec | 136 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 1.22 Gbits/sec | 148 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.17 Gbits/sec | busy | 148 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 769 Mbits/sec | busy | 238 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 2.64 Gbits/sec | 89.3 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.95 Gbits/sec | 4.90 Gbits/sec | 39.4 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 2.00 Gbits/sec | busy | 9.73 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1149
Multi Core | 1395
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2289942
YABS completed in 13 min 5 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 17 2023 01:13:05 - 01:41:07
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 41188151.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6226.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4370.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1013746.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 287252.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2634191.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2222848.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 155059.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 7350.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10414.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1683.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2486593.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 41188151.8 3529.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6226.2 1132.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 4370.1 1016.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1013746.7 2560.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 287252.5 1735.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2634191.2 4541.7
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2222848.1 1786.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 155059.3 387.6
Process Creation 126.0 7350.3 583.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10414.9 2456.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1683.7 2806.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2486593.1 1657.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1639.9
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 17 2023 01:41:07 - 02:09:12
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 57180088.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11353.7 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 6162.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1316532.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 358688.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3549302.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2763813.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 302832.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 15908.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12718.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1724.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3291715.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 57180088.9 4899.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11353.7 2064.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 6162.2 1433.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1316532.5 3324.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 358688.8 2167.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3549302.4 6119.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2763813.3 2221.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 302832.6 757.1
Process Creation 126.0 15908.2 1262.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12718.5 2999.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1724.2 2873.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3291715.0 2194.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2330.6
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 636.94 MiB/s | 5095.54 Mbps | ping 1.496ms
Gdrive : 78.06 MiB/s | 624.51 Mbps | ping 1.841ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 2.09 MiB/s | 16.73 Mbps | ping 66.220ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 102.06 MiB/s | 816.46 Mbps | ping 2.672ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 860.22 KiB/s | 6.72 Mbps | ping 70.399ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 120.77 MiB/s | 966.18 Mbps | ping 20.675ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 60.79 MiB/s | 486.32 Mbps | ping 37.159ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 308.64 MiB/s | 2469.14 Mbps | ping 7.003ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 32.90 MiB/s | 263.17 Mbps | ping 70.998ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 39.89 MiB/s | 319.09 Mbps | ping 58.236ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 14.98 MiB/s | 119.85 Mbps | ping 136.905ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 12.82 KiB/s | 0.10 Mbps | ping 159.605ms
Hetzner, Germany : 10.24 MiB/s | 81.96 Mbps | ping 158.951ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 13.56 MiB/s | 108.47 Mbps | ping 150.121ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 13.67 MiB/s | 109.33 Mbps | ping 149.253ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 515 B/s | N/A | ping 156.501ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 279 B/s | N/A | ping 149.394ms
Online, France : 14.15 MiB/s | 113.22 Mbps | ping 147.257ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 106 B/s | N/A | ping 157.770ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 11.96 MiB/s | 95.71 Mbps | ping 156.020ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 280 B/s | N/A | ping 173.946ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 177.05 KiB/s | 1.38 Mbps | ping 191.492ms
Prima, Argentina : 405.06 KiB/s | 3.16 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 362.75 KiB/s | 2.83 Mbps | ping 187.259ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 19.14 MiB/s | 153.15 Mbps | ping 110.565ms
Linode, Singapore : 9.46 MiB/s | 75.71 Mbps | ping 190.062ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 20.77 MiB/s | 166.16 Mbps | ping 107.078ms
Benchmark finished in 96 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 147.182.202.169, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 147.182.202.169 – ARIN /20 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – United States, California, Santa Clara
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Aug 17 00:35:56 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Digital Ocean (147.182.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: San Francisco, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: San Jose, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
DigitalOcean’s Admin Control Panel is called CloudPanel. It is the next-generation server control panel to configure and manage a server with an obsessive focus on simplicity. With CloudPanel, you can run PHP, Node.js, Static Websites, Reverse Proxies, and Python Applications on a High-Performance Technology Stack in no time.
