LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

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LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

We tried out the LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting. This server runs on an Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) and has 2 CPU Cores, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD Storage, a 1 Gbps Internet Port, 1 TB Traffic, and 1x IPv4 Address.

Our review covers several tests: Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark for performance, Global Node Test for network speeds in various locations, Global Ping Test for measuring latency, Media Unlock Test for media access, Cloudflare Internet Test for connection quality, and web speed tests using PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix.

About LightNode

LightNode is not just another hosting provider. It’s a global powerhouse that offers NVMe SSD VPS hosting in over 30 locations. Imagine hosting your website near your users, equipped with local BGP access, reducing latency and providing a seamless user experience. That’s what LightNode promises.

The company boasts an impressive infrastructure. They have over 40 data centers and 100+ Pop nodes connected to a 10Tbps Backbone Network. This robust network ensures your website is always up and running, regardless of your users’ location.

One of the standout features of LightNode is its high-performance CPUs. You can choose between Intel or AMD, depending on your preference. Coupled with NVMe SSD storage, LightNode’s VPS ensures your workloads are managed swiftly and efficiently.

LightNode also offers flexibility. Each instance of their VPS comes with a static IP address, providing consistent network identification and enhancing reliability. You can deploy your VPS within minutes, allowing you to get started on your online projects quickly.

They offer competitive pricing plans that provide a cost-effective solution compared to dedicated servers. Plus, they offer hourly and monthly billing, making it easy for you to manage your costs. You can use it for web hosting, application hosting, creating development environments, hosting game servers, database servers, and even for cloud storage. Whether running a small blog or a large e-commerce platform, LightNode covers you.

Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com

BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed

 CPU Model          : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
 CPU Cores          : 2 @ 2494.140 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 16384 KB
 AES-NI             : ✓ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✓ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 50.0 GB (2.4 GB Used)
 Total Mem          : 3.8 GB (246.8 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 0 days, 0 hour 16 min
 Load average       : 0.06, 0.14, 0.10
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 11
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 5.10.0-12-amd64
 TCP CC             : bbr
 Virtualization     : KVM
 IPv4/IPv6          : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
 Organization       : AS138915 Kaopu Cloud HK Limited
 Location           : Hong Kong / HK
 Region             : Hong Kong
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 I/O Speed(1st run) : 523 MB/s
 I/O Speed(2nd run) : 541 MB/s
 I/O Speed(3rd run) : 661 MB/s
 I/O Speed(average) : 575.0 MB/s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency     
 Speedtest.net    22.08 Mbps        20.53 Mbps          207.96 ms   
 Los Angeles, US  20.54 Mbps        21.13 Mbps          259.01 ms   
 Dallas, US       21.23 Mbps        20.74 Mbps          227.46 ms   
 Singapore, SG    20.94 Mbps        19.66 Mbps          84.56 ms    
 Tokyo, JP        21.12 Mbps        19.99 Mbps          158.50 ms   
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Finished in        : 2 min 53 sec
 Timestamp          : 2024-07-19 11:01:08 CST

YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes
Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2494.140 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.8 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 50.0 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Kernel     : 5.10.0-12-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Multacom Corporation
ASN        : AS35916 MULTACOM CORPORATION
Host       : Cloud Innovation Ltd
Location   : Hong Kong, Kowloon ()
Country    : Hong Kong

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 155.26 MB/s  (38.8k) | 630.20 MB/s   (9.8k)
Write      | 155.67 MB/s  (38.9k) | 633.52 MB/s   (9.8k)
Total      | 310.94 MB/s  (77.7k) | 1.26 GB/s    (19.7k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.00 GB/s     (1.9k) | 1.03 GB/s     (1.0k)
Write      | 1.05 GB/s     (2.0k) | 1.10 GB/s     (1.0k)
Total      | 2.05 GB/s     (4.0k) | 2.14 GB/s     (2.0k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | busy            | 18.9 Mbits/sec  | 122 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 19.7 Mbits/sec  | 19.1 Mbits/sec  | 134 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 18.9 Mbits/sec  | 166 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 18.9 Mbits/sec  | 18.8 Mbits/sec  | 200 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 18.6 Mbits/sec  | 17.2 Mbits/sec  | 244 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 19.2 Mbits/sec  | 18.5 Mbits/sec  | 189 ms         
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 1.31 Mbits/sec  | 310 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 883                           
Multi Core      | 1574                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6970353

YABS completed in 16 min 14 sec

UnixBench: CPU Performance, A Score Higher is Better

Benchmark Run: Fri Jul 19 2024 11:20:34 - 11:48:39
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       35892405.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     5380.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3791.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        562918.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          147854.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1856812.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              732061.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  63076.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               8428.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   9531.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1765.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         427861.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   35892405.8   3075.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       5380.9    978.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3791.0    881.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     562918.5   1421.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     147854.0    893.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1856812.0   3201.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     732061.3    588.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      63076.5    157.7
Process Creation                                126.0       8428.6    668.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       9531.5   2248.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1765.2   2942.0
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     427861.2    285.2
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1019.6

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Fri Jul 19 2024 11:48:39 - 12:16:45
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       71207403.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    10762.0 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               6594.6 lps   (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        697113.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          188968.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       2970360.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1449456.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 282163.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              16584.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  13203.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1710.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         785543.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   71207403.3   6101.7
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      10762.0   1956.7
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       6594.6   1533.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     697113.8   1760.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     188968.2   1141.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    2970360.0   5121.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1449456.3   1165.2
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     282163.5    705.4
Process Creation                                126.0      16584.8   1316.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      13203.8   3114.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1710.4   2850.7
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     785543.7    523.7
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1770.4

