UpCloud Australia Sydney General Purpose Cloud Servers Test and Review
Gratitude is extended to the team for allotting additional credits to our account for testing purposes. This occasion invites us to assess the capabilities of the UpCloud Australia Sydney General-Purpose Shared vCPU VPS Server. The server in question draws its strength from an AMD EPYC 7542 32-core Processor and is equipped with 2 CPU Cores, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD Storage, and 4 TB Traffic provisions. Further, it houses 1x IPv4 and 1x IPv6.
In our pursuit to provide a comprehensive evaluation, we’ve chosen an array of stringent tests. The foundational data will be gathered from the Basic Benchmark, Yabs, and Unix Benchmark, which will inform about the key metrics. The Global Node Test will be our tool for an in-depth network examination, while the Global Ping Test will measure latency.
We’ll utilize the Media Unlock Test to gauge regional accessibility, while the CloudFlare Internet Test will inform us about the connection quality. Our assessment framework extends to web performance, for which we’ll employ PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix Performance.
About UpCloud
UpCloud is a European cloud service provider offering a fast, reliable, high-performance cloud platform with a 100% uptime SLA. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, UpCloud has data centers in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the USA. UpCloud’s target audience includes small to medium-sized enterprises in managed hosting, IT services, eCommerce, SaaS, and PaaS.
They offer a range of cloud hosting solutions at competitive prices. Their cloud servers come in three distinct varieties: General Purpose, High CPU, and High Memory. Each of these plans provides top-of-the-line performance with an emphasis on different requirements. UpCloud’s cloud servers are powered by enterprise-grade CPUs and enhanced by their in-house developed MaxIOPS storage technology.
UpCloud’s cloud servers are easy to scale up as your business grows. You can start with the needed resources and then scale up in just a few clicks. There’s no need to overprovision services; you can easily change between plans and plan types to scale as required.
UpCloud takes security seriously. They maintain the latest security updates and have strict access control at each of their physical locations to keep your cloud services safe and secure. UpCloud is also fully GDPR compliant. You can manage your entire cloud infrastructure via their fully featured Restful API or one of the many API integrations and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Go, and Python.
Official Website: https://www.UpCloud.com
Looking Glass
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BasicBench: Server Profile, I/O Speed, Upload and Download Speed
CPU Model : AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor
CPU Cores : 2 @ 2894.562 MHz
CPU Cache : 512 KB
AES-NI : Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : Disabled
Total Disk : 78.7 GB (872.1 MB Used)
Total Mem : 3.8 GB (107.2 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 0 hour 12 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 11
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 5.10.0-18-amd64
TCP CC : bbr
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : Online / Online
Organization : AS202053 UpCloud Ltd
Location : Sydney / AU
Region : New South Wales
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 371 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 374 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 379 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 374.7 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 999.03 Mbps 955.87 Mbps 0.68 ms
Los Angeles, US 544.78 Mbps 950.74 Mbps 143.95 ms
Dallas, US 436.00 Mbps 951.96 Mbps 182.37 ms
Montreal, CA 368.00 Mbps 910.69 Mbps 212.29 ms
Paris, FR 289.44 Mbps 854.70 Mbps 258.19 ms
Amsterdam, NL 312.19 Mbps 960.88 Mbps 251.75 ms
Shanghai, CN 75.61 Mbps 789.74 Mbps 287.36 ms
Nanjing, CN 349.98 Mbps 959.08 Mbps 228.29 ms
Hongkong, CN 313.67 Mbps 887.83 Mbps 219.57 ms
Singapore, SG 372.01 Mbps 794.39 Mbps 208.80 ms
Tokyo, JP 467.44 Mbps 938.21 Mbps 113.12 ms
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Finished in : 6 min 12 sec
Timestamp : 2023-08-10 05:22:49 UTC
YabsBench: Disk Speed, iperf3 Network Speed, Geekbench 6 Benchmark
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : UpCloud Ltd
ASN : AS202053 UpCloud Ltd
Location : Sydney, New South Wales (NSW)
Country : Australia
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 78.15 MB/s (19.5k) | 311.53 MB/s (4.8k)
Write | 78.36 MB/s (19.5k) | 313.17 MB/s (4.8k)
Total | 156.52 MB/s (39.1k) | 624.70 MB/s (9.7k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 300.07 MB/s (586) | 324.78 MB/s (317)
Write | 316.01 MB/s (617) | 346.41 MB/s (338)
Total | 616.08 MB/s (1.2k) | 671.19 MB/s (655)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 14.3 Mbits/sec | 20.9 Mbits/sec | 264 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 236 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | busy | 622 Mbits/sec | 277 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 410 Mbits/sec | 349 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 754 Mbits/sec | 690 Mbits/sec | 267 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 699 Mbits/sec | 416 Mbits/sec | 229 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 822 Mbits/sec | 676 Mbits/sec | 202 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 13.8 Mbits/sec | 19.3 Mbits/sec | 263 ms
