DirectNode Netherlands Amsterdam Basic I X12 VPS Server Test and Review
We’re currently checking out the DirectNode Netherlands Amsterdam Powerful KVM VPS Server. It’s built on an intel (R) Xeon(R) Gold 6132 CPU @ 2.60GHz processor with specs like a 6-core CPU, 16 GB RAM, 105 GB SSD Storage, a 1 Gbps Internet Port, Unlimited Traffic, and a single IPv4 Address.
We’re putting this server through several tests to measure its performance. These include the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to see how well it performs, the Global Node Test to check network speeds from various locations, and the Global Ping Test to measure how fast it responds.
Our team also looks into media accessibility with The Media Unlock Test, tests connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and evaluates web performance using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.
About DirectNode
DirectNode.nl is a powerful and reliable hosting provider based in the Netherlands. They offer various services, including VPS Hosting, Shared Webhosting, Dedicated Webhosting, Reseller Webhosting, and more.
Now, let’s talk about their VPS Hosting. It’s high-quality and robust, offering both Linux and Windows options. They use pure SSD drives, which ensures high performance and ease of use. With enterprise-class data centers and infrastructure, they guarantee a 99.9% uptime for their servers and network.
Moving on to their Shared Webhosting, it’s designed to ensure you never miss an opportunity to interact with a potential customer. They guarantee a 99.9% uptime on their shared hosting.
For those who need more power, DirectNode.nl offers dedicated hosting. This is perfect for hosting a large website with many visitors. You can enjoy a fully dedicated server without sharing it with other users.
DirectNode.nl also offers a Virtual Private Server. This powerful, fast, affordable VPS in the Netherlands is equipped with well-known KVM virtualization. You can choose between Windows and Linux on super-fast SSD drives, which ensures high performance and ease of use.
Official Website: https://www.DirectNode.nl
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6132 CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU Cores : 6 @ 2599.998 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 102.8 GB (1.7 GB Used)
Total Mem : 11.7 GB (262.8 MB Used)
Total Swap : 3.8 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 17 min
Load average : 0.23, 0.30, 0.17
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-28-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS211588 Yvan Watchman trading as Xyphen IT
Location : Amsterdam / NL
Region : North Holland
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 167 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 104 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 221 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 164.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 8637.15 Mbps 9039.54 Mbps 1.73 ms
Los Angeles, US 577.33 Mbps 2740.45 Mbps 139.11 ms
Dallas, US 728.41 Mbps 3832.40 Mbps 111.52 ms
Montreal, CA 578.23 Mbps 912.65 Mbps 80.55 ms
Paris, FR 6954.57 Mbps 8812.13 Mbps 10.17 ms
Amsterdam, NL 3884.60 Mbps 9160.03 Mbps 2.91 ms
Shanghai, CN 264.69 Mbps 2975.46 Mbps 224.90 ms
Chongqing, CN 2.79 Mbps 0.28 Mbps 266.84 ms
Hongkong, CN 306.57 Mbps 2280.38 Mbps 259.17 ms
Mumbai, IN 649.87 Mbps 4114.49 Mbps 128.32 ms
Singapore, SG 312.49 Mbps 3164.62 Mbps 248.51 ms
Tokyo, JP 324.24 Mbps 3032.50 Mbps 249.32 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 36 sec
Timestamp : 2024-03-07 05:51:03 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 : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6132 CPU @ 2.60GHz
CPU cores : 6 @ 2599.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 11.7 GiB
Swap : 3.8 GiB
Disk : 99.0 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel : 5.10.0-28-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Yvan Watchman trading as Xyphen IT
ASN : AS211588 Yvan Watchman trading as Xyphen IT
Host : DirectNode
Location : Amsterdam, North Holland (NH)
Country : The Netherlands
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 118.44 MB/s (29.6k) | 1.80 GB/s (28.2k)
Write | 118.75 MB/s (29.6k) | 1.81 GB/s (28.3k)
Total | 237.19 MB/s (59.2k) | 3.62 GB/s (56.6k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 6.11 GB/s (11.9k) | 2.23 GB/s (2.1k)
Write | 6.44 GB/s (12.5k) | 2.38 GB/s (2.3k)
Total | 12.55 GB/s (24.5k) | 4.61 GB/s (4.5k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 4.57 Gbits/sec | 6.99 Gbits/sec | --
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (10G) | 8.86 Gbits/sec | 8.89 Gbits/sec | --
HOSTKEY | Helsinki, FI (10G) | 922 Mbits/sec | 923 Mbits/sec | 32.4 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 1.62 Gbits/sec | 1.65 Gbits/sec | --
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 95.9 Mbits/sec | 1.04 Gbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.04 Gbits/sec | 1.22 Gbits/sec | --
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.02 Gbits/sec | 2.35 Gbits/sec | --
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 893 Mbits/sec | --
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 766
Multi Core | 2574
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5209120
YABS completed in 14 min 32 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better
