Rackdog United States Ashburn Unmetered Bandwidth Cloud Server Test and Review
We checked out the Rackdog Cloud Server in Ashburn, USA, offering unlimited bandwidth. It runs with a high-powered Intel Xeon Processor and has a setup with a 2-core CPU, 4GB of memory, 60GB of SSD storage, a super-fast 10Gbps internet connection, endless data transfer, and one IPv4 address.
Here’s how we tested it:
- We ran Yabs and Unix Benchmark to see how well it performs under general conditions.
- For network quality, we looked at connections worldwide and tested response times.
- We also checked if it could access media content from different regions.
- For internet connection stability, we used the Cloudflare test.
- We also measured website speed with tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About Rackdog
Rackdog is a cloud service provider known for its flexibility and dependability. They have a variety of offerings to suit businesses big and small, including cloud computing servers, bare metal servers, and colocation services.
Their affordable cloud computing servers work on a pay-as-you-go basis, making them perfect for hosting your projects. These servers use KVM technology to ensure each user gets dedicated resources for better performance.
You can easily set up or pick a pre-made server option that fits your project, paying by the hour. These servers are reliable, with a 99.9% uptime, and come in various configurations to match your memory, CPU, disk space, and bandwidth needs.
Rackdog’s bare metal servers offer a private environment for those needing top-notch performance and security. Thanks to a user-friendly control panel, they’re easy to manage, can be set up quickly, and come with managed support to assist you anytime.
Rackdog’s colocation services are available in six locations if critical operations require special care. They come with free setup, support from on-site technicians, and top-quality internet connections.
Official Website: https://www.Rackdog.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2699.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 59.0 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (84.9 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 10 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS399296 Rackdog, LLC
Location : Ashburn / US
Region : Virginia
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 453 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 460 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 511 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 474.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 9672.52 Mbps 9318.28 Mbps 1.64 ms
Los Angeles, US 1409.22 Mbps 3300.58 Mbps 58.39 ms
Dallas, US 2703.37 Mbps 5981.92 Mbps 30.57 ms
Montreal, CA 917.27 Mbps 734.00 Mbps 13.34 ms
Paris, FR 1046.68 Mbps 5656.95 Mbps 77.47 ms
Amsterdam, NL 950.99 Mbps 6056.25 Mbps 87.00 ms
Shanghai, CN 356.74 Mbps 2786.30 Mbps 223.48 ms
Mumbai, IN 301.21 Mbps 3301.38 Mbps 223.87 ms
Singapore, SG 347.67 Mbps 3440.76 Mbps 221.24 ms
Tokyo, JP 411.55 Mbps 3081.81 Mbps 185.74 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 6 sec
Timestamp : 2023-12-14 00:31:47 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU cores : 2 @ 2699.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 59.0 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-20-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Sneaker Server
ASN : AS399296 Rackdog, LLC
Host : NORTHERN CABLE AND FIBER, LLC
Location : Ashburn, Virginia (VA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 89.92 MB/s (22.4k) | 730.83 MB/s (11.4k)
Write | 90.16 MB/s (22.5k) | 734.68 MB/s (11.4k)
Total | 180.08 MB/s (45.0k) | 1.46 GB/s (22.8k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 775.28 MB/s (1.5k) | 718.17 MB/s (701)
Write | 816.47 MB/s (1.5k) | 766.00 MB/s (748)
Total | 1.59 GB/s (3.1k) | 1.48 GB/s (1.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 2.19 Gbits/sec | 2.45 Gbits/sec | 74.9 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 2.12 Gbits/sec | busy | 78.2 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 2.02 Gbits/sec | 82.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | busy | 174 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 8.64 Gbits/sec | 8.67 Gbits/sec | 7.34 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 4.60 Gbits/sec | 4.36 Gbits/sec | 37.7 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 2.60 Gbits/sec | 2.88 Gbits/sec | 65.8 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1162
Multi Core | 2120
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3978222
YABS completed in 11 min 52 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Thu Dec 14 2023 00:54:46 - 01:22:53
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 43381860.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6535.7 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3674.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 422031.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 111663.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1287609.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 575258.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 104839.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 6529.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9956.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1694.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 301908.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 43381860.6 3717.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6535.7 1188.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 3674.1 854.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 422031.0 1065.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 111663.4 674.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1287609.2 2220.0
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 575258.0 462.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 104839.4 262.1
