Hivelocity United States Los Angeles Cloud Virtual Server Test and Review
We appreciate Hivelocity for providing us with a server to conduct our testing. This round, we will test Hivelocity’s Shared vCPU VPS Server in Los Angeles, United States. Powered by an Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake), the server boasts impressive specifications: 8 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, 320GB SSD storage alongside a 1 Gbps internet port. It provides 10TB of traffic and holds 1x IPv4 and 1x IPv6 address.
Our detailed analysis involves conducting a series of comprehensive tests. Beginning with essential metrics, we employ the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark tests. Network coverage is meticulously assessed with the Global Node Test, while latency is precisely evaluated via the Global Ping Test.
To determine regional accessibility, we launched the Media Unlock Test. We assess connection quality using the CloudFlare Internet Test and proceed to evaluate web performance through the double check of PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance. These exhaustive evaluations are designed to provide deep and robust insights into the server’s overall performance.
About Hivelocity
Hivelocity is a Bare Metal Cloud Company that provides dedicated server solutions with dynamic performance, static pricing, and availability in over 30 global locations. Founded in 2001, Hivelocity is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and operates eight world-class data centers across the globe.
These data centers are located in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa, and Chicago in the USA, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Frankfurt in Germany. Each data center is SSAE-16 SOC1 and SOC2 certified, with HIPAA and PCI-compliant services also available.
Hivelocity offers a wide range of services, including cloud hosting solutions, dedicated servers, and colocation services to thousands of companies in more than 130 countries. They maintain and manage more than 15,000 physical and virtual servers.
One of the key features of Hivelocity is its ability to deploy bare metal servers instantly across six continents and 40+ global markets. They offer a high level of flexibility with the ability to scale according to the needs of the business.
Hivelocity’s offerings include instant-deploy bare metal servers starting from $99, custom-built bare metal servers for maximum flexibility, GPU servers deployed in 96 hours, and Intel and AMD-based configurations deployed instantly or customized according to your needs.
In addition to their hardware offerings, Hivelocity also provides a range of software tools and add-ons. They offer integration with Terraform and webhooks for infrastructure scaling with code. They also provide an easy-to-use control panel called myVelocity for server management.
Official Website: https://www.Hivelocity.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU Cores : 8 @ 2199.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 310.1 GB (2.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 15.6 GB (225.4 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 11 hour 52 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
OS : Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.15.0-83-generic
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS29802 HIVELOCITY, Inc.
Location : Los Angeles / US
Region : California
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 265 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 389 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 369 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 341.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1023.99 Mbps 950.68 Mbps 0.51 ms
Los Angeles, US 1022.96 Mbps 960.29 Mbps 0.91 ms
Dallas, US 1028.88 Mbps 958.83 Mbps 29.04 ms
Montreal, CA 627.65 Mbps 709.62 Mbps 69.66 ms
Paris, FR 570.51 Mbps 999.34 Mbps 136.27 ms
Amsterdam, NL 594.09 Mbps 347.93 Mbps 141.82 ms
Shanghai, CN 527.63 Mbps 771.54 Mbps 153.22 ms
Nanjing, CN 378.78 Mbps 400.01 Mbps 187.19 ms
Hongkong, CN 4.97 Mbps 0.24 Mbps 172.46 ms
Singapore, SG 469.65 Mbps 770.06 Mbps 173.99 ms
Tokyo, JP 734.82 Mbps 955.14 Mbps 108.36 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 23 sec
Timestamp : 2023-09-13 03:14:06 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : HIVELOCITY
ASN : AS29802 HIVELOCITY, Inc.
