96MB Low End VPS Review Part VIII – Inception Hosting
If you have been following this blog since its birth, you probably notice that I have recently slowed down a little from the original pace I was targeting (one review per week, which sort of give me the balance of maintaining the interest without devote too much time that would jeopardize my other priorities), as a result, I literally have a mini-queue of VPS that is lining up for me to write reviews on.
Inception Hosting is an interesting company, registered in UK but their servers servers in Netherlands – The low land and the land of freedom that is famous for many of the off-shore hosts, who are “not reputable and have poor infrastructure” according to this WHT post. Could Inception Hosting be an exception or just like their names have suggested, they would just be a dream mixed with reality?
Price and Set Up
Inception Hosting has a wide variety of VPS hosting plans (perhaps one of the most diverse I have seen), from the smallest 96MB plan (yes, same RAM amount that supports this very blog you are reading), which cost about 4.36 USD per month, all the way to the monster 2GB RAM plan that cost almost 54 USD per month. Although not as expensive as the previous two VPS providers I have reviewed for, is not the cheapest Xen provider out there, however their distinct geographical advantage definitely give them an edge on the prices.
The provision of the server is pretty much instant if you could pass the fraud check. However the emails have a pretty good chance to go to Spam box if you are using a GMail account (it went to mine). Hopefully if we keep marking the emails sent from them as Not Spam, the issue will eventually be resolved.
update: emails from them no longer goes to my spam box.
Another way of finding if your VPS is actually provisioned is to go through My Emails in your client area (which is what I did to find out my VPS login details), and watch out for the following three emails:
One very interesting difference that I have noticed is in the welcome emails, the login details to the SolusVM is not given automatically, instead you will need to log into your client area on WHMCS to find the details:
I guess the intention of doing so is to make sure the SolusVM login details do not go to the wrong hands since you could pretty much do everything on the VPS from the control panel. However, the root password for the VPS box was sent in plain text in the same email, which kind of defeat the whole purpose.
Control Panel
Unlike other hosts who use WHMCS strictly for billing and customer purposes and use SolusVM panel to perform any VPS related actions, Inception Hosting actually recommend their users to run everything in the client area and using SolusVM only as a secondary source.
Here is what you see when log into your client area and go to the VPS under My Services, basically the status, IP, disk usage, bandwidth usage and traffic are right in front of you:
Your SolusVM password, as promised, is also right beneath that area:
There seems to be quite a few options for you to control the VPS in the Virtual Server Control Panel as well, however I have tried to click a few and here is what I got:
I definitely think they still need to do some work on their website, besides getting 404 errors here, the client login button on their home page also does not appear to work although the pop-up looks nice:
Update: Issue has been fixed on the same day this post was published.
Even up to today, the quickest way for me to access their client area (besides memorizing the entire URL), is to click on one of the order buttons and login from the page showed up afterwards.
Furthermore, both the client area and SolusVM login do not have SSL, although not the only one doing that, it is certainly a show stopper for some of their potential clients.
Update: Both WHMCS and SolusVM are now SSL-enabled as of July 12, 2011 and are both using standard https ports. Good work!
The SolusVM control panel is fairly standard with all the standard functionality and as with many other VPS providers, the rDNS requires manual tickets and both Quick Backup and Central Backup are not available:
However, the real surprise comes when you hit Reinstall OS, they have so many OS templates that they become the very first VPS provider that I have reviewed that can’t take a screenshot on, here is the list of all templates they have available (if you are bored, you can click here to skip):
Operating Systems
Arch 2010.05 32 bit
Arch 2010.05 32 bit
Arch 2010.05 64 bit
Arch 2010.05 64 bit
CentOS 4 32 bit Minimal
CentOS 4 32 bit Minimal
CentOS 5 32bit Minimal
CentOS 5 32bit Minimal
CentOS 5 64 bit cPanel
CentOS 5 64 bit cPanel
CentOS 5 64bit Minimal
CentOS 5 64bit Minimal
Debian 4 32 bit Minimal
Debian 4 32 bit Minimal
Debian 4 62 bit Minimal
Debian 4 62 bit Minimal
Debian 5 32 bit Minimal
Debian 5 32 bit Minimal
Debian 5 64 bit Minimal
Debian 5 64 bit Minimal
Debian 6 32 bit Minimal
Debian 6 32 bit Minimal
Debian 6 64 bit Minimal
Debian 6 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 10 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 10 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 10 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 10 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 11 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 11 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 11 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 11 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 12 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 12 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 12 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 12 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 13 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 13 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 14 32 Bit Minimal
Fedora 14 32 Bit Minimal
Fedora 14 64 bit minimal
Fedora 14 64 bit minimal
Fedora 8 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 8 32 bit Minimal
Fedora 8 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 8 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 9 32 Bit Minimal
Fedora 9 32 Bit Minimal
Fedora 9 64 bit Minimal
Fedora 9 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2008 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2008 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2008 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2008 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2010 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2010 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2010 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2010 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2011 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2011 32 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2011 64 bit Minimal
Gentoo 2011 64 bit Minimal
Slackware 12.1 32 bit Minimal
Slackware 12.1 32 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 32 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 32 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 64 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 64 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 64 bit Minimal
Slackware 13 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.10 32 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit Minimal
Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit Minimal
Yes, there are 94 templates altogether, which pretty much covered all major Linux distributions and all the versions of them for the past few years (both 32 and 64 bit versions as well!). Therefore, if you are having a hard time finding the Linux distribution you want to work with on your VPS, there is a pretty good chance that Inception Hosting has one of them.
The rebuild time for a Xen VPS is a little longer than the OpenVZ boxes that I have used before, presumably because a kernel is actually loaded into your VPS rather than just pointing a kernel to the VPS. In my experience with Inception Hosting, the VPS will show as online for about a minute before went offline, then back online for after 2 or 3 minutes, which I think most of the users won’t care too much about.
