LightNode Bulgaria Sofia BGP NetWorking VPS Hosting Test and Review
This time we will test the LightNode Bulgaria Sofia Shared vCPU VPS Server, powered by QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+. 4 CPU Cores/8 GB RAM/50 GB SSD Storage/2 TB Traffic/1x IPv4.
About LightNode
LightNode is a global cloud computing service that provides NVMe SSD VPS hosting in over 30+ locations around the world. It offers a flexible and scalable solution to help reduce IT costs, improve operational efficiency, and focus on core business innovation.
With LightNode, you can choose from 20+ data centers and 100+ POP nodes connected to a 10Tbps backbone network and over 300+ operators. The platform offers a range of advantages, including a PC+Mobile terminal, customized configurations, one-click deployment, and transparent cost. You can get more resources for less cost, with plans starting at just $8.7 for 1 vCPU, 2GB of memory, 50GB of storage, and 2000GB of network.
LightNode also provides various tools to help you manage your infrastructure, including custom images, firewall groups, snapshots, monitors, and block storage. You can easily protect your infrastructure and define the services visible on your LightNode with the free Cloud Firewall. Snapshots allow you to create on-demand disk images of your LightNode that you can keep indefinitely and use to roll back or create new instances.
In terms of support, LightNode offers 24/7 technical support and guarantees that 95% of faults will be handled within 4 hours. The company has over 10,000 online equipment guarantee experiences and over 500 network monitoring points. It also boasts an uptime of over 99.99%.
Overall, LightNode is a reliable and cost-effective solution for beginners and professionals looking to create and manage their websites using hosting or VPS. Whether running a blog or forum, an e-commerce platform, software or services, or even a game server, LightNode has the infrastructure and tools to help you succeed.
Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com
Basic Bench
CPU Model : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2294.608 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 50.0 GB (1.8 GB Used)
Total Mem : 7.8 GB (82.2 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 21 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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 : AS174 Cogent Communications
Location : Sofia / BG
Region : Sofia-Capital
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 320 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 469 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 445 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 411.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 102.40 Mbps 97.82 Mbps 0.44 ms
Los Angeles, US 104.29 Mbps 99.74 Mbps 183.57 ms
Dallas, US 113.06 Mbps 100.88 Mbps 153.40 ms
Montreal, CA 105.55 Mbps 81.31 Mbps 120.37 ms
Amsterdam, NL 101.31 Mbps 98.03 Mbps 34.78 ms
Shanghai, CN 104.08 Mbps 103.52 Mbps 261.27 ms
Nanjing, CN 97.25 Mbps 71.81 Mbps 293.27 ms
Guangzhou, CN 12.89 Mbps 26.66 Mbps 282.12 ms
Hongkong, CN 8.01 Mbps 1.59 Mbps 226.83 ms
Singapore, SG 98.85 Mbps 101.80 Mbps 282.67 ms
Tokyo, JP 108.79 Mbps 100.55 Mbps 274.74 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 1 sec
Timestamp : 2023-07-10 10:14:39 CST
Looking Glass
Test IPv4: 38.54.27.57
Yabs Performance Bench
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Kaopu Cloud HK Limited
ASN : AS138915 Kaopu Cloud HK Limited
Host : LightNode-BG
Location : Sofia, Sofia-Capital (22)
Country : Bulgaria
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 258.05 MB/s (64.5k) | 1.08 GB/s (16.9k)
Write | 258.73 MB/s (64.6k) | 1.09 GB/s (17.0k)
Total | 516.79 MB/s (129.1k) | 2.17 GB/s (34.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.37 GB/s (2.6k) | 385.19 MB/s (376)
Write | 1.45 GB/s (2.8k) | 410.84 MB/s (401)
