LunaNode Canada Toronto General Purpose Virtual Machine Test and Review
This time, we’re testing the LunaNode Virtual Private Server (VPS) in Toronto, Canada. It’s a general-purpose machine loaded with a fancy Intel Core Processor. This isn’t your average setup; it comes with 6 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, and 70 GB of SSD storage. Plus, you get 3 TB of data to move around and both an IPv4 and IPv6 address.
We’re putting this server through its paces with many tests, starting with the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark to check out important metrics. Then, we’re going wide with the Global Node Test to see how the network holds up and checking how fast it is with the Global Ping Test.
But that’s not all. We’ll also see how it handles content from different regions with the Media Unlock Test, test its connection quality with the CloudFlare Internet Test, and look into web performance with PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance tools.
About LunaNode
LunaNode is a Canadian company founded in 2013 that offers VPS hosting products. They have data centers in Canada now. LunaNode offers three types of virtual machines: General-Purpose, Memory-Optimized, and Compute-Optimized. Each type has different pricing, RAM, virtual cores, SSD storage, and bandwidth.
LunaNode has received several awards for its VPS hosting services, including 3rd Best VPS 2021 under $10 (old revision), 2nd Best Value February 2020, and 3rd Best Value April 2020. LunaNode offers features such as hourly billing, a custom control panel, SSH keys setup, network, CPU, and IO monitoring charts, admin REST API, mobile-friendly UI, reverse DNS, and a firewall.
They also offer extra services such as backups, block storage, object storage, load balancers, floating IP addresses, team management, managed databases, serverless DDoS protection, Kubernetes GPU instances, and private networks.
LunaNode accepts several forms of payment, including credit cards, Paypal and Bitcoin. They also have an affiliate program. The average time it takes to provision a LunaNode VPS is 80 seconds.
Official Website: https://www.LunaNode.com
Looking Glass
Test IP: 172.81.176.57
Test Download: http://toronto-test.lunanode.com/100MB.test
BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU Cores : 6 @ 2599.984 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Enabled
Total Disk : 68.9 GB (1.5 GB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (93.9 MB Used)
Total Swap : 2.0 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.06, 0.06, 0.07
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-14-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS174 Cogent Communications
Location : Toronto / CA
Region : Ontario
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 142 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 200 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 216 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 186.0 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 1691.58 Mbps 865.18 Mbps 48.49 ms
Los Angeles, US 1315.00 Mbps 840.65 Mbps 61.69 ms
Dallas, US 2353.22 Mbps 813.45 Mbps 33.84 ms
Montreal, CA 893.11 Mbps 740.00 Mbps 19.40 ms
Paris, FR 829.55 Mbps 949.25 Mbps 96.55 ms
Amsterdam, NL 899.14 Mbps 654.71 Mbps 88.75 ms
Shanghai, CN 280.27 Mbps 633.29 Mbps 259.98 ms
Nanjing, CN 398.31 Mbps 632.41 Mbps 191.32 ms
Hongkong, CN 380.02 Mbps 708.05 Mbps 215.69 ms
Singapore, SG 327.04 Mbps 529.67 Mbps 240.04 ms
Tokyo, JP 373.73 Mbps 735.30 Mbps 164.69 ms
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Finished in : 5 min 42 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-03 05:52:41 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Cogent Communications
ASN : AS174 Cogent Communications
Host : Lunanode Hosting Inc.
