HostVDS Netherlands Amsterdam Highload Intel Core Cloud Server Test and Review
In this review, we’ll put the HostVDS Highload Cloud Server in Amsterdam, Netherlands, through its paces. This server features an Intel Core Processor from the Broadwell range with the IBRS feature. Additionally, it has a 4 Core CPU, ample memory with 16 GB of RAM, and sufficient storage with an 80 GB SSD. The server also boasts a 1 Gbps Internet Port connectivity and a generous bandwidth of 10 TB. It has one IPv4 address for easy network accessibility.
To thoroughly appraise its capabilities, we’ve conducted a multitude of tests:
1. Performance Benchmarks: We used tests such as the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark, which measure key metrics to assess the overall server performance. These benchmarks comprehensively understand the server’s processing power, memory efficiency, and storage speed.
2. Network Assessment: The Global Node Test was conducted, which offers an expanded evaluation of the server’s network performance. This determines the server’s ability to handle data transfers and connections across diverse global nodes.
3. Latency Evaluation: The Global Ping Test measured latency. This helps us determine responsiveness and the time it takes for the data to travel from the server to different geographical locations worldwide.
4. Regional Accessibility: We conducted the Media Unlock Test, which verifies the server’s ability to access different media content across various geographical regions.
5. Connection Quality: We used the CloudFlare Internet Test to measure the quality of the server’s connection with CloudFlare’s global network, which is integral for website performance and security.
6. Web Performance: We also exhaustively evaluated web performance metrics using tools like Google’s PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance. These tools give insights into how well the server delivers web content while maintaining optimum loading speed and performance.
About HostVDS
HostVDS.com is a web hosting service provider that offers a variety of hosting solutions. They deploy premium Intel Xeon servers with NVMe storage in premium data centers connected to redundant Tier 1 internet providers. This ensures that their servers are fast and reliable. In addition, they offer a 24/7 super-fast technical support service, which is crucial for addressing any issues.
One of the unique selling points of HostVDS.com is its pricing model. Unlike most dollar-a-month providers charging $12/year to overcome transaction processing costs, HostVDS offers a 1GB VPS on true 99 cents-a-month billing. This means you can get a VPS for just 99 cents a month.
The specifications for this 99 cents a month plan are quite impressive. It includes 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB NVMe storage, and 50mbps bandwidth. The service is available in multiple locations, including Dallas, Amsterdam, Bangalore, and Hong Kong. However, it’s worth noting that there might be variations in stock levels in different data centers.
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2199.996 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 74.9 GB (1.9 GB Used)
Total Mem : 15.6 GB (143.0 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 8 min
Load average : 0.04, 0.05, 0.01
OS : Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.15.0-72-generic
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS56971 CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
Location : Soestduinen / NL
Region : Utrecht
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 395 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 550 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 580 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 508.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 3037.13 Mbps 433.31 Mbps 1.26 ms
Los Angeles, US 256.05 Mbps 356.66 Mbps 156.77 ms
Dallas, US 265.36 Mbps 378.65 Mbps 112.05 ms
Montreal, CA 267.92 Mbps 343.53 Mbps 84.05 ms
Paris, FR 133.26 Mbps 415.96 Mbps 17.40 ms
Amsterdam, NL 244.56 Mbps 417.54 Mbps 3.86 ms
Shanghai, CN 220.20 Mbps 321.19 Mbps 183.41 ms
Hongkong, CN 162.03 Mbps 260.69 Mbps 317.96 ms
Mumbai, IN 207.06 Mbps 379.04 Mbps 137.87 ms
Singapore, SG 191.56 Mbps 441.69 Mbps 259.96 ms
Tokyo, JP 177.29 Mbps 295.15 Mbps 225.90 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 3 sec
Timestamp : 2023-10-18 06:09:53 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes
Processor : Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
CPU cores : 4 @ 2199.996 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 15.6 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 74.9 GiB
Distro : Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Kernel : 5.15.0-72-generic
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
ASN : AS56971 CGI GLOBAL LIMITED
Host : CloudBackbone
Location : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country : Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 33.50 MB/s (8.3k) | 276.52 MB/s (4.3k)
Write | 33.58 MB/s (8.3k) | 277.98 MB/s (4.3k)
Total | 67.08 MB/s (16.7k) | 554.50 MB/s (8.6k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 693.91 MB/s (1.3k) | 921.27 MB/s (899)
Write | 730.78 MB/s (1.4k) | 982.63 MB/s (959)
Total | 1.42 GB/s (2.7k) | 1.90 GB/s (1.8k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 342 Mbits/sec | 408 Mbits/sec | 25.4 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 291 Mbits/sec | 404 Mbits/sec | 15.1 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 207 Mbits/sec | 410 Mbits/sec | 3.94 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.84 Gbits/sec | 410 Mbits/sec | 103 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 295 Mbits/sec | 91.3 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 225 Mbits/sec | 222 Mbits/sec | 232 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 311 Mbits/sec | 369 Mbits/sec | 165 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 687
Multi Core | 1955
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3134357
YABS completed in 14 min 30 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A score higher is better
Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 18 2023 02:44:38 - 03:12:37
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 27613005.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5816.3 MWIPS (9.3 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2166.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 374097.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 106857.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 950706.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 546676.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 57259.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2767.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 2985.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1162.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 304807.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 27613005.2 2366.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5816.3 1057.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 2166.1 503.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 374097.9 944.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 106857.9 645.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 950706.3 1639.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 546676.7 439.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 57259.1 143.1
Process Creation 126.0 2767.0 219.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 2985.0 704.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1162.3 1937.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 304807.0 203.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 641.1
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Benchmark Run: Wed Oct 18 2023 03:12:37 - 03:40:46
