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Vultr - What hardware exactly are they running on their SSD nodes?

drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
Someone was poking around Vultr tonight and looking at CPU related info.   Reason why?   Hardware builds there are clouded in mystery.

cat /proc/cpuinfo outputs semi-vague info.... there at Vultr...

The Storage VPS offering is a match on output for:

 Intel® Xeon® CPU E5506 @ 2.13GHz [Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5

The standard SSD VPS nodes are far more funkier.

cat /proc/cpuinfo  spits out usable data, but namely the STEPPING value of 1, isn't valid.   I cannot match the details to anything.

However,  cpuid, included in Debian is happy to make some usable hay of the matter.  It can't identify the CPU either and believes there are a total of 16 cores in that server.  

I have my money on this being an i7-2600, but that family doesn't do dual physical CPUs you would need to get up to 16 cores...

Perhaps someone else has some ideas :)

The cat /proc/cpuinfo from the SSD node:

processor : 0

vendor_id : GenuineIntel

cpu family : 6

model : 60

model name : Vultr Virtual CPU 2

stepping : 1

microcode : 0x1

cpu MHz : 3392.140

cache size : 4096 KB

physical id : 0

siblings : 1

core id : 0

cpu cores : 1

apicid : 0

initial apicid : 0

fpu : yes

fpu_exception : yes

cpuid level : 13

wp : yes

flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc up rep_good nopl pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx hypervisor lahf_lm xsaveopt fsgsbase smep erms

bogomips : 6784.28

clflush size : 64

cache_alignment : 64

address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

power management:
cpuid output:

CPU 0:

   vendor_id = "GenuineIntel"

   version information (1/eax):

      processor type  = primary processor (0)

      family          = Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/Celeron/Core/Core 2/Atom, AMD Athlon/Duron, Cyrix M2, VIA C3 (6)

      model           = 0xa (10)

      stepping id     = 0x3 (3)

      extended family = 0x0 (0)

      extended model  = 0x1 (1)

      (simple synth)  = Intel Core (Bloomfield) / Xeon (Bloomfield / Gainestown), 45nm

   miscellaneous (1/ebx):

      process local APIC physical ID = 0x0 (0)

      cpu count                      = 0x10 (16)

      CLFLUSH line size              = 0x8 (8)

      brand index                    = 0x0 (0)

   brand id = 0x00 (0): unknown

   feature information (1/edx):

      x87 FPU on chip                        = true

      virtual-8086 mode enhancement          = false

      debugging extensions                   = true

      page size extensions                   = true

      time stamp counter                     = true

      RDMSR and WRMSR support                = true

      physical address extensions            = true

      machine check exception                = true

      CMPXCHG8B inst.                        = true

      APIC on chip                           = true

      SYSENTER and SYSEXIT                   = true

      memory type range registers            = true

      PTE global bit                         = true

      machine check architecture             = true

      conditional move/compare instruction   = true

      page attribute table                   = true

      page size extension                    = true

      processor serial number                = false

      CLFLUSH instruction                    = true

      debug store                            = false

      thermal monitor and clock ctrl         = false

      MMX Technology                         = true

      FXSAVE/FXRSTOR                         = true

      SSE extensions                         = true

      SSE2 extensions                        = true

      self snoop                             = false

      hyper-threading / multi-core supported = true

      therm. monitor                         = false

      IA64                                   = false

      pending break event                    = false

   feature information (1/ecx):

      PNI/SSE3: Prescott New Instructions     = true

      PCLMULDQ instruction                    = false

      64-bit debug store                      = false

      MONITOR/MWAIT                           = false

      CPL-qualified debug store               = false

      VMX: virtual machine extensions         = false

      SMX: safer mode extensions              = false

      Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology     = false

      thermal monitor 2                       = false

      SSSE3 extensions                        = true

      context ID: adaptive or shared L1 data  = false

      FMA instruction                         = false

      CMPXCHG16B instruction                  = true

      xTPR disable                            = false

      perfmon and debug                       = false

      process context identifiers             = false

      direct cache access                     = false

      SSE4.1 extensions                       = true

      SSE4.2 extensions                       = true

      extended xAPIC support                  = true

      MOVBE instruction                       = false

      POPCNT instruction                      = true

      time stamp counter deadline             = false

      AES instruction                         = false

      XSAVE/XSTOR states                      = false

      OS-enabled XSAVE/XSTOR                  = false

      AVX: advanced vector extensions         = false

      F16C half-precision convert instruction = false

      RDRAND instruction                      = false

      hypervisor guest status                 = true

   cache and TLB information (2):