Process Creation 126.0 6529.6 518.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9956.1 2348.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1694.7 2824.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 301908.7 201.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 944.7
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Benchmark Run: Thu Dec 14 2023 01:22:53 - 01:50:59
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 85180938.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 13097.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5505.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 552516.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 143999.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1608880.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1139038.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 268976.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 12712.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12841.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1750.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 559916.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 85180938.6 7299.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 13097.6 2381.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 5505.9 1280.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 552516.9 1395.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 143999.1 870.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1608880.4 2773.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1139038.3 915.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 268976.8 672.4
Process Creation 126.0 12712.9 1009.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12841.2 3028.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1750.8 2918.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 559916.4 373.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1521.2
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 162.250.101.7
https://lg-ash.rackdog.com
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 625.00 MiB/s | 5000.00 Mbps | ping 2.197ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 4.040ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 200.43 MiB/s | 1603.46 Mbps | ping 1.888ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 28.57 MiB/s | 228.54 Mbps | ping 70.630ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 26.70 MiB/s | 213.62 Mbps | ping 13.135ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 33.50 MiB/s | 268.01 Mbps | ping 67.218ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 59.45 MiB/s | 475.62 Mbps | ping 37.996ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 36.51 MiB/s | 292.08 Mbps | ping 62.890ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 103.44 MiB/s | 827.48 Mbps | ping 7.895ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 98.72 MiB/s | 789.79 Mbps | ping 14.711ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 30.37 MiB/s | 242.94 Mbps | ping 75.653ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 60.23 KiB/s | 0.47 Mbps | ping 87.293ms
Hetzner, Germany : 279 B/s | N/A | ping 95.556ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 28.96 MiB/s | 231.69 Mbps | ping 81.962ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 24.44 MiB/s | 195.52 Mbps | ping 92.706ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 552 B/s | N/A | ping 99.811ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 382 B/s | N/A | ping 82.167ms
Online, France : 29.78 MiB/s | 238.27 Mbps | ping 77.885ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 357 B/s | N/A | ping 107.143ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 3.00 MiB/s | 24.01 Mbps | ping 283.506ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 286 B/s | N/A | ping 254.917ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 8.89 MiB/s | 71.09 Mbps | ping 118.692ms
Prima, Argentina : 329.14 KiB/s | 2.57 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.72 MiB/s | 13.78 Mbps | ping 249.407ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 11.09 MiB/s | 88.69 Mbps | ping 185.703ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.88 MiB/s | 47.01 Mbps | ping 233.744ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 10.17 MiB/s | 81.36 Mbps | ping 163.947ms
Benchmark finished in 97 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 162.250.101.28, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 162.250.101.28 – ARIN /24 AS399296 RD-BM – United States, Virginia, Ashburn
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Dec 14 00:51:46 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: RD-BM (162.250.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: US)
HotStar: Yes (Region: US)
Disney+: Yes (Region: US)
Netflix: Yes (Region: US)
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: GH)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: US)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: US
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: RCN in Washington DC
Netflix Preferred CDN: Associated with [Astound Broadband] in [Washington DC ]
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: USD
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: US
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Deploy an instance on Rackdog
Deploying an instance on Rackdog involves the following steps:
- Sign Up: First, you must sign up for an account on the Rackdog website.
- Top-Up Your Account: Rackdog utilizes pre-paid billing. You will need to top-up your account before you can deploy instances.
- Choose Your Plan: You can choose a preconfigured plan or customize your instance’s CPU, RAM, and storage size during deployment.
- Deploy Your Instance: You can deploy your instance once you’ve chosen your plan. The deployment process is managed using Rackdog’s cloud API.
