Linode Akamai United States Atlanta Dedicated CPU Cloud Hosting Test and Review
In this evaluation, we will test the Linode Akamai United States Atlanta Dedicated CPU VPS Server. The AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor powers the server and includes specifications such as 4 CPU cores, 8 GB of RAM, 160 GB of SSD storage, 5 TB of bandwidth, and one each of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
We’ll begin with the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark tests, which provide essential performance metrics. The Global Node Test will be carried out for a broad network performance assessment, and the Global Ping Test will be employed to evaluate latency.
To ascertain regional accessibility, we’re conducting the Media Unlock Test. The CloudFlare Internet Test will help us gauge the connection quality to the network from various locations. Finally, we’ll glean insights into the server’s web performance using assessments from tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance.
About Linode
Established in 2003, Linode is a renowned cloud hosting service provider specializing in offering Linux-based virtual machines to cater to many applications. Linode was heralded as innovative, introducing the market to virtual private server (VPS) hosting. Today, its portfolio encompasses many cloud computing services, including virtual machines, Kubernetes, storage, and managed services.
Designed for simplicity and scalability, Linode’s cloud computing services empower developers to construct, manage, and safeguard their cloud workloads on the Akamai Connected Cloud platform. This massively distributed platform combines edge computing and cloud technology advantages.
Linode presents various computing and storage solutions to accommodate every workload, featuring versatile virtual machines, user-friendly tools for effective management, and readily available and trustworthy storage options.
Beyond its fundamental cloud computing offerings, Linode provides comprehensive security solutions designed to shield the entirety of your digital ecosystem from potential threats. These tools aim to fortify clouds, apps, APIs, and user connections. Moreover, Linode offers delivery solutions to ensure the flawless delivery of your digital experiences, leveraging the agility and scalability inherent in the Akamai Connected Cloud.
Developers have shown faith in Linode’s services since its early days. Known for its unwavering commitment to crafting a cloud ecosystem addressing the requirements of the upcoming decade, Linode empowers developers with powerful one-click applications, managed services, thorough technical documentation, and insightful developer videos. This suite of resources facilitates a faster development process and bolsters confidence in application deployment.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
Looking Glass
http://speedtest.atlanta.linode.com/
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 4 @ 1999.999 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 156.9 GB (929.9 MB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (79.4 MB Used)
Total Swap : 512.0 MB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 14 min
Load average : 0.00, 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 : Atlanta / US
Region : Georgia
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 1.2 GB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.8 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 1.9 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 1672.5 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 5303.67 Mbps 18916.20 Mbps 0.35 ms
Los Angeles, US 1846.27 Mbps 15779.71 Mbps 44.02 ms
Dallas, US 5080.25 Mbps 12908.38 Mbps 16.14 ms
Montreal, CA 912.85 Mbps 938.32 Mbps 27.42 ms
Paris, FR 816.96 Mbps 7072.24 Mbps 97.25 ms
Amsterdam, NL 515.69 Mbps 7142.99 Mbps 106.28 ms
Shanghai, CN 277.26 Mbps 737.15 Mbps 250.32 ms
Nanjing, CN 400.98 Mbps 2184.60 Mbps 196.66 ms
Singapore, SG 201.32 Mbps 9.72 Mbps 259.32 ms
Tokyo, JP 375.12 Mbps 4065.70 Mbps 194.70 ms
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Finished in : 4 min 59 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-17 03:06:06 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Akamai Technologies, Inc.
