EdgeNext South Africa Johannesburg Intel Xeon ECS Edge Cloud Server Test and Review
In a recent evaluation, the EdgeNext South Africa Johannesburg ECS Edge Cloud Server (Plan: ECS-C1-M2) underwent testing as part of a free trial. This entry-level instance, featuring an Intel Xeon Cascade Lake processor with 1 core, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD storage, and a 1 Mbps internet port (though tests suggested burst capabilities), runs on Debian GNU/Linux 11 under KVM virtualization.
The setup targets edge computing needs in regions like Africa, where low-latency access and regulatory navigation are key. The purpose was to assess its viability for enterprise IT admins handling lightweight workloads, such as content delivery, basic web hosting, or IoT gateways.
By simulating real-world scenarios, the test aimed to uncover strengths in performance, network reliability, streaming capabilities, and IP quality—critical for decision-makers eyeing cost-effective cloud options in emerging markets without heavy infrastructure commitments.
About EdgeNext
EdgeNext is a leading global edge cloud service provider specializing in content delivery networks (CDN), cloud computing, and security solutions. With a strong emphasis on emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific (APAC), China, the Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Oceania, EdgeNext helps businesses overcome challenges like high latency, traffic restrictions, and regulatory hurdles to deliver seamless digital experiences.
Although specific founding details are not publicly highlighted, EdgeNext boasts a track record of over nine years in the industry, as evidenced by long-term client partnerships. The company has evolved into a key player in edge computing, bringing processing closer to end-users to minimize latency and bandwidth usage, thereby enhancing applications in IoT, AI, and data-intensive operations.
EdgeNext’s core services include Edge Cloud Servers for scalable virtual infrastructure, Bare Metal Servers for high-performance physical computing, and robust CDN solutions tailored for global content delivery with ultra-low latency. Security is a cornerstone, featuring advanced protections against cyber threats, such as credential cracking attacks, supported by multiple cleansing nodes and a Security CDN. Private Cloud options offer managed resources for optimized performance, while edge computing empowers software engineering and real-time decision-making.
Key features that set EdgeNext apart include competitive pricing for scalable growth, highly customizable solutions tailored to industry-specific needs, and 24/7 bilingual customer support. The platform excels in navigating Chinese regulations, providing ICP-free alternatives for market entry. Technologically, it leverages terabits-per-second redundant bandwidth across a vast network of Points of Presence (PoPs), ensuring response times under milliseconds and daily denial of millions of attacks.
Pricing
Official Website: https://www.EdgeNext.com
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Basic Information
Processor : Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
CPU Numbers : 1
CPU Frequency : 2394.374 MHz
CPU Cache : L1: 64.00 KB / L2: 4.00 MB / L3: 16.00 MB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 281.18 MiB / 902.69 MiB
Swap : [ no swap partition or swap file detected ]
Disk Space : 1.64 GiB / 39.21 GiB
Boot Disk : /dev/vda1
Uptime : 2 days, 13 hour 6 min
Loads : 0.70, 0.21, 0.06
OS Release : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) (x86_64)
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel Version : 5.10.0-33-cloud-amd64
TCP Acceleration : bbr
VM Type : KVM
NAT Type : Symmetric
IPV4 ASN : AS139057 Edgenext Legend Dynasty Pte. Ltd.
IPV4 Location : Johannesburg / Gauteng / ZA
CPU Benchmark
---------------------------CPU-Sysbench-Test----------------------------
-> CPU test in progress (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
1 Thread(s) Test: 940 Scores
Geekbench test failed and low memory was detected. Add at least 1GB of SWAP or use GB4 instead (higher compatibility with low memory systems).RAM Read/Write Tests
----------------------------Memory-Test---------------------------------
-> Memory Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)
Single Read Test: 18264.63 MB/s
Single Write Test: 12458.11 MB/s
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: read
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 52224963 (5221560.28 per second)
51000.94 MiB transferred (5099.18 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0000s
total number of events: 52224963
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 5.68
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 3349.68
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 52224963.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 3.3497/0.00
Running memory speed test with the following options:
block size: 1KiB
total size: 102400MiB
operation: write
scope: global
Initializing worker threads...
Threads started!