      0x7d: L2 cache: 2M, 8-way, sectored, 64 byte lines

      0x30: L1 cache: 32K, 8-way, 64 byte lines

      0x2c: L1 data cache: 32K, 8-way, 64 byte lines

   processor serial number: 0001-06A3-0000-0000-0000-0000

   deterministic cache parameters (4):

      --- cache 0 ---

      cache type                           = data cache (1)

      cache level                          = 0x1 (1)

      self-initializing cache level        = true

      fully associative cache              = false

      extra threads sharing this cache     = 0x0 (0)

      extra processor cores on this die    = 0xf (15)

      system coherency line size           = 0x3f (63)

      physical line partitions             = 0x0 (0)

      ways of associativity                = 0x7 (7)

      WBINVD/INVD behavior on lower caches = true

      inclusive to lower caches            = false

      complex cache indexing               = false

      number of sets - 1 (s)               = 63

      --- cache 1 ---

      cache type                           = instruction cache (2)

      cache level                          = 0x1 (1)

      self-initializing cache level        = true

      fully associative cache              = false

      extra threads sharing this cache     = 0x0 (0)

      extra processor cores on this die    = 0xf (15)

      system coherency line size           = 0x3f (63)

      physical line partitions             = 0x0 (0)

      ways of associativity                = 0x7 (7)

      WBINVD/INVD behavior on lower caches = true

      inclusive to lower caches            = false

      complex cache indexing               = false

      number of sets - 1 (s)               = 63

      --- cache 2 ---

      cache type                           = unified cache (3)

      cache level                          = 0x2 (2)

      self-initializing cache level        = true

      fully associative cache              = false

      extra threads sharing this cache     = 0x0 (0)

      extra processor cores on this die    = 0xf (15)

      system coherency line size           = 0x3f (63)

      physical line partitions             = 0x0 (0)

      ways of associativity                = 0xf (15)

      WBINVD/INVD behavior on lower caches = true

      inclusive to lower caches            = false

      complex cache indexing               = false

      number of sets - 1 (s)               = 4095

   hypervisor_id = "KVMKVMKVM   "

   hypervisor features (0x40000001/eax):

      kvmclock available at MSR 0x11          = true

      delays unnecessary for PIO ops          = true

      mmu_op                                  = false

      kvmclock available a MSR 0x4b564d00     = true

      async pf enable available by MSR        = true

      steal clock supported                   = true

      guest EOI optimization enabled          = true

      stable: no guest per-cpu warps expected = true

   extended feature flags (0x80000001/edx):

      SYSCALL and SYSRET instructions        = true

      execution disable                      = true

      1-GB large page support                = false

      RDTSCP                                 = false

      64-bit extensions technology available = true

   Intel feature flags (0x80000001/ecx):

      LAHF/SAHF supported in 64-bit mode     = true

      LZCNT advanced bit manipulation        = false

      3DNow! PREFETCH/PREFETCHW instructions = false

   brand = "Vultr Virtual CPU 1"

   L1 TLB/cache information: 2M/4M pages & L1 TLB (0x80000005/eax):

      instruction # entries     = 0xff (255)

      instruction associativity = 0x1 (1)

      data # entries            = 0xff (255)

      data associativity        = 0x1 (1)

   L1 TLB/cache information: 4K pages & L1 TLB (0x80000005/ebx):

      instruction # entries     = 0xff (255)

      instruction associativity = 0x1 (1)

      data # entries            = 0xff (255)

      data associativity        = 0x1 (1)

   L1 data cache information (0x80000005/ecx):

      line size (bytes) = 0x40 (64)

      lines per tag     = 0x1 (1)

      associativity     = 0x2 (2)

      size (Kb)         = 0x40 (64)

   L1 instruction cache information (0x80000005/edx):

      line size (bytes) = 0x40 (64)

      lines per tag     = 0x1 (1)

      associativity     = 0x2 (2)

      size (Kb)         = 0x40 (64)

   L2 TLB/cache information: 2M/4M pages & L2 TLB (0x80000006/eax):

      instruction # entries     = 0x0 (0)

      instruction associativity = L2 off (0)

      data # entries            = 0x0 (0)

      data associativity        = L2 off (0)

   L2 TLB/cache information: 4K pages & L2 TLB (0x80000006/ebx):

      instruction # entries     = 0x200 (512)

      instruction associativity = 4-way (4)

      data # entries            = 0x200 (512)

      data associativity        = 4-way (4)

   L2 unified cache information (0x80000006/ecx):

      line size (bytes) = 0x40 (64)

      lines per tag     = 0x1 (1)

      associativity     = 16-way (8)

      size (Kb)         = 0x200 (512)