Benchmark Run: Thu Mar 07 2024 05:54:33 - 06:22:26
6 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 43092747.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5947.9 MWIPS (8.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2806.3 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 423736.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 100973.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1159826.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 648823.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 18626.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2387.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 3366.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2059.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 382047.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 43092747.9 3692.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5947.9 1081.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 2806.3 652.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 423736.6 1070.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 100973.6 610.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1159826.5 1999.7
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 648823.7 521.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 18626.3 46.6
Process Creation 126.0 2387.3 189.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 3366.3 793.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2059.7 3432.9
System Call Overhead 15000.0 382047.7 254.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score 686.0
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Benchmark Run: Thu Mar 07 2024 06:22:26 - 06:50:23
6 CPUs in system; running 6 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 256672226.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 35349.4 MWIPS (8.3 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 15301.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 461126.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 124612.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1503596.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3720850.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 853145.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 36132.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 35264.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 5107.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1897265.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 256672226.5 21994.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 35349.4 6427.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 15301.1 3558.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 461126.2 1164.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 124612.0 752.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1503596.6 2592.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3720850.4 2991.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 853145.7 2132.9
Process Creation 126.0 36132.9 2867.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 35264.5 8317.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 5107.7 8512.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1897265.4 1264.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3332.1
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Looking Glass
None
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 684.93 MiB/s | 5479.45 Mbps | ping 2.292ms
Gdrive : 2.99 KiB/s | 0.02 Mbps | ping error!
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 660.83 KiB/s | 5.16 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 3.67 MiB/s | 29.38 Mbps | ping error!
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 2.63 MiB/s | 21.06 Mbps | ping 80.493ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 13.48 MiB/s | 107.86 Mbps | ping 142.188ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 18.39 MiB/s | 147.14 Mbps | ping 124.512ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 12.31 MiB/s | 98.49 Mbps | ping 147.169ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 28.05 MiB/s | 224.39 Mbps | ping error!
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 22.86 MiB/s | 182.88 Mbps | ping error!
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 272.48 MiB/s | 2179.84 Mbps | ping 7.869ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 69.79 KiB/s | 0.55 Mbps | ping error!
Hetzner, Germany : 603 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 87.82 MiB/s | 702.52 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 671.14 MiB/s | 5369.13 Mbps | ping 2.779ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 637 B/s | N/A | ping error!
OVH, Roubaix, France : 653 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Online, France : 221.78 MiB/s | 1774.28 Mbps | ping 11.956ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 593 B/s | N/A | ping error!
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 4.27 MiB/s | 34.12 Mbps | ping 259.087ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 174 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Hosteasy, Moldova : 35.84 MiB/s | 286.74 Mbps | ping error!
Prima, Argentina : 171.39 KiB/s | 1.34 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 1.23 MiB/s | 9.86 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 4.76 MiB/s | 38.10 Mbps | ping error!
Linode, Singapore : 6.46 MiB/s | 51.66 Mbps | ping error!