Location : Toronto, Ontario (ON)
Country : Canada
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 203.69 MB/s (50.9k) | 192.42 MB/s (3.0k)
Write | 204.23 MB/s (51.0k) | 193.43 MB/s (3.0k)
Total | 407.92 MB/s (101.9k) | 385.85 MB/s (6.0k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 194.87 MB/s (380) | 215.24 MB/s (210)
Write | 205.22 MB/s (400) | 229.58 MB/s (224)
Total | 400.10 MB/s (780) | 444.82 MB/s (434)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.71 Gbits/sec | 548 Mbits/sec | 84.5 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.66 Gbits/sec | busy | 89.7 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 646 Mbits/sec | 87.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 983 Mbits/sec | 399 Mbits/sec | 168 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.60 Gbits/sec | 728 Mbits/sec | 20.5 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 2.18 Gbits/sec | 705 Mbits/sec | 34.6 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.81 Gbits/sec | busy | 66.9 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.70 Gbits/sec | 529 Mbits/sec | 84.6 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | 476 Mbits/sec | 91.9 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | busy | 87.7 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 555 Mbits/sec | busy | 168 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 2.85 Gbits/sec | busy | 20.4 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 2.16 Gbits/sec | 598 Mbits/sec | 34.8 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.89 Gbits/sec | 502 Mbits/sec | 66.9 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 942
Multi Core | 4017
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2132060
YABS completed in 14 min 52 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 03 2023 06:18:06 - 06:46:09
6 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 37317584.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7087.4 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3244.0 lps (29.4 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 512519.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 151258.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1208468.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 821805.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 92364.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5768.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 8202.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3481.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 470807.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 37317584.9 3197.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7087.4 1288.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 3244.0 754.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 512519.7 1294.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 151258.5 913.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1208468.4 2083.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 821805.9 660.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 92364.7 230.9
Process Creation 126.0 5768.9 457.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 8202.2 1934.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3481.1 5801.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 470807.8 313.9
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1054.2
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 03 2023 06:46:09 - 07:14:13
6 CPUs in system; running 6 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 222510027.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 42433.0 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 16210.8 lps (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 823503.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 235963.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2629583.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4864537.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 540253.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 37455.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 33871.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 5131.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2545999.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 222510027.1 19066.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 42433.0 7715.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 16210.8 3770.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 823503.3 2079.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 235963.6 1425.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2629583.9 4533.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4864537.3 3910.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 540253.0 1350.6
Process Creation 126.0 37455.8 2972.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 33871.2 7988.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 5131.0 8551.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2545999.9 1697.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 3929.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 86.28 MiB/s | 690.25 Mbps | ping 1.541ms
Gdrive : 46.88 MiB/s | 375.06 Mbps | ping 21.980ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 44.53 MiB/s | 356.25 Mbps | ping 21.291ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 15.85 MiB/s | 126.80 Mbps | ping 83.816ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 44.44 MiB/s | 355.56 Mbps | ping 20.946ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 36.30 MiB/s | 290.38 Mbps | ping 60.644ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 57.70 MiB/s | 461.63 Mbps | ping 36.860ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 34.46 MiB/s | 275.67 Mbps | ping 66.022ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 70.96 MiB/s | 567.66 Mbps | ping 16.063ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 46.86 MiB/s | 374.91 Mbps | ping 32.483ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 27.57 MiB/s | 220.57 Mbps | ping 83.300ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 41.46 KiB/s | 0.32 Mbps | ping 94.586ms
Hetzner, Germany : 13.00 MiB/s | 103.99 Mbps | ping 99.079ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 23.94 MiB/s | 191.55 Mbps | ping 89.017ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 25.74 MiB/s | 205.92 Mbps | ping 86.882ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 536 B/s | N/A | ping 104.434ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 426 B/s | N/A | ping 96.719ms
Online, France : 14.18 MiB/s | 113.46 Mbps | ping 89.751ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 421 B/s | N/A | ping 109.187ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 2.70 MiB/s | 21.57 Mbps | ping 235.939ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 351 B/s | N/A | ping 228.793ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 15.30 MiB/s | 122.38 Mbps | ping 124.730ms
Prima, Argentina : 1.11 MiB/s | 8.88 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 580.22 KiB/s | 4.53 Mbps | ping 248.988ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 4.18 MiB/s | 33.44 Mbps | ping 169.439ms
Linode, Singapore : 2.04 MiB/s | 16.34 Mbps | ping 279.209ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 9.78 MiB/s | 78.25 Mbps | ping 169.029ms
Benchmark finished in 101 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 170.75.175.136, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 170.75.175.136 – ARIN /20 AS174 COGENT – Canada, British Columbia, Richmond
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Aug 3 06:20:46 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: Lunanode Hosting Inc. (170.75.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: No
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: No
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: CA)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: CA
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Chicago, IL
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: CA)
Steam Currency: CAD
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
** Checking Results Under IPv6
--------------------------------
** Your Network Provider: Cogent Communications (2602:ffb6:4:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: Yes (Region: CA)
Disney+: Yes (Region: CA)
Netflix: Yes (Region: CA)
YouTube Premium: Yes
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Chicago, IL
Netflix Preferred CDN: Failed (CDN IP Not Found)
Spotify Registration: Yes (Region: CA)
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
=======================================
Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
LunaNode offers a custom control panel for managing your virtual machines. The control panel allows you to perform tasks such as setting up SSH keys, monitoring network, CPU, and IO usage, and managing reverse DNS. The control panel also has a mobile-friendly UI for easy access on the go. Additionally, LunaNode provides an admin REST API that you can use to automate server management tasks.
