Scaleway France Paris Cost-Optimized PLAY2-NANO Instances Test and Review
In this review, we are conducting an in-depth analysis of Scaleway‘s PLAY2-NANO Instances in their Paris, France location. An exceptionally cost-optimized variant, the server operates on a cutting-edge AMD EPYC 7543 32-core Processor. The impressive hardware specification showcases 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB of SSD storage, and a 200 Mbps Internet Port. Moreover, it features both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address, enhancing its connectivity potential.
Our analytical framework comprises a series of stringent evaluations such as the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark. These key metrics lay the foundation for evaluating the server’s core performance.
We take a step further with our Global Node Test, designed for a comprehensive network appraisal, and the Global Ping Test, responsible for measuring connection latency.
Additional facets of our testing include the Media Unlock Test, designed to assess regional accessibility, and the CloudFlare Internet Test – a critical evaluation of the connection quality.
Lastly, we use tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance to appraise web performance. These exhaustive evaluations provide a well-rounded, insightful picture of the server’s overall performance, helping you make the most informed decision.
About Scaleway
Previously recognized as Online SAS or Online.net, Scaleway is a prominent French enterprise specializing in cloud computing and web hosting services. The company was founded by Xavier Niel in 1999 and is now a majority-controlled subsidiary of the Iliad group.
At the heart of Scaleway’s offerings is a comprehensive suite of cloud services aimed at fostering the creation of innovative solutions and the full-scale implementation of AI projects. They recently bolstered their AI Suite by introducing the Nabuchodonosor AI Supercomputing 2023 and Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs — their flagship AI Supercomputer.
To complement their robust technological offerings, Scaleway furnishes extensive product documentation encompassing all facets of the Scaleway Ecosystem. This valuable tool guides beginner or advanced users through the optimal utilization of Scaleway’s products and services. It includes everything from conceptual overviews, hands-on tutorials, API documentation, and instructional videos. The entire content library is thoughtfully segmented based on focus areas for user-friendly navigation.
Furthermore, Scaleway offers a Quickstart Guide, a comprehensive roadmap to acquaint clients with every resource in the Scaleway ecosystem and equip them with practices to derive maximum value from the company’s services.
A notable offering in their portfolio is the IoT Hub, an intersection between connected devices and services that facilitates secure device-to-device and device-to-cloud communication. Operating on a Publish/Subscribe architecture ensures versatile data delivery to various destinations, even beyond the traditional bounds of publish/subscribe targets such as databases, object storage, and REST APIs. The IoT Hub can be aptly envisioned as a service-managed message broker.
Official Website: https://www.Scaleway.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2794.748 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 18.3 GB (1.0 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (64.2 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 16 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-25-cloud-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS12876 SCALEWAY S.A.S.
Location : Paris / FR
Region : Île-de-France
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 81.8 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 82.0 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 82.1 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 82.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 303.33 Mbps 1190.56 Mbps 0.55 ms
Los Angeles, US 444.86 Mbps 5559.59 Mbps 135.89 ms
Dallas, US 441.46 Mbps 5065.40 Mbps 108.14 ms
Montreal, CA 423.41 Mbps 935.57 Mbps 89.02 ms
Paris, FR 200.97 Mbps 5362.34 Mbps 0.86 ms
Amsterdam, NL 200.54 Mbps 3701.79 Mbps 10.77 ms
Shanghai, CN 312.05 Mbps 1083.65 Mbps 255.60 ms
Nanjing, CN 148.45 Mbps 2175.99 Mbps 180.35 ms
Hongkong, CN 256.27 Mbps 2157.30 Mbps 305.83 ms
Singapore, SG 231.26 Mbps 2761.18 Mbps 144.65 ms
Tokyo, JP 1.06 Mbps 2407.43 Mbps 242.98 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 29 sec
Timestamp : 2023-10-10 06:03:22 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor
CPU cores : 2 @ 2794.748 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 18.3 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-25-cloud-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Online S.A.S.
ASN : AS12876 SCALEWAY S.A.S.