Location : Los Angeles, 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 | 83.97 MB/s (20.9k) | 435.03 MB/s (6.7k)
Write | 84.19 MB/s (21.0k) | 437.32 MB/s (6.8k)
Total | 168.17 MB/s (42.0k) | 872.35 MB/s (13.6k)
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Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 461.87 MB/s (902) | 454.24 MB/s (443)
Write | 486.41 MB/s (950) | 484.49 MB/s (473)
Total | 948.29 MB/s (1.8k) | 938.74 MB/s (916)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 30.9 Mbits/sec | 40.8 Mbits/sec | 126 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.01 Gbits/sec | 226 Mbits/sec | 146 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 689 Mbits/sec | 142 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 831 Mbits/sec | 221 Mbits/sec | 239 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 67.9 Mbits/sec | 114 Mbits/sec | 64.1 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 137 Mbits/sec | 239 Mbits/sec | 26.7 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.12 Gbits/sec | 975 Mbits/sec | 0.609 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 30.0 Mbits/sec | 38.0 Mbits/sec | 129 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.02 Gbits/sec | 663 Mbits/sec | 135 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 141 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 508 Mbits/sec | 151 Mbits/sec | 239 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 193 Mbits/sec | 64.0 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 149 Mbits/sec | 283 Mbits/sec | 26.8 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.12 Gbits/sec | 964 Mbits/sec | 0.623 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1072
Multi Core | 4907
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2584645
YABS completed in 14 min 12 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
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Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 13 2023 05:17:23 - 05:45:30
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 37380534.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5702.7 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2461.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1038690.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 281873.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2252029.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2017878.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 58294.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4545.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4157.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 4513.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2220574.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 37380534.7 3203.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5702.7 1036.8
Execl Throughput 43.0 2461.2 572.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1038690.1 2623.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 281873.5 1703.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2252029.7 3882.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2017878.9 1622.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 58294.6 145.7
Process Creation 126.0 4545.3 360.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4157.7 980.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 4513.1 7521.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2220574.5 1480.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1330.2
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Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 13 2023 05:45:30 - 06:13:40
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 289390490.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 44014.3 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 19724.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 473109.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 130316.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1542586.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 15794916.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 1712570.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 47501.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 49265.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6923.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3335940.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 289390490.7 24797.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 44014.3 8002.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 19724.4 4587.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 473109.9 1194.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 130316.0 787.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1542586.6 2659.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 15794916.7 12696.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 1712570.6 4281.4
Process Creation 126.0 47501.7 3770.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 49265.2 11619.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 6923.1 11538.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3335940.2 2224.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 4771.2
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
A self-healing, global, diverse network, you can trust 10+ Core Locations, 15+ Edge Locations, and 2+ Tbps Transit Capacity.
Data Centers
Hivelocity operates 32 data centers in 26 cities across 4 continents. This allows them to reach 80% of the world’s internet population within 25 ms. They have data centers in various locations including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Newark, Reston, São Paulo (coming soon), Seattle, Sunnyvale, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Johannesburg (coming soon), Lagos (coming soon), London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Poznan, Stockholm, Vilnius, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Noida/Delhi, Pune, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Each data center is SSAE-16 SOC1 and SOC2 certified, with HIPAA and PCI-compliant services also available. They maintain over 15,000 physical and virtualized servers and provide managed solutions on dedicated servers.
Their data centers have reliable power supply systems and controlled server environments. They also have sophisticated fire suppression systems and secure physical environments with dual-factor authentication for entry and 24/7 monitoring of all critical infrastructure assets.
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 89.36 MiB/s | 714.87 Mbps | ping 20.411ms
Gdrive : 52.96 MiB/s | 423.65 Mbps | ping 0.687ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 5.33 MiB/s | 42.60 Mbps | ping 59.985ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 64.16 MiB/s | 513.32 Mbps | ping 10.929ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 38.98 MiB/s | 311.87 Mbps | ping 58.791ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 31.33 MiB/s | 250.67 Mbps | ping 27.111ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 19.04 MiB/s | 152.29 Mbps | ping 77.458ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 98.70 MiB/s | 789.59 Mbps | ping 0.650ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 31.01 MiB/s | 248.06 Mbps | ping 69.382ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 50.03 MiB/s | 400.21 Mbps | ping 44.454ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 16.12 MiB/s | 128.97 Mbps | ping 135.236ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 38.13 KiB/s | 0.30 Mbps | ping 136.707ms
Hetzner, Germany : 479.96 KiB/s | 3.75 Mbps | ping 159.024ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 13.44 MiB/s | 107.53 Mbps | ping 148.955ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 15.57 MiB/s | 124.56 Mbps | ping 132.604ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 341 B/s | N/A | ping 151.427ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 535 B/s | N/A | ping 148.707ms
Online, France : 14.26 MiB/s | 114.11 Mbps | ping 145.611ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 335 B/s | N/A | ping 142.751ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 8.50 MiB/s | 67.98 Mbps | ping 183.899ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 560 B/s | N/A | ping 175.056ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 2.19 MiB/s | 17.50 Mbps | ping 186.067ms
Prima, Argentina : 314.52 KiB/s | 2.46 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.00 MiB/s | 8.03 Mbps | ping 184.493ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 20.64 MiB/s | 165.14 Mbps | ping 103.323ms
Linode, Singapore : 9.63 MiB/s | 77.01 Mbps | ping 172.721ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 20.85 MiB/s | 166.84 Mbps | ping 107.078ms
Benchmark finished in 116 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 74.50.96.200, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 74.50.96.200 – ARIN /24 AS29802 HVC – United States, California, Los Angeles
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed Sep 13 03:42:25 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: HIVELOCITY (74.50.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
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: Los Angeles, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: HIVELOCITY (2604:4500:8:*:*)
============[ 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: Los Angeles, CA
Netflix Preferred CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done!CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Get Started with Hivelocity
To get started with Hivelocity, you can follow these steps:
- Visit the Hivelocity website.
- Choose the service you are interested in. They offer various server options, including instant-deploy bare metal servers, custom-built bare metal servers, GPU servers, Intel servers, and AMD servers.