Total operations: 41942793 (4193512.40 per second)
40959.76 MiB transferred (4095.23 MiB/sec)
General statistics:
total time: 10.0001s
total number of events: 41942793
Latency (ms):
min: 0.00
avg: 0.00
max: 8.43
95th percentile: 0.00
sum: 4764.54
Threads fairness:
events (avg/stddev): 41942793.0000/0.00
execution time (avg/stddev): 4.7645/0.00
Disk Read/Write Tests
------------------------Disk-dd-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
-> Disk test in progress (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)
Block Size Write Test Read Test
100MB-4K Block 58.5 MB/s (14.28 IOPS, 1.79s)) 13.0 MB/s (3174 IOPS, 8.06s)
1GB-1M Block 319 MB/s (305 IOPS, 3.28s) 146 MB/s (139 IOPS, 7.16s)
-----------------------Disk-fio-Read/Write-Test-------------------------
Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 3.26 MB/s (816) | 46.36 MB/s (724)
Write | 3.29 MB/s (823) | 46.60 MB/s (728)
Total | 6.56 MB/s (1.6k) | 92.96 MB/s (1.4k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 134.73 MB/s (263) | 171.28 MB/s (167)
Write | 141.89 MB/s (277) | 182.69 MB/s (178)
Total | 276.63 MB/s (540) | 353.97 MB/s (345)
Iperf3 Network Tests
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 789 Mbits/sec | 513 Mbits/sec | 200 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 910 Mbits/sec | 388 Mbits/sec | 218 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 790 Mbits/sec | 480 Mbits/sec | 314 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 829 Mbits/sec | 481 Mbits/sec | 239 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 437 Mbits/sec | 286 Mbits/sec | 366 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 816 Mbits/sec | 542 Mbits/sec | 317 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | busy | 343 Mbits/sec | 408 ms UnixBench Tests
Benchmark Run: Mon Aug 25 2025 00:25:14 - 00:53:22
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 35635752.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 5521.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3967.9 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 879136.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 265880.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1818761.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2108051.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 217796.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 9868.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 7790.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 999.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2143789.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 35635752.6 3053.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 5521.2 1003.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 3967.9 922.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 879136.3 2220.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 265880.8 1606.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1818761.1 3135.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2108051.5 1694.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 217796.3 544.5
Process Creation 126.0 9868.3 783.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 7790.9 1837.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 999.2 1665.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2143789.5 1429.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1467.8
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Streaming Unlock Tests
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: IP Banned by Dazn
Disney+: No (IP Banned By Disney+ 1)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: SG)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: ZA)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
Spotify Registration: No
OneTrust Region: ZA [Gauteng]
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Bing Region: ZA (Risky)
Apple Region: ZA
YouTube CDN: Johannesburg
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
ChatGPT: Yes
Google Gemini: Yes (Region: SGP)
Claude: Yes
Wikipedia Editability: No
Google Play Store: Singapore
Google Search CAPTCHA Free: Yes
Steam Currency: ZAR
---Forum---
Reddit: No
---Game---
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal: No
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IP Quality Detection
Data for reference only, does not represent 100% accurate, if and the actual situation is not consistent with the manual query multiple database comparison
The following is the number of each database, the output will come with the corresponding number of the database source
ipinfo databases [0] | scamalytics databases [1] | virustotal databases [2] | abuseipdb databases [3] | ip2location databases [4]
ip-api databases [5] | ipwhois databases [6] | ipregistry databases [7] | ipdata databases [8] | db-ip databases [9]
ipapiis databases [A] | ipapicom databases [B] | bigdatacloud databases [C] | dkly databases [D] | ipqualityscore databases [E]
IPV4:
Security Score:
Reputation: 0 [2]
TrustScore: 37 [8]
VpnScore: 99 [8]
ProxyScore: 0 [8]
CommunityVoteHarmless: 0 [2]
CommunityVoteMalicious: 0 [2]
ThreatScore: 91 [8]
FraudScore: 0 [1 E]
