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DotVPS OpenVZ 64MB - UK

wlanboy

Content Contributer
Provider: DotVPS
Plan: OpenVZ 64mb VPS
Price: 10$ per year
Location: Maidenhead, UK

Purchased: 05/2013

Hardware information:

  • cat /proc/cpuinfo

    processor : 0
    vendor_id : GenuineIntel
    cpu family : 6
    model : 58
    model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 V2 @ 3.50GHz
    stepping : 9
    cpu MHz : 3501.000
    cache size : 8192 KB
    physical id : 0
    siblings : 8
    core id : 0
    cpu cores : 4
    apicid : 0
    initial apicid : 0
    fpu : yes
    fpu_exception : yes
    cpuid level : 13
    wp : yes
    flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms
    bogomips : 6999.88
    clflush size : 64
    cache_alignment : 64
    address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
    power management:

  • cat /proc/meminfo
    Code:
    MemTotal:          65536 kB
    MemFree:           22544 kB
    Cached:            33812 kB
    Active:            20112 kB
    Inactive:          19360 kB
    Active(anon):       1776 kB
    Inactive(anon):     3884 kB
    Active(file):      18336 kB
    Inactive(file):    15476 kB
    Unevictable:           0 kB
    Mlocked:               0 kB
    SwapTotal:         65536 kB
    SwapFree:          59132 kB
    Dirty:                 0 kB
    Writeback:             0 kB
    AnonPages:          5660 kB
    Shmem:              5180 kB
    Slab:               3512 kB
    SReclaimable:       1124 kB
    SUnreclaim:         2388 kB
  • dd
    Code:
    dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync && rm -rf test
    16384+0 records in
    16384+0 records out
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 14.4274 s, 74.4 MB/s
  • second dd
    Code:
    dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=2k count=2k conv=fdatasync && rm -rf test
    2048+0 records in
    2048+0 records out
    4194304 bytes (4.2 MB) copied, 0.0213988 s, 196 MB/s
  • wget
    Code:
    wget cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test -O /dev/null
    --2013-05-31 15:04:21--  http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
    Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)... 205.234.175.175
    Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net (cachefly.cachefly.net)|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
    Saving to: '/dev/null'
    
    100%[================================================================================================================================>] 104,857,600 20.2MB/s   in 5.4s
    
    2013-05-31 15:04:26 (18.4 MB/s) - '/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]

What services are running?

  • Ruby scripts
  • static webpage
  • openvpn
Support:

I have opened 2 support tickets during this month. All get polite answers within minutes. If I look to them:

  • Asking to enable vswap. Done.
  • Problems running Ubuntu 13.04. They moved me to a host which runs a .32. kernel. Problem solved.
Support is really fast and polite.
 

Overall experience:

I am a happy customer. Network is really good. Ping to europe is 12ms, ping to Atlanta is 100ms, ping to Tampa is 117ms and ping to Buffalo is 83ms. Perfect vpn machine. Installing and compiling Ruby was possible. Ruby scripts are running ok. I will not try to run any php scripts on it. But static content is ok.

traceroute to lemonde.fr:


3 593.core1.thn.as20860.net (62.233.127.173) 1.222 ms 1.220 ms 1.208 ms
4 ldn-b5-link.telia.net (80.239.195.125) 6.658 ms 6.655 ms 6.717 ms
5 cogent-ic-150885-ldn-b5.c.telia.net (213.248.77.134) 1.547 ms 1.552 ms cogent-ic-125507-ldn-b4.c.telia.net (213.248.70.238) 1.776 ms
6 te0-5-0-6.ccr21.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.74.46) 1.765 ms te0-3-0-5.mpd21.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.0.58) 1.832 ms te0-1-0-5.ccr21.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.1.2) 1.909 ms
7 te0-6-0-7.ccr21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.37.170) 9.402 ms te0-5-0-0.mpd21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.59.22) 9.156 ms te0-2-0-7.mpd21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.37.154) 9.031 ms
8 te0-7-0-30.mag21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.74.158) 9.608 ms te0-0-0-30.mag21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.74.142) 8.920 ms te0-7-0-18.mag21.par01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.38.182) 9.578 ms
9 149.6.161.30 (149.6.161.30) 11.906 ms 149.6.115.22 (149.6.115.22) 12.259 ms 149.6.161.30 (149.6.161.30) 11.883 ms
10 bzn-crs16-1-be1106.intf.routers.proxad.net (212.27.59.101) 9.140 ms 9.111 ms 9.176 ms
11 dedibox-2-p.intf.routers.proxad.net (212.27.50.162) 9.954 ms 9.944 ms 9.959 ms

traceroute to dvhn.nl:


3 593.core1.thn.as20860.net (62.233.127.173) 1.171 ms 1.169 ms 1.160 ms
4 202.core1.hex.as20860.net (62.233.127.1) 34.919 ms 34.924 ms 34.939 ms
5 linx-2602.ge-0-0-0.jun1.thn.network.bit.nl (195.66.237.51) 10.365 ms 10.241 ms 10.432 ms
6 805.xe-0-0-0.jun1.bit-1.network.bit.nl (213.136.1.105) 23.240 ms 806.xe-0-0-0.jun1.bit-2a.network.bit.nl (213.136.1.109) 23.219 ms 23.213 ms

traceroute to sueddeutsche.de:


3 610.core1.hex.as20860.net (62.233.127.181) 1.237 ms 1.238 ms 1.277 ms
4 202.core1.thn.as20860.net (62.233.127.11) 1.187 ms 1.183 ms 1.223 ms
5 lndgw2.arcor-ip.net (195.66.224.124) 5.437 ms 1.996 ms 5.418 ms
6 85.205.25.129 (85.205.25.129) 5.693 ms 16.514 ms 16.464 ms
7 92.79.213.161 (92.79.213.161) 19.101 ms 17.065 ms 17.053 ms

traceroute to washingtonpost.com:

Code:
 3  593.core1.thn.as20860.net (62.233.127.173)  1.161 ms  1.152 ms  1.144 ms
 4  ae3-309.lon11.ip4.tinet.net (77.67.74.101)  1.092 ms  1.089 ms  1.076 ms
 5  as6461.ip4.tinet.net (141.136.100.30)  1.061 ms  1.052 ms  1.087 ms
 6  ge-TBA.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net.24.125.64.in-addr.arpa (64.125.24.221)  1.357 ms  1.471 ms  1.436 ms
 7  xe-5-2-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (64.125.26.21)  85.064 ms  75.392 ms  75.433 ms
 8  xe-1-1-0.mpr3.iad1.us.above.net (64.125.31.113)  75.666 ms  75.636 ms  75.599 ms
 9  64.124.201.150.allocated.above.net (64.124.201.150)  75.844 ms  75.892 ms  75.880 ms
10  208.185.109.100 (208.185.109.100)  75.767 ms  75.794 ms  75.778 ms
 
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Zen

New Member
Very nice. There seems to be an abuser on that node and that's causing the terrible I/O - Sure Jack will fix it up!
 

Jack

Active Member
There we go;

[root@UK3 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; unlink test

16384+0 records in

16384+0 records out

1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 8.38139 s, 128 MB/s

[root@UK3 ~]# 
 

Jack

Active Member
He immediately took care about it.

Updated my dd test today.
55MB/s is a little better.

I am still getting 100MB/s+ on the Hostnode though.. 

It's possible that you're doing it at the same time as someone else or something unzipping something, not to sure.

I have locked UK3 now anyway after yesterday's abuse issues took me an hour straight and 2-3 VMs were involved.
 

wlanboy

Content Contributer
Updated the dd test. Now I/O runs as fast as the network :D
 
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wlanboy

Content Contributer
Time to update my review too.

What services are running?

  • static webpages
  • irc bouncer
  • openvpn
Support:

Not a single support ticket needed.

Overall experience:

This nice little vps is my UK vpn to enjoy Capital FM (Edinburgh), Real Radio Scotland and to watch some BBC stuff. Running all the time when ever my laptop awakes.

Due to the uptime and the good routing I moved my irc bouncer to this vps.

And still place left:

Code:
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:            64         51         12          0          0         23
-/+ buffers/cache:         28         35
Swap:           64          4         59
 

black

Member
@wlanboy - Do you mind running and posting the results? If the network speeds are good I might get one and add it as a new speedtest location.

Code:
wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash
 

Jack

Active Member
@wlanboy - Do you mind running and posting the results? If the network speeds are good I might get one and add it as a new speedtest location.

Code:
wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash
Testing US locations

Speedtest from Houston, TX, USA on a shared 1 Gbps port

Download Speed: .18 MB/sec

Upload speed: 4.06 MB/sec

Speedtest from Los Angeles, CA, USA [ generously donated by http://maximumvps.net ] on a shared 1 Gbps port

Download Speed: 3.60 MB/sec

Upload speed: 2.21 MB/sec

Speedtest from South Bend, Indiana, USA [ generously donated by NodeBytes ] on a shared 100 Mbps port

Download Speed: 1.54 MB/sec

Upload speed: 4.40 MB/sec

Speedtest from Dallas, TX, USA on a shared 4x1 Gbps port

Download Speed: 2.40 MB/sec

Upload speed: 4.19 MB/sec

 

Testing EU locations

Speedtest from Tallinn, Estonia on a shared 1 Gbps port

Download Speed: 7.13 MB/sec

Upload speed: 12.05 MB/sec
 

wlanboy

Content Contributer
@wlanboy - Do you mind running and posting the results? If the network speeds are good I might get one and add it as a new speedtest location.


wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash
No problem:

Code:
wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash
Testing US locations
Speedtest from Los Angeles, CA, USA [ generously donated by http://maximumvps.net ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
        Download Speed: 2.18 MB/sec
        Upload speed: .37 MB/sec
Speedtest from South Bend, Indiana, USA [ generously donated by NodeBytes ] on a shared 100 Mbps port
        Download Speed: 1.67 MB/sec
        Upload speed: .54 MB/sec
Speedtest from Houston, TX, USA on a shared 1 Gbps port
        Download Speed: 1.98 MB/sec
        Upload speed: .54 MB/sec
Speedtest from Dallas, TX, USA on a shared 4x1 Gbps port
        Download Speed: 1.65 MB/sec
        Upload speed: .51 MB/sec
Speedtest from Buffalo, NY, USA on a shared 1 Gbps port
        Download Speed: 2.69 MB/sec
        Upload speed: .68 MB/sec

Testing EU locations
Speedtest from Tallinn, Estonia on a shared 1 Gbps port
        Download Speed: 6.76 MB/sec
        Upload speed: 1.61 MB/sec
 

fahad

Member
I am using DOT-VPS 256mb KVM . Server performance is perfect for me.

Running Service :

1.lighttpd-phpfpm
2.Proxy Server,

3.Torrent Server
4.PPTP VPN

-----------------------------

Tried 3 wordpress installation, just superb speed. ram only 100-130mb used , now running only one website(piwik) which causes 95mb with other running smoothly.

Support ? No one can object about that. DotVPS support is fast and friendly.
 

earl

Active Member
Looks pretty good!! just so happens the 64mb VPS deal is still available, so I went ahead and ordered one :)
 

Jack

Active Member
IP pricing is going up in the UK so these probably won't be offered in the UK for much longer.
 
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