- Manage Your Instance: After deployment, you can manage your instance using the control panel provided by Rackdog.
You can send a live chat message in the dashboard if you need support during this process. Please note that stopped or shutdown instances still get billed at the full hourly rate.
Admin Control Panel
Rackdog’s Cloud Admin Control Panel is a user-friendly interface that allows you to manage your cloud instances effectively. Here are some key features:
- Ease of Use: The control panel is designed to be intuitive and easy to navigate, making it simple for users to manage their instances.
- Customization: During deployment, you can customize your instance’s CPU, RAM, and storage size.
- Management: The control panel provides all the necessary features to manage your instances. This includes deploying new instances, managing existing ones, and adjusting resources.
- Security: Rackdog takes security seriously. The control panel allows you to manage security settings for your instances, ensuring that your data is protected.
- Support: If you need assistance, contact Rackdog’s support team directly from the control panel.
Remember, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the control panel and understand how to use it effectively to manage your cloud instances.
Service Pricing
Cloud Compute: This service starts at $3 per month. It’s a pay-as-you-go platform to host your project with features like hourly pricing, a KVM dedicated premium blend, 99.9% uptime, and quick deployment.
Baremetal: The starting price for this service is $80 per month. It’s a single-tenant platform for superior performance and security, offering features like a GUI control panel, single-tenant performance, stability, managed support, and fast deployment.
Colocation: This service starts at $100 per month. It’s a managed colocation for mission-critical environments, offering features like availability from 1U to 48U, 6 locations available, free initial rack & stack, on-site techs, and premium bandwidth blend.
IP Transit: This service is for enterprises needing high bandwidth and low latency solutions. It offers unmetered bandwidth, premium tier 1 ISP blend, 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Gbps, 100Gbps, never oversubscribed, and IPv4 and IPv6 compatibility.
Official Website: https://www.Rackdog.com
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Payments
Rackdog operates on a pre-paid billing system.
Pre-Paid Billing: Before deploying instances, you need to top-up your account. This means you add funds to your account in advance, which are used to pay for the resources you use.
Hourly Billing: Rackdog deducts the cost of any instance from your account balance hourly. This allows for flexibility, as you only pay for your instances’ running hours.
Payment Methods: Payments are made periodically via PayPal, Stripe, or credit upon customer request for withdrawal.
Customer Support
Rackdog provides non-stop, 24/7 support. If you have any problems or have questions, you can contact them anytime. You’ll talk to real engineers when you get in touch. They’re experts who offer solid advice and help when needed. Rackdog tailors its support to fit your specific business requirements.
They understand that everyone’s needs are different and aim to give you personalized help that’s just right for you. You can contact Rackdog’s support team in many ways. One of the easiest is sending a live chat message from your dashboard, ensuring you get the assistance you need quickly and easily.
Conclusion
Our tests showed that Rackdog’s servers are super fast, with I/O speeds hitting an average of 474.7 MB/s. This means you can move data quickly and keep your server running smoothly.
When it came to internet speed, these servers shined. They reached up to 9672.52 Mbps for uploading and 9318.28 Mbps for downloading on speedtest.net. While speed did vary depending on where you were in the world, it stayed impressively high across the board. Latency was super low at just 1.64 ms, though it got a bit higher the further away you were.
Digging into server performance, the Yabs Performance Bench showed great read and write speeds, hitting 1.46 GB/s for tasks using a 64k block size. Geekbench 6 Benchmark tests pointed to strong CPU performance for single-core and multi-core tasks. Plus, the UnixBench scores were solid, showing the server could handle many operations simultaneously, especially when using both CPUs.
In short, the Rackdog Cloud Server in Ashburn is a top-notch choice for hosting. It delivers excellent performance across the board, from easily handling heavy-duty tasks to providing reliable content delivery. Whether you’re a business or an individual, this server packs the power and reliability you’re looking for in web hosting.
Official Website: https://www.Rackdog.com
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