Scaleway | Paris, FR (10G) | busy | busy | 244 ms
NovoServe | North Holland, NL (40G) | 566 Mbits/sec | busy | 277 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 404 Mbits/sec | 348 ms
Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 719 Mbits/sec | 644 Mbits/sec | 266 ms
Clouvider | Dallas, TX, US (10G) | 802 Mbits/sec | 760 Mbits/sec | 229 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 809 Mbits/sec | busy | 201 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1178
Multi Core | 2054
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/2211114
YABS completed in 18 min 39 sec
UnixBench: CPU Performance
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 10 2023 05:51:43 - 06:19:42
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 42152660.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 7340.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5056.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 945626.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 265397.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2132169.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1746446.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 128219.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 8495.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 11810.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1947.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1979724.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 42152660.7 3612.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 7340.9 1334.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 5056.4 1175.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 945626.6 2387.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 265397.3 1603.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2132169.3 3676.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1746446.0 1403.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 128219.4 320.5
Process Creation 126.0 8495.1 674.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 11810.3 2785.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1947.0 3245.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1979724.6 1319.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1603.5
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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 10 2023 06:19:42 - 06:47:43
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 80542950.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 14649.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5823.7 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 596810.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 163927.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1906695.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3448133.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 390226.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 14334.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 14317.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1935.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2901058.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 80542950.1 6901.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 14649.2 2663.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 5823.7 1354.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 596810.1 1507.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 163927.6 990.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1906695.6 3287.4
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3448133.5 2771.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 390226.9 975.6
Process Creation 126.0 14334.6 1137.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 14317.4 3376.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1935.0 3225.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2901058.9 1934.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2112.9
======= Script description and score comparison completed! =======
Global Node Test
## CDN Speedtest
CacheFly : 12.98 MiB/s | 103.84 Mbps | ping 149.414ms
Gdrive : 26.56 MiB/s | 212.48 Mbps | ping 0.541ms
## North America Speedtest
Softlayer, Washington, USA : 167.99 KiB/s | 1.31 Mbps | ping 201.686ms
SoftLayer, San Jose, USA : 1.05 MiB/s | 8.37 Mbps | ping 154.385ms
SoftLayer, Dallas, USA : 0 B/s | N/A | ping error!
Vultr, New Jersey, USA : 243.53 KiB/s | 1.90 Mbps | ping 201.900ms
Vultr, Seattle, USA : 10.24 MiB/s | 81.89 Mbps | ping 170.339ms
Vultr, Dallas, USA : 9.63 MiB/s | 77.08 Mbps | ping 175.565ms
Vultr, Los Angeles, USA : 13.04 MiB/s | 104.34 Mbps | ping 143.209ms
Ramnode, New York, USA : 3.92 MiB/s | 31.33 Mbps | ping 204.657ms
Ramnode, Atlanta, USA : 9.60 MiB/s | 76.81 Mbps | ping 187.444ms
## Europe Speedtest
Vultr, London, UK : 3.96 MiB/s | 31.72 Mbps | ping 260.318ms
LeaseWeb, Frankfurt, Germany : 13.01 KiB/s | 0.10 Mbps | ping 248.595ms
Hetzner, Germany : 163.96 KiB/s | 1.28 Mbps | ping 247.408ms
Ramnode, Alblasserdam, NL : 5.32 MiB/s | 42.58 Mbps | ping 261.415ms
Vultr, Amsterdam, NL : 4.17 MiB/s | 33.36 Mbps | ping 259.411ms
EDIS, Stockholm, Sweden : 175 B/s | N/A | ping 284.104ms
OVH, Roubaix, France : 206 B/s | N/A | ping 262.000ms
Online, France : 5.38 MiB/s | 43.01 Mbps | ping 236.276ms
Prometeus, Milan, Italy : 61 B/s | N/A | ping 272.440ms
## Exotic Speedtest
Sydney, Australia : 101.32 MiB/s | 810.54 Mbps | ping 0.555ms
Lagoon, New Caledonia : 379 B/s | N/A | ping 27.096ms
Hosteasy, Moldova : 1.03 MiB/s | 8.24 Mbps | ping 275.668ms
Prima, Argentina : 97.83 KiB/s | 0.76 Mbps | ping error!