======= Script description and score comparison completed! ======= 

Looking Glass

Test IPv4:156.244.41.15

Global Latency Test

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Query: ping 156.244.41.140, interval: 5s, dense mode: no

Probing 156.244.41.140 – AFRINIC /16 AS35916 MULTA-ASN1 – United States [hosting]

Global Node Test

 ## CDN Speedtest

 CacheFly :   2.08 MiB/s |   16.63 Mbps  | ping   1.056ms
 Gdrive   :   1.27 KiB/s |    0.01 Mbps  | ping 197.303ms


 ## North America Speedtest

 Softlayer, Washington, USA :   0.96 MiB/s |    7.69 Mbps  | ping 183.644ms
 SoftLayer, San Jose, USA   :       0 B/s |      N/A       | ping error!
 Vultr, New Jersey, USA     : 189.43 KiB/s |    1.48 Mbps  | ping 241.756ms
 Vultr, Seattle, USA        : 511.56 KiB/s |    4.00 Mbps  | ping 296.536ms
 Vultr, Dallas, USA         : 172.81 KiB/s |    1.35 Mbps  | ping 311.648ms
 Vultr, Los Angeles, USA    : 492.11 KiB/s |    3.84 Mbps  | ping 251.017ms
 Ramnode, New York, USA     :   1.53 MiB/s |   12.22 Mbps  | ping 197.349ms
 Ramnode, Atlanta, USA      :   1.18 MiB/s |    9.41 Mbps  | ping 256.992ms


 ## Europe Speedtest

 Vultr, London, UK            :   1.78 MiB/s |   14.24 Mbps  | ping 110.961ms
 LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany :  29.00 KiB/s |    0.23 Mbps  | ping 133.638ms
 Hetzner, Germany             :     331 B/s |      N/A       | ping 127.411ms
 Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL    :   1.77 MiB/s |   14.19 Mbps  | ping 131.162ms
 Vultr, Amsterdam, NL         :   1.70 MiB/s |   13.63 Mbps  | ping 128.676ms
 EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden      :     143 B/s |      N/A       | ping 145.119ms
 OVH, Roubaix, France         :     341 B/s |      N/A       | ping 136.256ms
 Online, France               :   1.64 MiB/s |   13.08 Mbps  | ping 128.169ms
 Prometeus, Milan, Italy      :     137 B/s |      N/A       | ping 277.735ms


 ## Exotic Speedtest

 Sydney, Australia     :   1.37 MiB/s |   10.97 Mbps  | ping 283.168ms
 Lagoon, New Caledonia :     161 B/s |      N/A       | ping 327.130ms
 Hosteasy, Moldova     :   1.54 MiB/s |   12.32 Mbps  | ping 116.450ms
 Prima, Argentina      :  17.25 KiB/s |    0.13 Mbps  | ping error!


 ## Asia Speedtest

 SoftLayer, Singapore :   1.21 MiB/s |    9.69 Mbps  | ping 216.949ms
 Linode, Tokyo, Japan :   1.52 MiB/s |   12.13 Mbps  | ping 149.390ms
 Linode, Singapore    :   1.96 MiB/s |   15.64 Mbps  | ping  84.446ms
 Vultr, Tokyo, Japan  : 168.92 KiB/s |    1.32 Mbps  | ping 253.752ms


 Benchmark finished in 136 seconds

CloudFlare Internet Test

LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

PageSpeed Insights

LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

GTmetrix Performance

LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

Media Unlock Test

============[ Multination ]============
 Dazn:                                  Yes (Region: US)
 Disney+:                               No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
 Netflix:                               Originals Only
 YouTube Premium:                       Yes (Region: US)
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: US)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          Yes
 Spotify Registration:                  No
 Instagram Licensed Audio:              No
 OneTrust Region:                       US [Unknown]
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   HK
 Bing Region:                           US
 YouTube CDN:                           [OMANTEL] in [Muscat]
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 Helsinki
 ChatGPT:                               No (Only Available with Web Browser)
 Wikipedia Editability:                 No
 Google Search CAPTCHA Free:            Yes
 Steam Currency:                        USD
 ---Forum---
 Reddit:                                No
=======================================

Admin Control Panel

LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

Server Pricing

LightNode Qatar Doha Hourly Billing NVMe VPS Hosting Test and Review

Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com

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Conclusion

In our evaluations, the I/O Speed showed strong performance: the average speed was 575.0 MB/s, surpassing the good threshold of 500MB/s. The Yabs Performance Bench showcased impressive results, with speeds of 310.94 MB/s for 4k block sizes and 1.26 GB/s for 64k block sizes. The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test scored 883 for Single Core and 1574 for Multi Core, meeting the standard performance levels.

Additionally, the UnixBench tests demonstrated solid CPU performance, with scores indicating good system responsiveness. The server’s performance in various tasks like file copying, process creation, and script execution was notably efficient. The system benchmarks index score of 1770.4 showcases the server’s overall strong performance across different metrics.

In conclusion, the LightNode Qatar Doha server exhibited reliable performance metrics, with excellent I/O speeds, solid benchmark scores, and efficient CPU performance. This makes it a dependable choice for users seeking a robust VPS hosting solution.

Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com

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