   L3 cache information (0x80000006/edx):

      line size (bytes)     = 0x0 (0)

      lines per tag         = 0x0 (0)

      associativity         = L2 off (0)

      size (in 512Kb units) = 0x0 (0)

   Advanced Power Management Features (0x80000007/edx):

      temperature sensing diode      = false

      frequency ID (FID) control     = false

      voltage ID (VID) control       = false

      thermal trip (TTP)             = false

      thermal monitor           = false

      software thermal control (STC) = false

      100 MHz multiplier control     = false

      hardware P-State control       = false

      TscInvariant                   = false

   Physical Address and Linear Address Size (0x80000008/eax):

      maximum physical address bits         = 0x28 (40)

      maximum linear (virtual) address bits = 0x30 (48)

      maximum guest physical address bits   = 0x0 (0)

   Logical CPU cores (0x80000008/ecx):

      number of CPU cores - 1 = 0xf (15)

      ApicIdCoreIdSize        = 0x0 (0)

   SVM Secure Virtual Machine (0x8000000a/eax):

      SvmRev: SVM revision = 0x0 (0)

   SVM Secure Virtual Machine (0x8000000a/edx):

      nested paging                 = false

      LBR virtualization            = false

      SVM lock                      = false

      NRIP save                     = false

      MSR based TSC rate control    = false

      VMCB clean bits support       = false

      flush by ASID                 = false

      decode assists                = false

      SSSE3/SSE5 opcode set disable = false

      pause intercept filter        = false

      pause filter threshold        = false

   NASID: number of address space identifiers = 0x0 (0):

   (multi-processing synth): multi-core (c=16)

   (multi-processing method): Intel leaf 1/4

   (APIC widths synth): CORE_width=4 SMT_width=0

   (APIC synth): PKG_ID=0 CORE_ID=0 SMT_ID=0

   (synth) = Intel Core (Bloomfield) / Xeon (Bloomfield / Gainestown), 45nm
 
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rds100

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i7-2600 should have 8MB cache, not 4MB.

edit: scratch that, the virtual CPU isn't reporting the cache size of the physical CPU.
 
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Awmusic12635

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Does it really matter? Seems you are making a big deal out of nothing really. Some companies disclose info, others don't.
 

Amitz

New Member
I think it is quite interesting. Vultr lies about being multihomed (at least they are not in most locations), plays funny games when it comes to the question whether they use any RAID at all and having everything on non-enterprise (desktop) hardware would just round out the picture.
 

MannDude

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If it works well for your needs, I don't think it particularly matters what is powering it, though I do understand being curious.

Isn't their cloud utilizing some form of xen or kvm virtualization? Is the ability to update the 'model name' of the physical cpu available in each?
 
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DomainBop

Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Perhaps someone else has some ideas
Choopa and UnmeteredServers sell E5506...the storage server

Gameservers.com sells E3-1240v2 and Choopa/ReliableServers/Constant.com/UnmeteredServers sell E3-1240v3. Vultr uses Choopa (NJ) and Gameservers (everywhere else) locations.

They don't sell i7-2600...
 
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drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
If it works well for your needs, I don't think it particularly matters what is powering it, though I do understand being curious.

Isn't their cloud utilizing some form of xen or kvm virtualization? Is the ability to update the 'model name' of the physical cpu available in each?
CPU ID info is normally just fine and clear....  This seems like someone has gone out of the their way to do something out of ordinary.   Unsure if it works for me, as I am not a customer ;)

I'd ask in pre-sales but:

https://discuss.vultr.com/discussion/479/raid

https://discuss.vultr.com/discussion/473/storage-node-redundancy-info-required

See how those went with others...

And when talking about cores vs. threads vs. imaginary CPUs... well:

https://discuss.vultr.com/discussion/219/cpu-cores-and-hyperthreaded

They don't sell i7-2600...
Maybe they don't ;)   They do sell among their brands or have different i7 models.

Reliablesite has this:

Intel Core i7 47708 x 3.4 ghz8GB - 32GB4 x SSD/HDD10 TB1 Gbps DedicatedSale! - $89/m
 
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DomainBop

Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Reliablesite has this:
Choopa owns ReliableServers.com. ReliableSite.net isn't one of their companies (although it does colo with them).

Vultr's newer nodes are 3.5MHz which is probably E5-1650v2/3
 
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willie

Active Member
Attached is the /proc/cpuinfo from an OpenVZ container that I have that's slabbed inside a Vultr VM in Tokyo, Japan.  This is a lowendspirit.com vps if that matters.  Some info from it:

vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 60
model name    : Vultr Virtual CPU 2
stepping    : 1
cpu MHz        : 3600.010
 

I don't know if the cpu family/model identifies a specific Intel CPU.