## Asia Speedtest
SoftLayer, Singapore : 4.06 MiB/s | 32.50 Mbps | ping 93.194ms
Linode, Tokyo, Japan : 11.26 MiB/s | 90.09 Mbps | ping 128.358ms
Linode, Singapore : 21.63 MiB/s | 173.07 Mbps | ping 93.021ms
Vultr, Tokyo, Japan : 8.66 MiB/s | 69.30 Mbps | ping 194.564ms
Benchmark finished in 152 seconds
Global Ping Test
Query: ping 95.111.218.71, interval: 5s, dense mode: no
Probing 95.111.218.71 – RIPENCC /21 AS202053 UPCLOUD – Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Media Unlock Test
** Test Starts At: Thu Aug 10 05:48:50 UTC 2023
** Checking Results Under IPv4
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** Your Network Provider: UpCloud Ltd (95.111.*.*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: No
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: AU)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: AU)
Amazon Prime Video: Yes (Region: AU)
TVBAnywhere+: Yes
iQyi Oversea Region: AU
Viu.com: No
YouTube CDN: Sydney, N.S.W.
Netflix Preferred CDN: Los Angeles, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: AUD
ChatGPT: Yes
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** Checking Results Under IPv6
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** Your Network Provider: UpCloud Ltd (2a04:3546:8000:*:*)
============[ Multination ]============
Dazn: Failed (Network Connection)
HotStar: No
Disney+: Yes (Region: AU)
Netflix: Originals Only
YouTube Premium: Yes (Region: AU)
Amazon Prime Video: Unsupported
TVBAnywhere+: Failed (Network Connection)
iQyi Oversea Region: Failed
Viu.com: Failed
YouTube CDN: Sydney, N.S.W.
Netflix Preferred CDN: San Jose, CA
Spotify Registration: No
Steam Currency: Failed (Network Connection)
ChatGPT: Yes
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Testing Done! CloudFlare Internet Test
PageSpeed Insights
GTmetrix Performance
Admin Control Panel
UpCloud’s Admin Control Panel is a user-friendly interface that allows you to manage your cloud infrastructure. You can use the Control Panel to deploy new cloud servers, manage your existing servers, and access a range of features and tools to help you manage your cloud infrastructure.
The Control Panel provides an overview of your cloud servers, including their current status, resource usage, and billing information. You can also use the Control Panel to access detailed server statistics, view logs, and manage server backups.
UpCloud’s Control Panel also includes various tools to help you manage your cloud infrastructure. You can use the API section to manage your API keys and access the Restful API documentation. The DNS section allows you to manage your DNS records, while the Network section provides tools for managing your network settings.
In addition to these features, UpCloud’s Control Panel also includes a Console tab that allows you to access an HTML5-based web console for your cloud servers. This can be useful in case of faulty firewall rules or other issues that prevent you from accessing your server using the usual methods.
Server Scaling
UpCloud offers a feature called Hot Resize that allows you to increase your Cloud Server resources while the server is running. This feature is automatically enabled on Cloud Servers created on or after April 27, 2022. Servers created before this date require a single shutdown and restart for hot resizing to become available.
Hot resizing is available via your UpCloud Control Panel at hub.upcloud.com and by using the server modify API endpoint provided by the UpCloud API. To hot resize your Cloud Server using the UpCloud Control Panel, select the Cloud Server you wish to scale up and go to the Plan tab.
Next, choose the new General Purpose plan to scale up to. When ready, click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page to apply the new plan. Once the changes have been applied, you will be notified to confirm the updated plan.
It’s important to note that while hot resizing allows you to increase your Cloud Server resources while running, decreasing Cloud Server resources still requires the server to be shut down.
Additionally, the storage devices or devices attached to the Cloud Server being resized are not automatically increased. This allows you to scale down to your previous server plan quickly.
Data Backups
UpCloud offers three methods of taking backups of your Cloud Servers – easy-to-use Simple Backups, custom-scheduled Flexible backups, and instant on-demand backups. Each of these is configured per server at your UpCloud Control Panel in the server settings under the Backups tab.
Simple backup is the easiest way of setting up an expert-level backup schedule for any Cloud Server plan. It is the best place to start configuring a reliable backup method to ensure the safety of your business-critical data.