ASN : AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Host : Linode
Location : Atlanta, Georgia (GA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 245.44 MB/s (61.3k) | 2.98 GB/s (46.6k)
Write | 246.09 MB/s (61.5k) | 3.00 GB/s (46.9k)
Total | 491.53 MB/s (122.8k) | 5.99 GB/s (93.6k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 9.03 GB/s (17.6k) | 8.67 GB/s (8.4k)
Write | 9.51 GB/s (18.5k) | 9.25 GB/s (9.0k)
Total | 18.55 GB/s (36.2k) | 17.92 GB/s (17.5k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 44.3 Mbits/sec | 139 Mbits/sec | 92.7 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 1.97 Gbits/sec | 93.8 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.58 Gbits/sec | busy | 106 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 927 Mbits/sec | 208 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 5.43 Gbits/sec | 7.81 Gbits/sec | 17.8 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 5.44 Gbits/sec | 9.07 Gbits/sec | 16.6 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 3.81 Gbits/sec | 186 Mbits/sec | 46.9 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 43.4 Mbits/sec | 114 Mbits/sec | 92.7 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 104 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 1.66 Gbits/sec | 1.72 Gbits/sec | 105 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 846 Mbits/sec | 906 Mbits/sec | 208 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 5.42 Gbits/sec | 8.25 Gbits/sec | 20.4 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 5.41 Gbits/sec | 9.11 Gbits/sec | 16.7 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 3.92 Gbits/sec | busy | 46.9 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1196
Multi Core | 2820
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2291009
YABS completed in 14 min 34 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 17 2023 03:33:54 - 04:01:53
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 42393636.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7207.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5006.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1153621.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 307963.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3041625.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2030449.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 150270.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 12068.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12784.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3315.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2306242.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 42393636.2 3632.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7207.6 1310.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 5006.5 1164.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1153621.6 2913.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 307963.5 1860.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3041625.1 5244.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2030449.9 1632.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 150270.6 375.7
Process Creation 126.0 12068.2 957.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12784.8 3015.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3315.6 5525.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2306242.4 1537.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1910.9
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 17 2023 04:01:53 - 04:29:54
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 118420486.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 24812.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 13605.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1206383.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 310054.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3932501.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 5651176.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 795892.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 36774.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 27153.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3740.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 6295537.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 118420486.9 10147.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 24812.2 4511.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 13605.7 3164.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1206383.0 3046.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 310054.7 1873.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3932501.5 6780.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 5651176.9 4542.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 795892.0 1989.7
Process Creation 126.0 36774.9 2918.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 27153.6 6404.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3740.2 6233.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 6295537.5 4197.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 4132.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 613.50 MiB/s | 4907.98 Mbps | ping 0.350ms
Gdrive : 98.62 MiB/s | 788.95 Mbps | ping 1.170ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 65.58 MiB/s | 524.67 Mbps | ping 12.708ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 37.59 MiB/s | 300.69 Mbps | ping 60.131ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 39.97 MiB/s | 319.74 Mbps | ping 20.354ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 35.04 MiB/s | 280.31 Mbps | ping 64.911ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 138.31 MiB/s | 1106.50 Mbps | ping 17.102ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 46.71 MiB/s | 373.66 Mbps | ping 43.063ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 82.28 MiB/s | 658.27 Mbps | ping 18.563ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 92.23 MiB/s | 737.85 Mbps | ping 0.725ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 26.46 MiB/s | 211.64 Mbps | ping 87.682ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 16.90 KiB/s | 0.13 Mbps | ping 130.863ms
Hetzner, Germany : 15.32 MiB/s | 122.56 Mbps | ping 110.380ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 22.95 MiB/s | 183.64 Mbps | ping 102.505ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 21.53 MiB/s | 172.22 Mbps | ping 91.421ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 353 B/s | N/A | ping 114.385ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 415 B/s | N/A | ping 98.676ms
Online, France : 23.23 MiB/s | 185.85 Mbps | ping 93.672ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 47 B/s | N/A | ping 108.722ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 5.54 MiB/s | 44.29 Mbps | ping 227.982ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 163 B/s | N/A | ping 226.713ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 5.25 MiB/s | 41.98 Mbps | ping 152.388ms
Prima, Argentina : 599.85 KiB/s | 4.69 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 2.34 MiB/s | 18.69 Mbps | ping 226.646ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 13.92 MiB/s | 111.38 Mbps | ping 143.399ms
Linode, Singapore : 7.93 MiB/s | 63.47 Mbps | ping 209.560ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 12.97 MiB/s | 103.78 Mbps | ping 162.548ms
Benchmark finished in 115 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 45.56.112.48, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 45.56.112.48 – ARIN /21 AS63949 AKAMAI-LINODE-AP – United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu 17 Aug 2023 03:27:06 AM UTC
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Akamai Connected Cloud (45.56.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Atlanta, GA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Atlanta, GA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: Akamai Connected Cloud (2600:3c02::*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: No
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: Atlanta, GA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Atlanta, GA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Linode Cloud Manager is a user-friendly interface that deploys and manages virtual machines configures networking, and controls user accounts. Its user- and mobile-friendly interface allows you to manage your infrastructure easily. With Cloud Manager, you can assign SSH keys, deploy resources across the network, and add cloud storage volumes or buckets from a single UI.