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 105449183.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 23217.9 MWIPS (9.3 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8097.5 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1014205.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 278122.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2447796.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2084794.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 315502.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 18675.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9517.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1401.8 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1073626.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 105449183.6 9035.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 23217.9 4221.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 8097.5 1883.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1014205.5 2561.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 278122.4 1680.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2447796.0 4220.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2084794.4 1675.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 315502.8 788.8
Process Creation 126.0 18675.8 1482.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9517.8 2244.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1401.8 2336.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1073626.6 715.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2147.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 43.73 MiB/s | 349.83 Mbps | ping 54.627ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 3.121ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 2.53 MiB/s | 20.25 Mbps | ping 92.619ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 1.32 MiB/s | 10.58 Mbps | ping 152.599ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 12.44 MiB/s | 99.53 Mbps | ping 91.295ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 12.97 MiB/s | 103.74 Mbps | ping 147.159ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 16.63 MiB/s | 133.01 Mbps | ping 121.802ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 11.34 MiB/s | 90.71 Mbps | ping 156.340ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 23.84 MiB/s | 190.74 Mbps | ping 103.752ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 23.85 MiB/s | 190.76 Mbps | ping 95.009ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 46.68 MiB/s | 373.41 Mbps | ping 39.912ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 425.25 KiB/s | 3.32 Mbps | ping 9.494ms
Hetzner, Germany : 6.91 MiB/s | 55.26 Mbps | ping 11.254ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 47.76 MiB/s | 382.07 Mbps | ping 5.261ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 48.77 MiB/s | 390.19 Mbps | ping 3.139ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 2.65 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 25.415ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 4.69 KiB/s | 0.04 Mbps | ping 8.179ms
Online, France : 45.84 MiB/s | 366.75 Mbps | ping 12.762ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 1.51 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 19.092ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 1.83 MiB/s | 14.66 Mbps | ping 313.183ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 222 B/s | N/A | ping 288.322ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 39.45 MiB/s | 315.63 Mbps | ping 46.675ms
Prima, Argentina : 163.26 KiB/s | 1.28 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 784.12 KiB/s | 6.13 Mbps | ping 174.833ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 5.11 MiB/s | 40.84 Mbps | ping 259.762ms
Linode, Singapore : 1.00 MiB/s | 7.98 Mbps | ping 165.451ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 6.24 MiB/s | 49.92 Mbps | ping 237.188ms
Benchmark finished in 111 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 45.145.6.116, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 45.145.6.116 – RIPENCC /24 AS56971 CLOUDBACKBONE – Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed Oct 18 06:28:38 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Cgi Global Limited (45.145.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: NL)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: HK)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Associated with [RETN Limited] in [Warsaw ]
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: NL)
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
HostVDS.com’s Admin Control Panel is a crucial part of their hosting service, but specific details are not readily available in the search results. Generally, an Admin Control Panel in a hosting service allows you to manage various aspects of your website and server.
Features often include the ability to view your console, reboot, restart, gain full root access to the web hosting control panels as the server admin, change your OS, manage firewall settings, and more.
For accurate and detailed information about HostVDS.com’s Admin Control Panel, I recommend visiting their official website or contacting customer service. They should be able to provide you with comprehensive information about the features and functionalities of their Admin Control Panel.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com
Payments
HostVDS.com offers a unique pricing model and hosting services. They offer a 1GB VPS on true 99 cents-a-month billing. This means you can get a VPS for just 99 cents a month.
As for the payment methods, they support Alipay for purchases and plan to add WeChat as a payment option. The minimum recharge requirement seems to be 10 USD.
Please note that this information might have changed. I recommend visiting their official website or contacting customer service for the most accurate and up-to-date information about their payment methods and policies.
Coupon
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Customer Support
HostVDS.com offers a 24/7, super-fast technical support service. They have a dedicated support page where you can submit tickets for any issues you might be facing. This suggests they use a ticketing system for handling customer queries, a common practice in the hosting industry.
Conclusion
Testing began with the Basic Benchmark, where we measured I/O speeds over three cycles; the average speed was 508.3 MB/s. Next, we performed speed tests across various global nodes using the Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency tool. Of note were impressive speeds in Amsterdam (download 417.54 Mbps, upload 244.56 Mbps) and Los Angeles (download 433.31 Mbps, upload 3037.13 Mbps).
In the Yabs Performance Bench, we analyzed the server’s read, write, and total speeds under different block sizes. The server demonstrated excellent performance even under mixed R/W loads with top speeds of 1.90 GB/s (1m block sizes), further solidifying its reliability. The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test resulted in a Single Core score of 687 and a Multi-Core score of 1955.
The UnixBench test further verified the server’s performance under CPU-heavy tasks. The server had a System Benchmarks Index Score of 641.1 with one parallel copy of tests. When 4 parallel copies of tests were run, the benchmark showed an impressive upgraded score of 2147.0, showcasing superior multi-tasking abilities.
In conclusion, the HostVDS Highload Cloud VDS Server performed well, demonstrating exceptional processing power, high-speed data handling, and satisfactory regional accessibility. Its robust capabilities make it a noteworthy option for those seeking a reliable, high-performing hosting service. Whether the server fits your needs will depend on your requirements, particularly its regional restrictions with certain media platforms.
Official Website: https://www.hostvds.com
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