DigitalOcean Germany Frankfurt General Purpose Dedicated Server Test and Review
We recently reviewed the DigitalOcean server in Frankfurt, Germany. This machine has a top-tier Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 processor at 2.60GHz. Here are the configurations: 2-core CPU, 8 GB of memory, 30 GB of NVMe SSD storage, a 10 Gbps network connection, and 4 TB data transfer.
For our testing, we ran several straightforward checks. We started with basic performance tests to understand its power and speed. Then, we looked at how well it connects globally, testing how quickly it sends and receives data worldwide and how stable the connection stays under different conditions.
We also tested how well it accesses media from different regions. Finally, we used popular tools like PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix to see how well websites would run on this server.
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Dedicated CPU Droplets are a type of virtual machine (VM) that provide a consistently high level of performance by ensuring that your Droplet has access to the full computing power of your virtual server at all times, unlike shared CPU Droplets, where the hyper-thread allocated to the Droplet may be shared between multiple other Droplets.
There are four dedicated CPU Droplets: General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, and Storage-Optimized. The Droplet plan you choose determines the amount of resources allocated to Droplet.
One of the key features of Dedicated CPU Droplets is their consistent and robust performance. They utilize some of the latest generations of Intel® Xeon® CPUs, providing consistently high application performance.
Another important feature is their super fast NVMe storage. NVMe solid-state drives (SSD) use parallelism to deliver faster disk performance than regular SSDs. Workloads that require many transactions will have much lower latency with NVMe SSDs.
Dedicated CPU Droplets are also known for their high outbound data speeds. With five times higher outbound network speeds when compared to their Regular variant, the new Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets make delivering high-quality digital experiences easier than ever.
Official Website: https://www.DigitalOcean.com
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8358 CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2593.906 MHz
CPU Cache : 4096 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✓ Enabled
Total Disk : 29.5 GB (1.1 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (79.1 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 11 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 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 / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : Frankfurt am Main / DE
Region : Hesse
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 613 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 1.1 GB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 1.2 GB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 989.4 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 9993.15 Mbps 24919.26 Mbps 1.91 ms
Los Angeles, US 535.58 Mbps 5376.71 Mbps 146.64 ms
Dallas, US 653.65 Mbps 6637.88 Mbps 118.17 ms
Montreal, CA 560.35 Mbps 849.09 Mbps 86.35 ms
Paris, FR 7769.89 Mbps 9321.37 Mbps 10.27 ms
Amsterdam, NL 4605.14 Mbps 7853.94 Mbps 13.11 ms
Shanghai, CN 326.70 Mbps 3258.53 Mbps 232.47 ms
Hongkong, CN 366.34 Mbps 3591.19 Mbps 240.20 ms
Mumbai, IN 670.24 Mbps 5191.76 Mbps 120.49 ms
Singapore, SG 318.41 Mbps 3257.02 Mbps 244.23 ms
Tokyo, JP 322.21 Mbps 3200.97 Mbps 251.07 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 29 sec
Timestamp : 2024-01-03 00:28:02 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8358 CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 2593.906 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 7.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 29.5 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-23-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : DigitalOcean, LLC
ASN : AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Host : DigitalOcean, LLC
Location : Frankfurt am Main, Hesse (HE)
Country : Germany
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 220.99 MB/s (55.2k) | 1.58 GB/s (24.7k)
Write | 221.58 MB/s (55.3k) | 1.58 GB/s (24.8k)
Total | 442.57 MB/s (110.6k) | 3.17 GB/s (49.5k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.69 GB/s (3.3k) | 1.80 GB/s (1.7k)
Write | 1.78 GB/s (3.4k) | 1.92 GB/s (1.8k)
Total | 3.48 GB/s (6.8k) | 3.73 GB/s (3.6k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 5.95 Gbits/sec | 9.12 Gbits/sec | 19.0 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 8.58 Gbits/sec | 21.3 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 8.72 Gbits/sec | 12.2 Gbits/sec | 12.9 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.88 Gbits/sec | 2.14 Gbits/sec | 88.5 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | busy | 1.92 Gbits/sec | 91.0 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 1.18 Gbits/sec | 1.46 Gbits/sec | 121 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | busy | 147 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1537
Multi Core | 1737
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4238104
YABS completed in 11 min 52 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 03 2024 00:49:38 - 01:17:39
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 46370394.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6414.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4396.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 784684.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 209670.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2396986.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1263737.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 65866.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 8002.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10999.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1769.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 835417.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 46370394.8 3973.5
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6414.6 1166.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 4396.7 1022.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 784684.1 1981.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 209670.2 1266.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2396986.8 4132.7
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1263737.6 1015.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 65866.7 164.7
Process Creation 126.0 8002.6 635.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10999.1 2594.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1769.7 2949.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 835417.7 556.9
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1295.1
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Benchmark Run: Wed Jan 03 2024 01:17:39 - 01:45:43
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 52063286.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11513.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 6326.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1130459.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 291643.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3569051.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1862975.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 279310.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 16281.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 13427.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1823.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1408654.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 52063286.8 4461.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11513.2 2093.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 6326.3 1471.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1130459.0 2854.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 291643.9 1762.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3569051.8 6153.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1862975.3 1497.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 279310.1 698.3