AbuseScore: 0 [3]
ASNAbuseScore: 0.0004 (Very Low) [A]
CompannyAbuseScore: 0.0039 (Low) [A]
ThreatLevel: low [9]
Blacklist_Records_Statistics(how many blacklisted websites have records):
HarmlessnessRecords: 0 [2] MaliciousRecords: 0 [2] SuspiciousRecords: 0 [2] NoRecords: 94 [2]
Security Info:
UsageType: hosting [0 7 A] ContentDeliveryNetwork [3] corporate [9] unknown [C] business [8]
CompanyType: hosting [0 7] business [A]
IsCloudProvider: Yes [7]
IsDatacenter: Yes [0 1 A] No [5 6 8 C]
IsMobile: No [5 A C] Yes [E]
IsProxy: No [0 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 A C E]
IsVpn: No [0 1 6 7 A C E]
IsTorExit: No [1 7]
IsTorExit: No [1 7]
IsCrawler: No [9 A E]
IsAnonymous: No [1 6 7 8]
IsAttacker: No [7 8]
IsAbuser: No [7 8 A C E]
IsThreat: No [7 8 C]
IsRelay: No [0 7 8 C]
IsBogon: No [7 8 A C]
IsBot: No [E]
DNS-BlackList: 315(Total_Check) 0(Clean) 8(Blacklisted) 17(Other)
Google search feasibility: NO
Email Port Detection
Platform SMTP SMTPS POP3 POP3S IMAP IMAPS
LocalPort ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
QQ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
163 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sohu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yandex ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Gmail ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Outlook ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Office365 ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Yahoo ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MailCOM ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
MailRU ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
AOL ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
GMX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Sina ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Apple ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
FastMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ProtonMail✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
MXRoute ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
Namecrane ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘
XYAMail ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
ZohoMail ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Inbox_eu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘
Free_fr ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✘ Looking Glass
None
Global Latency Tests
Query: ping 154.92.25.78, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 154.92.25.78 – APNIC /24 AS139057 ELD-AS-AP Edgenext – South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg [hosting]
PageSpeed Insights
Admin Control Panel
Conclusion
Key results painted a picture of modest yet functional performance. The single-core CPU scored 940 on Sysbench, adequate for basic tasks but limited by the 1-core setup; Geekbench failed due to low memory, highlighting RAM constraints. Memory tests showed impressive single-threaded speeds—read at 18,265 MB/s and write at 12,458 MB/s—with global operations handling over 50 GB/s in bursts. Disk I/O via dd reached 319 MB/s write and 146 MB/s read for 1 GB blocks, while fio revealed lower IOPS (e.g., 816 read/823 write at 4K), suitable for sequential access but not random-heavy ops.
Network throughput via iperf3 averaged 700-900 Mbps send and 400-500 Mbps receive across global providers, with pings from 200-400 ms. Streaming unlocks were mixed: YouTube Premium and Amazon Prime worked (regions SG/ZA), but Netflix was limited to originals, and Disney+ was banned. IP quality indicated hosting-type usage with low abuse scores, but some blacklisting and a 91 threat score, plus partial email port support.
Digging deeper, these metrics reveal a server that’s punchy for its price point but capped by hardware limits—much like a compact car excelling on open roads yet struggling in traffic jams of concurrent demands. The CPU and RAM shine in single-threaded scenarios, ideal for edge nodes processing IoT data streams where quick bursts matter more than sustained power.
However, the low IOPS could bottleneck database-intensive apps, and network latencies suggest it’s better for regional African traffic than transcontinental ops. Worth noting is the symmetric NAT and hosting IP classification, which might trigger false positives in security scans but enables reliable CDN roles. Imagine deploying this for a small e-commerce site in Johannesburg: it’d handle traffic spikes smoothly, yet for AI inference or video encoding, admins might hit walls without scaling up.
Overall, the EdgeNext ECS-C1-M2 delivers solid value for budget-conscious enterprises dipping into edge cloud in Africa, with reliable basics and decent unlock features for media tasks. It’s not a powerhouse, but for light-duty setups like monitoring or content caching, it performs admirably. IT decision-makers should consider it for pilot projects, adding SWAP for memory-hungry apps and monitoring IP reputation. If your needs lean toward low-cost, localized computing, this trial hints at a worthwhile investment—just pair it with workload assessments to avoid surprises.
Official Website: https://www.EdgeNext.com