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XFS_Duke

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The world may never know their true ways of doing business. As most say, if it's reliable and stable, why worry. The main reason I'd worry is that I like to know what my sites or services are running on. I guess it is what it is... Some companies don't give out information and some should give out less information, like if your nodes run on Atom CPU's or i7's.
 

Kris

New Member
Single homed setups piggybacking off GameServers? Yup

Probably desktop E3 hardware? Yup

RAID - Hopefully? 

I have a few test boxes there and they are pretty fast. The support leaves a lot to be desired, and seems like an afterthought or their parent company / GameServers.com techs answering when they can. 

Just make many, many backups and you should be fine.

Going to be an interesting mess when a drive or node dies however. 
 

drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
Attached is the /proc/cpuinfo from an OpenVZ container that I have that's slabbed inside a Vultr VM in Tokyo, Japan.  This is a lowendspirit.com vps if that matters.  Some info from it:

vendor_id    : GenuineIntel


cpu family    : 6


model        : 60


model name    : Vultr Virtual CPU 2


stepping    : 1


cpu MHz        : 3600.010

I don't know if the cpu family/model identifies a specific Intel CPU.

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jcpu.txt
There we are with Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 1 again...

Someone find me something that matches that :)  I didn't find anything that did yesterday.

The Family and Model part match i5, i7 and E3...  The Stepping of 1 doesn't exist though.

@willie  can you install cpuid and run that for me to get output?  Reason why is I see 3.6Ghz there.  Other node I saw output from was a 3.3x Ghz...  More sample sets and ideally some leakage from cpuid might identify something.  Leaning towards another i7 variation on the Tokyo box.

Problem is E3 or i7 makes no matter - neither chipset has 16 cores even though CPUID is saying the hardware believes it does.
 
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Dylan

Active Member
Well hey, DigitalOcean recently stopped masking their CPUs, and Vultr seems real intent on copying DO... so maybe we'll know for sure soon?  :rolleyes:
 

drmike

100% Tier-1 Gogent
Well hey, DigitalOcean recently stopped masking their CPUs, and Vultr seems real intent on copying DO... so maybe we'll know for sure soon?  :rolleyes:
Oh really, did DigitalOcean :) ?   I had to go check and I am not liking what I see in DigitalOcean land either...

cat /proc/cpuinfo




processor : 0

vendor_id : GenuineIntel

cpu family : 6

model : 2

model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0

stepping : 3

microcode : 0x1

cpu MHz : 1999.999

cache size : 4096 KB

fdiv_bug : no

hlt_bug : no

f00f_bug : no

coma_bug : no

fpu : yes

fpu_exception : yes

cpuid level : 4

wp : yes

flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm up pni vmx cx16 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm

bogomips : 3999.99

clflush size : 64

cache_alignment : 64

address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

power management:

 

Family 6, Model 2, Stepping 3...  What the heck CPU is that?!?!?!  I can't identify it.

So off to see CPUID....


Vendor ID: "GenuineIntel"; CPUID level 4

 

Intel-specific functions:

Version 00000623:

Type 0 - Original OEM

Family 6 - Pentium Pro

Model 2 - 

Stepping 3

Reserved 0

 

Extended brand string: "QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.0"

CLFLUSH instruction cache line size: 8

 

Feature flags 078bfbfd:

FPU    Floating Point Unit

DE     Debugging Extensions

PSE    Page Size Extensions

TSC    Time Stamp Counter

MSR    Model Specific Registers

PAE    Physical Address Extension

MCE    Machine Check Exception

CX8    COMPXCHG8B Instruction

APIC   On-chip Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller present and enabled

SEP    Fast System Call

MTRR   Memory Type Range Registers

PGE    PTE Global Flag

MCA    Machine Check Architecture

CMOV   Conditional Move and Compare Instructions

FGPAT  Page Attribute Table

PSE-36 36-bit Page Size Extension

CLFSH  CFLUSH instruction

MMX    MMX instruction set

FXSR   Fast FP/MMX Streaming SIMD Extensions save/restore

SSE    Streaming SIMD Extensions instruction set

SSE2   SSE2 extensions

 

TLB and cache info:

7d: unknown TLB/cache descriptor

30: unknown TLB/cache descriptor

2c: unknown TLB/cache descriptor

Processor serial: 0000-0623-0000-0000-0000-0000


That processor serial # isn't real happy findings.

Think Intel Core 2 Duo.
 
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