Host : Scaleway
Location : Paris, Île-de-France (IDF)
Country : France
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 20.63 MB/s (5.1k) | 81.79 MB/s (1.2k)
Write | 20.64 MB/s (5.1k) | 82.22 MB/s (1.2k)
Total | 41.28 MB/s (10.3k) | 164.01 MB/s (2.5k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 78.09 MB/s (152) | 77.12 MB/s (75)
Write | 82.24 MB/s (160) | 82.25 MB/s (80)
Total | 160.34 MB/s (312) | 159.37 MB/s (155)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 423 Mbits/sec | 7.70 Gbits/sec | 7.51 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 460 Mbits/sec | 5.01 Gbits/sec | 0.305 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 457 Mbits/sec | 8.26 Gbits/sec | 12.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 448 Mbits/sec | 2.12 Gbits/sec | 92.9 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 445 Mbits/sec | 2.22 Gbits/sec | 77.6 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 416 Mbits/sec | 669 Mbits/sec | 113 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 435 Mbits/sec | 1.26 Gbits/sec | 144 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 433 Mbits/sec | 5.09 Gbits/sec | 7.44 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 452 Mbits/sec | 4.97 Gbits/sec | 0.390 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 454 Mbits/sec | 4.94 Gbits/sec | 12.5 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 448 Mbits/sec | 2.11 Gbits/sec | 92.6 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 445 Mbits/sec | 2.29 Gbits/sec | 77.7 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 439 Mbits/sec | 1.53 Gbits/sec | 113 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | 1.29 Gbits/sec | 144 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1665
Multi Core | 3050
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3006887
YABS completed in 15 min 8 sec
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 609.76 MiB/s | 4878.05 Mbps | ping 0.690ms
Gdrive : 72.67 MiB/s | 581.40 Mbps | ping 1.368ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 1.03 MiB/s | 8.25 Mbps | ping 80.297ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 548.84 KiB/s | 4.29 Mbps | ping 148.809ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 701.09 KiB/s | 5.48 Mbps | ping 85.388ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 14.14 MiB/s | 113.10 Mbps | ping 139.100ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 4.85 MiB/s | 38.82 Mbps | ping 263.447ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 4.04 MiB/s | 32.35 Mbps | ping 258.642ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 28.71 MiB/s | 229.66 Mbps | ping 77.151ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 25.35 MiB/s | 202.80 Mbps | ping 88.467ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 243.90 MiB/s | 1951.22 Mbps | ping 8.427ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 277.93 KiB/s | 2.17 Mbps | ping 16.348ms
Hetzner, Germany : 8.92 MiB/s | 71.36 Mbps | ping 13.857ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 90.05 MiB/s | 720.43 Mbps | ping 13.543ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 256.41 MiB/s | 2051.28 Mbps | ping 9.164ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 1.77 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 29.275ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 8.33 KiB/s | 0.07 Mbps | ping 4.554ms
Online, France : 728.00 MiB/s | 5823.97 Mbps | ping 0.379ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 2.26 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 18.468ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 944.23 KiB/s | 7.38 Mbps | ping 297.539ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 60 B/s | N/A | ping 310.987ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 43.78 MiB/s | 350.26 Mbps | ping 44.378ms
Prima, Argentina : 151.94 KiB/s | 1.19 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 471.85 KiB/s | 3.69 Mbps | ping 177.622ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 120.25 KiB/s | 0.94 Mbps | ping 232.643ms
Linode, Singapore : 21.56 KiB/s | 0.17 Mbps | ping 225.621ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 4.02 MiB/s | 32.17 Mbps | ping 277.417ms
Benchmark finished in 128 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 51.15.211.220, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 51.15.211.220 – RIPENCC /16 AS12876 Online SAS – France
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Tue Oct 10 06:39:26 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Scaleway (51.15.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: FR)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Failed
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: FR)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: FR
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Paris
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
** Checking Results Under IPv6
--------------------------------
** Your Network Provider: Scaleway (2001:bc8:700:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: FR)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Failed
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Paris
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
Scaleway Elements Console is the centralized hub for comprehensive management of all your Scaleway resources. This interface provides an intuitive user experience to manage your cloud resources, encompassing instances, storage, and networking.
The Console’s extensive features allow you to carry out many account and resource management tasks. It enables operations such as account creation, managing billing information, identity verification, and easy sign-in through magic links. Users can also alter the language setting, transition between personal and corporate accounts, and switch up the console’s color scheme to their preference.
Moreover, the Console lends itself to configuring support plans, managing billing alerts, and redeeming coupon codes. It ensures a secure user experience by promoting the enforcement and use of multifactor authentication while offering recovery options for lost passwords. It facilitates user interaction with the Scaleway support team via support ticket opening and offers provisions for managing personal information (in line with GDPR requirements). Users can even opt for account closure if necessary.
Beyond account management, the Console provides an array of product category controls. For example, you can seamlessly manage Compute Instances directly from the Console. This management includes not only the creation of an instance and connectivity to one but also the utilization of flexible IPs, security groups, and private networks.