Total | 2.83 GB/s (5.5k) | 796.03 MB/s (777)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 103 Mbits/sec | 97.4 Mbits/sec | 39.7 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 103 Mbits/sec | 97.4 Mbits/sec | 49.0 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 97.4 Mbits/sec | 34.9 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 98.5 Mbits/sec | 91.5 Mbits/sec | 103 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 97.0 Mbits/sec | 95.1 Mbits/sec | 114 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 94.1 Mbits/sec | 88.6 Mbits/sec | 146 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | busy | 178 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 579
Multi Core | 1872
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/1868963
YABS completed in 16 min 7 sec
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 11.56 MiB/s | 92.48 Mbps | ping 0.707ms
Gdrive : 9.04 MiB/s | 72.34 Mbps | ping 0.795ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 6.72 MiB/s | 53.73 Mbps | ping 118.878ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 3.39 MiB/s | 27.08 Mbps | ping 177.125ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 522.53 KiB/s | 4.08 Mbps | ping 107.616ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 5.88 MiB/s | 47.04 Mbps | ping 179.761ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 7.11 MiB/s | 56.90 Mbps | ping 152.814ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 5.68 MiB/s | 45.42 Mbps | ping 182.484ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 7.03 MiB/s | 56.25 Mbps | ping 112.301ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 4.64 MiB/s | 37.12 Mbps | ping 131.309ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 10.60 MiB/s | 84.76 Mbps | ping 41.502ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 11.04 MiB/s | 88.31 Mbps | ping 35.322ms
Hetzner, Germany : 10.40 MiB/s | 83.21 Mbps | ping 40.382ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 2.49 MiB/s | 19.90 Mbps | ping 194.770ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 10.99 MiB/s | 87.94 Mbps | ping 33.110ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 1.27 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 53.297ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 1.18 KiB/s | 0.01 Mbps | ping 39.570ms
Online, France : 10.74 MiB/s | 85.93 Mbps | ping 51.647ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 980 B/s | N/A | ping 55.665ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 2.21 MiB/s | 17.66 Mbps | ping 311.710ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 317 B/s | N/A | ping 290.105ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 5.15 MiB/s | 41.16 Mbps | ping 17.324ms
Prima, Argentina : 910.46 KiB/s | 7.11 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 613.65 KiB/s | 4.79 Mbps | ping 315.509ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 1.64 MiB/s | 13.12 Mbps | ping 280.280ms
Linode, Singapore : 3.15 MiB/s | 25.22 Mbps | ping 191.598ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 4.33 MiB/s | 34.62 Mbps | ping 271.137ms
Benchmark finished in 123 seconds
Media Unlock Test
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: BG)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: HK)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: BG)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: INTL
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Sofia
Netflix Preferred CDN: Associated with [Serbian Open Exchange DOO] in [Belgrade ]
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: EUR
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
==============[ Taiwan ]===============
KKTV: No
LiTV: No
MyVideo: No
4GTV.TV: No
LineTV.TW: No
Hami Video: No
CatchPlay+: No
HBO GO Asia: No
Bahamut Anime: Failed (Network Connection)
Bilibili Taiwan Only: No
=======================================
=============[ Hong Kong ]=============
Now E: Failed (Unexpected Result: )
Viu.TV: No
MyTVSuper: No
HBO GO Asia: No
BiliBili Hongkong/Macau/Taiwan: No
=======================================
===============[ Japan ]===============
DMM: Unsupported
DMM TV: No
Abema.TV: No
Niconico: No
music.jp: No
Telasa: No
U-NEXT: No
Hulu Japan: No
TVer: Yes
GYAO!: Yes
WOWOW: Failed
VideoMarket: Failed (Unexpected Result: 404)
FOD(Fuji TV): No
Radiko: No
Karaoke@DAM: No
J:com On Demand: No
---Game---
Kancolle Japan: No
Pretty Derby Japan: No