Get started by going to the Backups tab in the cloud server settings at your UpCloud Control Panel. In the first section, you’ll see the options for Simple backups: Day plan with 1 daily backup, Week plan with 7 daily backups, Month plan with 4 weekly backups + 7 daily backups, Year plan with 12 monthly backups + 4 weekly backups + 7 daily backups.
Select the plan you wish according to the number of backups and retention period you want. Next, pick a time of the day for the backup most convenient to your cloud server or use the default. Then click the Save button to confirm.
Flexible backups offer an automated option for keeping a version of your storage just in case you need to restore a file or even roll back the whole storage device. Turn on Flexible backups by doing the following: Select the storage disks that should be backed up each time; choose the frequency of the backups, daily or specific day of the week; set the time of the day the backup is saved; choose the duration after which the backup is automatically deleted And finally, click the Save button to confirm.
UpCloud’s Firewall
UpCloud offers an L3 firewall just before the network interface connecting your cloud server to the internet. This firewall is in a perfect position to secure all your server connections. The firewall is configured per server and billed according to UpCloud’s pricing.
To configure the firewall, sign in to your UpCloud Control Panel, click on the server you wish to configure, and open the firewall tab in your server settings. Note that the UpCloud firewall is stateless and does not keep track of connections. Make sure to configure rules to allow both incoming and outgoing traffic.
When you first open your firewall settings, the rules list will be empty, and the firewall will be disabled. If you already have active services running on the server, such as a website or a database, keep the firewall disabled until you have created all the required rules to avoid blocking connections while making configurations. Click the toggle switch on the firewall panel to enable or disable the service.
Before configuring new rules, check the Default Rule settings for incoming and outgoing traffic rules. These define the baseline rule for traffic in each direction when no other rules match the data packet. The most common approach for a firewall configuration is to use Drop as the default rule and define the rules list to accept the connections you want to allow.
Server Pricing
UpCloud offers a free trial to all new users. The free trial lasts 3 days from the moment of account creation and allows you to get familiar with their services and test cloud server deployment without commitment.
During the trial, users get free access to the €7 General Purpose Plan Cloud Server with 1 GB memory, 1 CPU, 25 GB storage, and 1 TB transfer.
Specific promotions may offer more extended trial periods, and users can request an extension to their trial period by contacting UpCloud’s sales representatives. You can sign up for a free trial on UpCloud’s website.
Official Website: https://www.UpCloud.com
Coupon
Every new user receives a bonus worth €25 credits when signing up through this link.
Customer Support
UpCloud’s customer support is one of the things that sets them apart from other cloud providers. Their in-house support team operates on three key principles: reliability, performance, and excellent service culture. The support specialists are a highly trained, diverse team of engineers working worldwide using the follow-the-sun model.
Customers can connect with the technical support team 24/7/365 via their Live chat at their UpCloud Control Panel or by emailing them at [email protected]. UpCloud also offers a range of other contact options for sales inquiries, abuse reports, and general questions or feedback.
Conclusion
After executing three I/O Speed tests, the server produced an average speed of 374.7 MB/s, demonstrating its ability to manage substantial data flow. Regarding network performance, the speeds and latencies varied widely due to geographical location.
Locations like Los Angeles, Dallas, and Montreal saw download speeds surprisingly close to or exceeding 900 Mbps, with consistent upload performances across the board. The latency differed across locations, with the shortest recorded at 0.64 ms for Speedtest.net and the longest at 287.36 ms for Shanghai.
In the fio Disk Speed Tests, performing mixed Read/Write operations at 50/50, the server again showcased impressive capabilities. It managed read/write operations in the range of 78 MB/s at 4k Block Size and 324.78 MB/s at 1m Block Size.
The Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test further validated the server’s performance, registering Single Core and Multi-Core scores of 1178 and 2054, respectively. The detailed report, accessible via the link, gives an in-depth insight into the specific performance metrics.
The server demonstrated promising performance in the System Benchmark Index, covering various parameters from Dhrystone 2 variable operations to System Call Overhead. Running 1 parallel copy of tests, the server achieved a high index score of 1603.5. In another run with 2 parallel copies of tests, the server faired even better with an index score of 2112.9.
In conclusion, the UpCloud Australia Sydney General-Purpose Shared vCPU VPS Server performs excellently across various tests. The server demonstrated high proficiency in managing intensive data flows, processing speed, and network performance across global locations. These attributes underscore the server’s capacity to handle complex operations and heavy loads, making it a reliable choice for expansive projects.
Official Website: https://www.UpCloud.com
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