- Once you’ve chosen a service, you can customize it according to your needs.
- After customization, you can proceed to checkout and make the payment.
- Once the payment is confirmed, your server will be set up and ready to use.
If you require guidance navigating their SiteStudio, they feature an instructive video tutorial on their website. Please bear in mind that the exact steps could diverge based on the service you’ve selected. For the most precise and current details, it’s recommended to visit their official website or contact their customer service team.
Admin Control Panel
Hivelocity’s cloud control panel, known as myVelocity, is a comprehensive server management tool that allows you to monitor and maintain your digital infrastructure from anywhere. Here are some of its key features:
- Server and Service Management: You can manage your servers and services directly from the myVelocity interface.
- DNS Hosting and Management: myVelocity allows you to host and manage DNS.
- Support Ticket Management: You can submit and manage support tickets.
- Reboot Control: You have reboot control over individual servers.
- Bandwidth Monitoring: You can monitor bandwidth usage in real-time.
- Live Order Tracking: myVelocity provides live tracking of your recent orders.
- Backup and Restore Services: View rolling 5-day restore points and request rapid restore of your data.
- Networking Automation: Self-serve public and private networking configurations, including Layer 2 VLANs, IPv4 subnets, Internet Gateways, and more.
- Email/Text Message Monitoring Alerts: Monitor your servers’ health via our IPMI management interface.
With myVelocity, you have complete control over your dedicated server hosting at your fingertips. It’s designed to provide quick access to all vital sections of your account, making account management easy.
Server Pricing
Hivelocity offers a range of server hosting solutions with different pricing options:
- Instant-Deploy Bare Metal Servers: These servers can be deployed instantly and start at $99 monthly.
- Custom-Built Bare Metal Servers: These servers offer maximum flexibility and start at $53 monthly (with annual billing).
- GPU Servers: These servers can be deployed in 96 hours and start at $917 monthly (with annual billing).
- Intel Servers: They offer both instant and custom Intel-based configurations.
- AMD Servers: They offer both instant and custom AMD-based configurations.
The pricing for “instant” bare metal servers ranges between $94.00 and $155.00 per month, but including add-ons in the mix can spike up the price fairly quickly. The same goes for their dedicated server solution, which can cost you anything between $135.00 and $451.00 per month, both pre-build and customized.
Please note that these prices are subject to change, and it’s always a good idea to check Hivelocity’s official website for the most up-to-date pricing information.
Official Website: https://www.Hivelocity.com
Payments
Hivelocity accepts several types of payment:
- Credit Card: You can submit payment via credit card by logging in to your MyVelocity account and clicking the Billing tab on the left side panel. They accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and PayPal.
- PayPal: You can submit PayPal payments to [email protected].
- Checks: Please address all checks to Hivelocity.
- Wire Transfer: Contact their billing department directly if you want to pay via wire transfer.
Please note that using a credit card as a payment method indicates authorization to cover all future recurring charges and additional fees using the same card on file.
Coupon
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Customer Support
Hivelocity provides 24/7 customer support. You can contact them via phone, ticket, or live chat. Their toll-free phone number is (888) 869-4678. The technical support is available 24/7/365, while the sales department operates from 9 a.m.–8 p.m. ET Monday – Friday, and the billing department from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ET Monday – to Friday.
Hivelocity is known for its extremely helpful and knowledgeable tech team, and they pride themselves on their lightning-speed support response time. According to Hivelocity, their average response time for a chat should never take longer than 15 minutes.
They also offer a variety of software tools and add-ons to help you manage your servers via their easy-to-use myVelocity control panel.
Conclusion
The Basic Bench test offered insights into I/O speed and network latency. With an average I/O speed of 341.0 MB/s and impressive upload and download speeds in different locations, Hivelocity’s server displayed strong performance in data handling and network connectivity. The server maintained decent speed even for distant nodes like Paris or Tokyo, although the performance in Hong Kong was notably lower.
The Yabs Performance Bench depicted mixed reading and writing speeds. Results manifested good Speed with an aggregated I/O of 872.35 MB/s in 64k block tests and 938.74 MB/s in 1m block tests. Moving on to the Geekbench test, the server’s single and multi-core scores were 1072 and 4907, respectively, symbolizing proficient processing power.
The UnixBench test assessed the server’s CPU performance. Running both single and multiple parallel tests, the server indicated impressive scores. Index scores soared at 1330.2 in the single parallel copy test and a massive 4771.2 when conducting 8 parallel copies, underlining robust multi-core handling capacity.
In conclusion, Hivelocity’s Shared vCPU VPS Server has impressively exhibited a powerful performance balance, from network connectivity data handling to CPU performance. Despite minor inconsistencies in global connectivity, the server indicated commendable overall performance, making it a solid choice for users seeking robust and comprehensive VPS solutions.
Official Website: https://www.Hivelocity.com
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