Server Pricing
LunaNode offers three types of virtual machines: General-Purpose, Memory-Optimized, and Compute-Optimized. Each type has different pricing, RAM, virtual cores, SSD storage, and bandwidth. For example, a General-Purpose virtual machine with 1 GB RAM, 2 Virtual Cores, 20 GB SSD Storage, and 2000 GB Bandwidth costs $7 per month or $0.00972 per hour.
A Memory-Optimized virtual machine with 2 GB RAM, 1 Virtual Core, 20 GB SSD Storage, and 2000 GB Bandwidth also costs $7 monthly or $0.00972 per hour. A Compute-Optimized virtual machine with 5 GB RAM, 1 Dedicated Core, 100 GB SSD Storage, and 3000 GB Bandwidth costs $20 per month or $0.02778 per hour.
LunaNode also offers additional services, such as block and snapshot storage, for $0.03/mo per GB. Floating IPs are free for one on each VM and cost $1/mo for each additional IP. Additional bandwidth costs $0.003/mo per additional GB.
Official Website: https://www.LunaNode.com
Coupon
None
Customer Support
- E-mail: e-mail at [email protected].
- Ticket: if you already have an account, you can open a ticket from the control panel.
- Report abuse: submit abuse reports to [email protected].
- Report security issues: Any security issues on the platform can be reported to [email protected].
- Call: call during business hours at 844-256-7888.
Conclusion
Upon evaluating the I/O speed, we noted incremental improvements across three tests, reflecting an average I/O of 186.0 MB/s. From these results, we can attest to consistent delivery and potential agility in environments requiring frequent data transfer.
Speed tests were carried out in multiple global locations, such as Los Angeles, Dallas, Montreal, Paris, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo, with the fastest uploads and downloads occurring in Dallas, US, and Paris, FR, respectively.
Regarding mixed Read/Write speed tests, disc performance showcased high-speed processing and data adjustment. Specifically, the 4k IOPS reached up to 101.9k with a total speed of 407.92 MB/s, and the 1m IOPS delivered a high total speed of 444.82 MB/s. Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test indicated single-core and multi-core scores of 942 and 4017, respectively, shedding light on the server’s optimized processing performance.
The UnixBench CPU Performance benchmark highlighted a balanced performance across multiple metrics. The test was split into two runs, with one parallel copy of tests in the first and six parallel copies in the second run. The Dhrystone 2 test showed high Integer arithmetic performance, while the Execl Throughput and Shell Scripts tests reflected efficient execution of processes. Notably, File Copy tests expressed high transfer rates, indicating robust I/O operations.
In conclusion, the LunaNode Virtual Private Server exhibited a well-rounded performance. Across varying test scopes and scales, the machine demonstrated efficient data transfer rates, robust I/O operations, and commendable processor performance. It can be reasonably poised for general-purpose applications that demand consistent and reliable server performance.
Official Website: https://www.LunaNode.com
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