Process Creation 126.0 16281.3 1292.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 13427.6 3166.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1823.7 3039.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1408654.0 939.1
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2040.0
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 787.40 MiB/s | 6299.21 Mbps | ping 0.874ms
Gdrive : 0 B/s | N/A | ping 0.855ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 2.09 MiB/s | 16.72 Mbps | ping 94.008ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 9.15 MiB/s | 73.22 Mbps | ping 148.901ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 1.06 MiB/s | 8.48 Mbps | ping 89.580ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 12.41 MiB/s | 99.26 Mbps | ping 157.809ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 17.08 MiB/s | 136.64 Mbps | ping 122.096ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 12.72 MiB/s | 101.78 Mbps | ping 143.249ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 25.08 MiB/s | 200.67 Mbps | ping 89.973ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 22.49 MiB/s | 179.90 Mbps | ping 99.979ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 134.05 MiB/s | 1072.39 Mbps | ping 17.079ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 406.20 KiB/s | 3.17 Mbps | ping 13.433ms
Hetzner, Germany : 5.46 KiB/s | 0.04 Mbps | ping 3.755ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 93.96 MiB/s | 751.66 Mbps | ping 9.143ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 180.18 MiB/s | 1441.44 Mbps | ping 12.704ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 3.11 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 25.490ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 3.59 KiB/s | 0.03 Mbps | ping 16.332ms
Online, France : 83.29 MiB/s | 666.32 Mbps | ping 21.093ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 2.30 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping 23.554ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 4.13 MiB/s | 33.04 Mbps | ping 280.128ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 160 B/s | N/A | ping 314.729ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 44.98 MiB/s | 359.87 Mbps | ping 42.029ms
Prima, Argentina : 219.46 KiB/s | 1.71 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.24 MiB/s | 9.94 Mbps | ping 165.203ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 4.62 MiB/s | 36.92 Mbps | ping 252.202ms
Linode, Singapore : 5.27 MiB/s | 42.18 Mbps | ping 266.235ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 3.96 MiB/s | 31.70 Mbps | ping 218.889ms
Benchmark finished in 82 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 134.209.245.53, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 134.209.245.53 – ARIN /20 AS14061 DIGITALOCEAN – Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Wed Jan 3 00:46:56 UTC 2024
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Digital Ocean (134.209.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: DE)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: DE)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: DE)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: DE
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Frankfurt
Netflix Preferred CDN: Frankfurt
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Only Available with Web Browser
Bing Region: DE
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
DigitalOcean’s Cloud Admin Control Panel is a user-friendly interface that allows you to manage your websites and applications. It’s divided into the “Servers” and the “IaaS” sections.
The control panel is accessed by clicking the “Control Panel” link on the DigitalOcean home page. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.
One of the key features of the Cloud Admin Control Panel is CloudPanel. CloudPanel is a next-generation server control panel that focuses on simplicity. It allows you to run PHP, Node.js, Static Websites, Reverse Proxies, and Python Applications on a high-performance technology stack.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.DigitalOcean.com
Coupon
Free trial with a $200 credit for 60 days
Your free trial will start when you sign up for DigitalOcean if you are eligible. You will need a credit card so that DigitalOcean can verify your identity, but you will not be charged or billed during your free trial.
Payments
DigitalOcean offers several payment methods for its services.
Billing Cycle: DigitalOcean billing cycles are monthly. Your account balance accrues over the calendar month based on your resource usage. Your balance is due on the first day of each month. For new or unverified users, the balance may be due when your balance exceeds your usage threshold.
Payment Methods: DigitalOcean accepts payments using credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, UnionPay, Diners Club, and JCB), debit cards, and third-party providers (including PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay). For qualifying customers, they also support ACH direct debit from U.S. banks.
Pre-Payments: At any time during the month, you can manually pay using any valid payment method. This lets you pay for your month-to-date resource usage before it’s due, pay an overdue balance, or make a pre-payment. Pre-payments let you pay ahead of time for future resource usage.
Customer Support
DigitalOcean offers a variety of customer support options to assist its users.
Contacting Support: Email DigitalOcean’s support team or create a support ticket. You can use the form on their contact page if you cannot sign in.
Support Plans: DigitalOcean offers several support plans:
- Starter: This plan is included for all customers and provides general guidance and troubleshooting.
- Developer: For teams developing and testing with non-production workloads.
- Standard: For teams deploying and maintaining production workloads. This plan includes live chat.
- Premium: For businesses serving large customer bases with mission-critical applications. This plan offers response times within 30 minutes.
Each plan offers different levels of support, response times, and additional features like live chat, dedicated Slack channels, video calls, and more.
Self-Service Tips: DigitalOcean’s product documentation offers self-service tips that you can try.
Support Team: DigitalOcean’s support team is ready to help with your cloud account, product, or service issues.
Conclusion
The first round of tests focused on basic performance. We measured input/output (I/O) operations, getting speeds ranging from 613 MB/s to 1.2 GB/s, averaging 989.4 MB/s. Notably, high speeds were recorded in internet performance, with upload speeds peaking at 9993.15 Mbps and download speeds reaching up to 24919.26 Mbps in various global locations.
We also conducted mixed read/write speed tests that showcased the server’s ability to handle simultaneous operations. Here, results showed read and write speeds comfortably hitting over 1.5 GB/s in 64k block tests. Similarly impressive performance was noted in the Geekbench and UnixBench scores, with the latter providing an index score of 2040.0 when operating on all cores—signifying strong overall CPU performance.
Concluding, the DigitalOcean server in Frankfurt demonstrates robust capabilities across the board, excelling in raw data transfer and processing power. These findings signal that this server is well-suited for businesses with high demands for stable and speedy online operations. Whether serving web pages or handling complex datasets, this server can easily handle heavy loads.
Official Website: https://www.DigitalOcean.com
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