After you create a Droplet, you can access CloudPanel via the browser: https://yourFloatingIpAddress:8443. You must ignore the self-signed certificate warning, click Advanced, and proceed to the admin user creation.
CloudPanel is available on Ubuntu 22.04 and includes software such as NGINX, MySQL, PHP, Redis, ProFTPD, Node.js, Yarn, Git, Python, and Varnish. You can create an app using the Control Panel by clicking the Deploy to DigitalOcean button or using the DigitalOcean API.
Server Pricing
DigitalOcean offers various cloud hosting services, including virtual machines (Droplets), Kubernetes, App Platforms, Managed Databases, Load Balancers, Spaces Object Storage, and more. Their pricing is simple and predictable, with monthly caps and flat pricing.
For their virtual machines (Droplets), they offer several options to choose from, including General Purpose Droplets and Memory-Optimized Droplets. General Purpose Droplets have a balanced memory-to-dedicate CPU ratio suitable for various production workloads. They’re best for general-purpose workloads that require reliable computer power.
If you’re looking for a custom price quote based on the number, usage, and capabilities of DigitalOcean services you choose, you can use their Pricing Calculator. You can select the options that fit your needs and click the “next” button on each step when you are ready to continue. You can always go back to edit your selections later.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
Coupon
Free trial with a $200 credit for 60 days
Your free trial will start when you sign up for DigitalOcean if you are eligible. You will need a credit card so that DigitalOcean can verify your identity, but you will not be charged or billed during your free trial.
Customer Support
DigitalOcean offers a range of support plans to meet the needs of its customers. Their support plans include Starter, Developer, Standard, and Premium.
The Starter plan is included for all customers and provides general guidance and troubleshooting. The Developer plan is for teams developing and testing with non-production workloads. The Standard plan includes live chat for teams deploying and maintaining production workloads. The Premium plan is for businesses serving large customer bases with mission-critical applications and offers response times within 30 minutes.
You can contact DigitalOcean’s support team by selecting a reason for your inquiry, providing your name and the email associated with your account, and briefly describing how they can help you. If you can’t sign in, you can use the form on their website to get help. You can also email [email protected] or call (877) DigitalOcean to contact their support team.
DigitalOcean also provides a helpful support message queue that can help you track your support tickets. You can access the queue from the “My Account” page on the DigitalOcean website. Additionally, DigitalOcean offers product documentation, community resources, and support articles to help you find answers to your questions.
Conclusion
Regarding I/O speed, the VPS delivered compelling results with an average of 857.0 MB/s across three runs. Furthermore, a Node Speed test aiming to evaluate upload and download speeds in various global locations showed impressive results, such as a download speed of 8277.22 Mbps via Speedtest.net, 8947.72 Mbps in Los Angeles, and an excellent 6951.70 Mbps in Tokyo, Japan, among others.
Another significant aspect of the testing involved the fio Disk Speed Tests. The server exhibited noteworthy performance in mixed R/W operations (50/50), especially at larger block sizes. At a block size of 512k, read and write speeds reached 1.49 GB/s and 1.57 GB/s, respectively. Similar performance was observed for 1m block size with 1.46 GB/s read and 1.56 GB/s write also exhibited.
On the synthetic benchmarking front, the Geekbench 6 Test results highlighted a single-core score of 1149 and a multi-core performance of 1395. The UnixBench scores add another perspective, with the server displaying superior performance, particularly for file copying and pipe throughput operations. Two benchmark runs were performed: the first yielded an overall score of 1639.9, while the second delivered an even higher result of 2330.6.
The extensive testing suite demonstrates that the DigitalOcean General Purpose Dedicated VPS Server provides remarkable performance across various crucial parameters. The VPS server particularly shines in areas such as I/O operations, network speeds across global locations, and synthetic benchmarks. This exceptional performance collectively lends credence to DigitalOcean’s reputation as a trusted and robust cloud service provider.
Official website: https://www.digitalocean.com
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