It further supports the configuring of reverse DNS, email dispatch from your instance, the use of placement groups, and the creation of an image or snapshot. The Scaleway Elements Console is, thus, your one-stop shop for comprehensive, user-friendly management of all Scaleway resources.
Server Pricing
Scaleway offers a variety of services, each with its pricing model:
- Serverless Functions: Each request is billed €0.00000015 (or €0.15 per Million Requests), and they offer 1M free requests per account per month. Resources consumption is billed €1.2 per 100k GB-s, and they provide 400 000 GB-s Free Tiers per account and month.
- Serverless Containers: Memory consumption is billed at €0.000001 / GB-s (€0.10 per 100k GB-s) after 400 000 GB-s Free Tiers per account and month. vCPU consumption is billed at €0.00001 / vCPU-s (€1.0 per 100k vCPU-s) after a 200 000 vCPU-s Free Tiers per account and month.
- Managed Kubernetes – Kubernetes Kapsule: The pricing ranges from free for the “Mutualized” plan to €0.35/hour (€255/month) for the “Dedicated-16” plan.
- Managed Kubernetes – Kubernetes Kosmos: The pricing ranges from €0.01444/hour (€105/month) for the “Mutualized” plan to €0.4944/hour (€361/month) for the “Dedicated-16” plan.
Please note that these are just some of the services offered by Scaleway, and the actual cost may vary based on your specific usage and requirements.
Official Website: https://www.Scaleway.com
Payments
Scaleway accepts several forms of payment for its services. These include:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- CB
- UnionPay
- American Express
All Public Cloud services are based on the “pay as you go” model, meaning you only pay for what you use. Your monthly invoice is calculated at the end of each month and based on your hourly resource usage. Some products are invoiced separately.
The final price of your Instance is calculated according to the characteristics of your resource. Each of these resources is billed separately for a minimum of 60 minutes. Each uninterrupted period between a start and a stop billing event will be considered a unique resource.
It’s important to note that when an Elastic Metal server or Apple silicon M1 is powered off, the physical machine remains allocated to the user’s account, meaning the resource continues to be billed.
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Customer Support
Scaleway offers a variety of support plans to cater to different needs:
- Basic: This plan is included for all Scaleway Elements customers automatically. It offers 24/7 unlimited support via live chat or tickets.
- Silver: This plan is designed for startups and SMEs. It guarantees response times of less than one hour and provides hotline access.
- Gold: This plan is ideal for fast-growing startups, mission-critical infrastructure, and enterprises. It guarantees a response time of less than 30 minutes and provides the dedicated assistance of Technical Account Managers and Solutions Architects.
- Platinum: This plan is designed for companies running multiple mission-critical projects. It offers a bespoke support plan that will empower your business to succeed.
You can contact the Scaleway support team via hotline, live chat, or online ticketing. They guarantee premium members a response in as little as 15 minutes and up to one hour. Their team of Support Experts, Technical Account Managers, and Solutions Architects are ready to assist you with any technical issue.
Conclusion
The Basic Bench test consistently performed I/O speed with an average of 82.0 MB/s, demonstrating reliable storage performance. Upload and download speeds varied according to global locations, with remarkably high values observed for cities like Los Angeles, US (Download: 5559.59 Mbps) and Amsterdam, NL (Upload: 200.54 Mbps). The least latency was seen with Speedtest.net at 0.55 ms, showcasing great responsiveness.
The Yabs Performance Bench revealed mixed R/W results with block sizes of 4k and 64k, demonstrating 10.3k and 2.5k IOPS, respectively, indicating balanced read/write operations. On a larger scale, with 512k and 1m block sizes, the performances were again consistent, indicating stable operations.
Geekbench 6 benchmarks yielded a Single Core score of 1665 and a Multi Core score of 3050, indicating competent CPU performance. The full test results can be viewed [here](https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3006887).
The Media Unlock Test uncovered regional unlocks for multiple streaming services, including DAZN and Amazon Prime, with a region set to FR. Most notably, only Netflix Originals were available, with YouTube Premium failing this assessment.
In conclusion, Scaleway’s PLAY2-NANO Instances reveal a balanced performance, reliable compute and network capabilities, and conflicting results in regional streaming unlocks. While excelling in technical parameters, prospective users should consider their specific requirements for media unlocks. This makes Scaleway’s PLAY2-NANO a potent option for cost-effective, performance-driven ventures that prioritize technical specifications over media unlocks.
Official Website: https://www.Scaleway.com
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