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 283.42 KiB/s | 2.21 Mbps | ping 264.487ms
Benchmark finished in 127 seconds
Global Latency Test
Query: ping 217.119.143.77, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 217.119.143.77 – RIPENCC /24 AS211588 XYPHEN – The Netherlands
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu 07 Mar 2024 05:40:44 AM UTC
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Xyphen IT (217.119.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Yes (Region: NL)
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: No
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: AT)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: NL)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Amsterdam
Netflix Preferred CDN: Associated with [RU VDS] in [Budapest ]
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
Bing Region: NL
Instagram Licensed Audio: Yes
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No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done!CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Get Started with DirectNode.nl
Getting started with DirectNode.nl is a straightforward process. Here are the steps you can follow:
- Visit their website: The first step is to visit the DirectNode.nl website. Here, you’ll find detailed information about their services and offerings.
- Explore their services: DirectNode.nl offers various hosting services, including VPS Hosting, Shared Webhosting, Dedicated Webhosting, Reseller Webhosting, and more. Take some time to explore these services and decide which one best fits your needs.
- Choose a plan: Once you’ve decided on a service, you must choose one. Each service has different plans that vary in price and features. Choose a plan that fits your budget and meets your hosting requirements.
- Register or transfer your domain: DirectNode.nl also offers domain registration services. You can register a new domain or transfer an existing one. If registering a new domain, ensure it’s unique and represents your brand well.
- Set up your hosting: After you’ve chosen a plan and registered your domain, you’ll need to set up your hosting. This process will vary depending on the service and plan you’ve chosen.
If you encounter any issues or questions during the setup process, don’t hesitate to contact DirectNode.nl’s support. They’re known for their fast and helpful customer service.
Admin Control Panel
The Admin Control Panel is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive. It allows you to manage your hosting services efficiently and effectively. Whether setting up a new website or managing an existing one, the Admin Control Panel provides the necessary tools and features.
Server Pricing
View All Plans: https://www.DirectNode.nl
Payments
DirectNode.nl accepts a variety of them to cater to their global clientele. They accept PayPal, which is a widely used online payment system. It’s secure and lets you pay directly from your PayPal balance or linked bank account.
In addition to PayPal, DirectNode.nl also accepts iDEAL. This Netherlands-based payment method lets you make direct online transfers from your bank account.
Next, they accept payments via credit card. This common and convenient payment method lets you pay for your services quickly and easily.
Lastly, DirectNode.nl accepts Bancontact. This is a Belgian payment scheme, the Belgian market leader in electronic payments.
Coupon
DirectNode also gives the platform a discount code for all VPS services, 25% for the first six months, with the code: letshosting
Customer Support
DirectNode.nl prides itself on its dedicated and motivated customer support team. Whether you need help resetting your password or setting up specific software, their team is ready to assist.
Moving on, they offer several ways to reach out to them. You can send them an email ([email protected]) for any queries. They also have a knowledge base where you might find answers to your questions.
They offer live chat on their website. This is the best option for quick questions. However, for more detailed queries, they recommend opening a ticket.
Lastly, they have a ticket system for various topics. You can create a ticket if you have a general question, a payment-related query, or need to report abuse. They typically respond within 30 minutes.
Conclusion
In I/O speed tests, results were somewhat inconsistent, clocking in at an average of 164.0 MB/s, landing it in the “poor” category as per industry standards. Network performance showed significant variances depending on location, with impressive speeds in Europe, especially in Amsterdam (3884.60 Mbps upload and 9160.03 Mbps download) and Paris, albeit with poorer performance in Chongqing and Hongkong. The Yabs performance bench highlighted excellent disk speeds, with the mixed read/write tests showing particularly strong numbers, peaking at 12.55 GB/s for 512k block sizes, which is exceptional by any standard.
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test provided a single-core score of 766, categorizing it as “poor,” while the multi-core score of 2574 fits into the “good” spectrum. The UnixBench scores bolstered this with a substantial increase in performance when leveraging all 6 CPUs, culminating in a system benchmarks index score of 3332.1, showcasing a robust capacity for multi-threaded tasks.
In conclusion, while the server’s I/O speed and single-core CPU performance may fall short of expectations, its excellent disk speeds, strong multi-core capabilities, and impressive network performance in certain regions make it a strong candidate for tasks requiring high disk throughput and multi-threading efficiency. This nuanced performance profile suggests it’s best suited for specific applications leveraging its strengths, such as web hosting environments optimized for rapidly serving content across Europe.
Official Website: https://www.DirectNode.nl
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