Konosuba Fantastic Days: No
Princess Connect Re:Dive Japan: Yes
World Flipper Japan: Yes
Project Sekai: Colorful Stage: No
=======================================
===========[ North America ]===========
FOX: No
Hulu: Failed
NFL+: Yes
ESPN+:[Sponsored by Jam] No
Epix: No
Starz: No
Philo: No
FXNOW: No
TLC GO: No
HBO Max: Yes (Region: BG)
Shudder: Yes
BritBox: Yes
Crackle: No
CW TV: No
A&E TV: No
NBA TV: Yes
NBC TV: No
Fubo TV: Yes
Tubi TV: No
Sling TV: Yes
Pluto TV: Yes
Acorn TV: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
encoreTVB: No
Funimation: No
Discovery+: No
Paramount+: No
Peacock TV: No
Popcornflix: No
Crunchyroll: No
Directv Stream: No
KBS American: No
KOCOWA: No
Maths Spot: Failed (Network Connection)
---CA---
CBC Gem: No
Crave: Yes
=======================================
===========[ South America ]===========
Star+: No
HBO Max: Yes (Region: BG)
DirecTV Go: Yes (Region: REGISTRARSE)
Funimation: No
=======================================
===============[ Europe ]==============
Rakuten TV: Yes
Funimation: No
SkyShowTime: Yes (Region: BG)
HBO Max: Yes (Region: BG)
Maths Spot: Failed (Network Connection)
---GB---
Sky Go: Yes
BritBox: Yes
ITV Hub: No
Channel 4: No
Channel 5: No
BBC iPLAYER: No
Discovery+ UK: No
---FR---
Salto: Failed (Network Connection)
Canal+: No
Molotov: No
---DE---
Joyn: No
Sky: No
ZDF: No
---NL---
NLZIET: Failed
videoland: Failed (Network Connection)
NPO Start Plus: No
---ES---
PANTAYA: Failed (Network Connection)
---IT---
Rai Play: Yes
---RU---
Amediateka: Yes
=======================================
==============[ Oceania ]==============
NBA TV: Yes
Acorn TV: Yes
SHOWTIME: Yes
BritBox: Yes
Funimation: No
Paramount+: No
---AU---
Stan: Yes
Binge: No
Docplay: No
7plus: No
Channel 9: No
Channel 10: No
ABC iView: No
Kayo Sports: No
Optus Sports: No
SBS on Demand: No
---NZ---
Neon TV: Yes
SkyGo NZ: No
ThreeNow: No
Maori TV: Yes
=======================================
==============[ Korean ]===============
Wavve: No
Tving: No
Coupang Play: No
Naver TV: No
Afreeca TV: Yes
KBS Domestic: No
=======================================
No IPv6 Connectivity Found, Abort IPv6 Testing...
Testing Done! Global Ping Test
Query: ping 38.54.27.81, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 38.54.27.81 – ARIN /23 AS138915 KAOPU-HK Kaopu – Bulgaria, Sofia-Capital
CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
LightNode has an Admin Control Panel for managing your resources on their platform. You can sign in to the control panel using your email address and password, or you can sign in with Google or Github. If you’re a new user, you can sign up for an account, and if you forget your password, there’s an option to reset it. Once you’re signed in to the control panel, you can manage your resources on LightNode. You may want to visit their website or contact their support team for more detailed information.
Server Pricing
Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com
Coupon
Newly registered users can get up to $20 as a bonus for the first recharge.
Conclusion
The server demonstrates excellent I/O speeds, averaging 411.3 MB/s across multiple runs. The network performance is commendable, with notable upload and download speeds in various locations worldwide.
Furthermore, the server’s disk speed tests reveal high read and write speeds, reaching up to 2.17 GB/s, translating to efficient data operations. It showcases superior performance in small (4k and 64k) and large block sizes (512k and 1m). These results indicate that the server can effectively handle demanding workloads and data-intensive operations.
A Geekbench 6 benchmark test was conducted to evaluate overall processing capabilities, resulting in a single-core score of 579 and a multi-core score of 1872. This demonstrates good computing power for a shared vCPU server.
Based on the test result, the LightNode Bulgaria Sofia Shared vCPU VPS Server delivers impressive performance and storage capabilities, making it a reliable option for users who require scalable computing resources and fast data processing.
Official Website: https://www.LightNode.com
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