Cloud Manager also supports self-serve migrations to move your infrastructure between data centers conveniently. Additionally, it offers one-click apps that make setting up a game server or VPN quick and easy, or you can self-host your software with GitLab on your Linodes. Advanced search features help you quickly find your cloud resources using simple strings, boolean operators, parenthesis, or custom groups with tags you create in Cloud Manager.
In summary, Linode Cloud Manager is a powerful tool that makes it easy to manage your cloud infrastructure. Its user-friendly interface and advanced features make it an excellent choice for developers building and deploying their applications in the cloud.
Server Pricing
Linode offers a range of dedicated CPU plans for CPU-intensive applications. These plans provide dedicated virtual machines with predictable pricing, where CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one flat price across all data centers.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
Coupon
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Customer Support
Linode offers 24/7/365 no-tier customer service. Their award-winning service team has no tiers, no bots, and no hand-offs, just highly-trained professionals who answer your questions and solve your issues. You can open a support ticket through their website or contact them via phone or email.
Phone support is available day and night for existing customers, account support and general inquiries. The phone numbers for U.S. and global support are 855-454-6633 and +1-609-380-7100, respectively.
Linode also offers a range of self-service help options, including a community Q&A, a library of documentation for getting started, helpful how-to guides, and an IRC channel where you can chat with the community. Additionally, Linode offers professional services and assistance with system administration.
In summary, Linode offers excellent customer support with various options to suit your needs. Whether you need help with a technical issue or have a general inquiry, Linode’s customer service team is available 24/7.
Conclusion
A critical part of the evaluation was the I/O Speed tests, where run readings were performed to reflect server efficiency. The first I/O speed test displayed 1.2 GB/s, significantly improving in the second and third runs at 1.8 GB/s and 1.9 GB/s, respectively. The average I/O speed was computed to 1672.5 MB/s. An extensive network speed measurement analysis demonstrated high-speed uploads and downloads, with the latency notably low in the Speedtest.net context.
The fio Disk Speed Tests were conducted under mixed R/W (reading/writing) conditions to evaluate the disk speed. Excellent read, write, and total rates were observed for both 4k (IOPS) and 64k (IOPS) block sizes. Even better results were seen with 512k (IOPS) and 1m (IOPS) block sizes, producing total speeds surpassing 18GB/s.
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test yielded impressive results for server performance, adding affirmation to its raw CPU processing power. The Single Core score was reported at 1196, while the Multi-Core score was evaluated at 2820. UnixBench tests were also performed, displaying significant metrics indicating the server’s exceptional resource-handling capabilities.
In conclusion, the Linode Akamai United States Atlanta Dedicated CPU VPS Server showcases outstanding performance in almost all test parameters. The server posted impressive scores in the I/O speed tests, network measurements, disk speed tests, Geekbench tests, and UnixBench tests. These results demonstrate the server’s high-quality performance, affirming its robustness and suitability for many applications.
Official Website: https://www.linode.com
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