From what I have tested so far, Ubuntu and Debian worked right out of the box, there is an issue with the ArchLinux template with the IP address, which makes the VPS not accessible from anything but the recovery console and unable to connect to the Internet at all. Anthony from Inception Hosting has offered me a quick 2 line fix for that issue and hopefully the template author would be able to fix them relatively soon as well.
Overall, besides a crippled website/WHMCS template, I think from the aspect of control panel, Inception is right at the average. However, I have to give them the credit of at least tried to use WHMCS to control the VPS, which would make the life of the clients a lot easier (particularly when you get a SolusVM login name that is like vmuser02132rewhjdgshg and often pointing to a non-standard port 5353, which could give a headache to those who are behind really restricted firewalls) and they definitely have an amazing selection of OS templates that would be useful if you are looking for some really hard to find Linux distributions.
Tests on VPS
The test VPS I have received was a Xen VPS Lite package that is priced at 11.99 Euro (17.58 USD) per month (now it is at 8.99 Euro per month, which 13.18 USD) and comes with 256MB of RAM, 15GB of hard drive and 150GB of bandwidth.
Right after the installation of their Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit minimal template, here are the memory and hard drive space:
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 271 129 141 0 3 63
-/+ buffers/cache: 62 209
Swap: 255 0 255
df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 15G 760M 14G 6% / none 115M 112K 115M 1% /dev none 136M 0 136M 0% /dev/shm none 136M 44K 136M 1% /var/run none 136M 0 136M 0% /var/lock none 136M 0 136M 0% /lib/init/rw
Yes, nothing surprising here, until you tried to get the CPU info:
cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 1 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 2 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 3 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 4 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 4 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 4 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 5 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 5 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 5 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 6 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 6 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 6 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 7 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 3066.762 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 7 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 7 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht nx constant_tsc aperfmperf pni ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt hypervisor ida bogomips : 6136.44 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:
You have read it right, that is 8 cores of Intel i7 950 CPU powering the VPS, and none of the cores seems have the clock speed locked! This is definitely the first time I have seen a provider put this much CPU power to such a tiny VPS box.
When the full LNMP stack is installed, here is the memory and output of top:
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 273 155 118 0 58 25
-/+ buffers/cache: 71 202
Swap: 255 0 255
top - 10:57:20 up 5 days, 5:31, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Tasks: 113 total, 1 running, 112 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.8%id, 0.2%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 280524k total, 159324k used, 121200k free, 59796k buffers
Swap: 262136k total, 76k used, 262060k free, 26016k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
571 www 20 0 14580 10m 688 S 0 3.9 0:00.00 nginx
606 mysql 20 0 37180 4252 1512 S 0 1.5 0:00.00 mysqld
536 root 20 0 22824 4088 796 S 0 1.5 0:00.41 php-cgi
582 www 20 0 22824 3820 528 S 0 1.4 0:00.00 php-cgi
586 www 20 0 22824 3820 528 S 0 1.4 0:00.00 php-cgi
587 www 20 0 22824 3820 528 S 0 1.4 0:00.00 php-cgi
588 www 20 0 22824 3820 528 S 0 1.4 0:00.00 php-cgi
585 www 20 0 22824 3816 528 S 0 1.4 0:00.00 php-cgi
16282 root 20 0 23224 3516 2388 S 0 1.3 0:00.01 console-kit-dae
25992 root 20 0 8836 3212 2552 S 0 1.1 0:00.02 sshd
433 root 20 0 5584 2172 1768 S 0 0.8 0:00.01 sshd
26007 root 20 0 3076 1716 1368 S 0 0.6 0:00.00 bash
1 root 20 0 2816 1588 1216 S 0 0.6 0:00.12 init
432 syslog 20 0 34448 1404 896 S 0 0.5 0:00.00 rsyslogd
26022 root 20 0 2568 1204 932 R 0 0.4 0:00.00 top
448 messageb 20 0 2708 904 656 S 0 0.3 0:00.00 dbus-daemon
246 root 20 0 2348 856 596 S 0 0.3 0:00.07 upstart-udev-br
And the meminfo when the LNMP stack is running:
cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 280524 kB MemFree: 6272 kB Buffers: 15280 kB Cached: 188380 kB SwapCached: 76 kB Active: 29992 kB Inactive: 197344 kB Active(anon): 3668 kB Inactive(anon): 20196 kB Active(file): 26324 kB Inactive(file): 177148 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 280524 kB LowFree: 6272 kB SwapTotal: 262136 kB SwapFree: 262060 kB Dirty: 44 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 23652 kB Mapped: 5924 kB Shmem: 168 kB Slab: 11448 kB SReclaimable: 6112 kB SUnreclaim: 5336 kB KernelStack: 968 kB PageTables: 0 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 402396 kB Committed_AS: 126844 kB VmallocTotal: 587768 kB VmallocUsed: 2340 kB VmallocChunk: 583996 kB DirectMap4k: 235008 kB DirectMap2M: 0 kB
As well as the hard drive space:
df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 15G 3.4G 11G 24% / none 114M 112K 114M 1% /dev none 137M 0 137M 0% /dev/shm none 137M 44K 137M 1% /var/run none 137M 0 137M 0% /var/lock
There inode limit seems to be set to pretty low numbers (my BuyVM VPS with the same size of hard drive practically has 3 times as much inode limit as this one), which I guess is to prevent people putting up too many tiny files on the drive:
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on /dev/sda1 1966080 28262 1937818 2% / none 29354 1947 27407 7% /dev none 34735 1 34734 1% /dev/shm none 34735 19 34716 1% /var/run none 34735 1 34734 1% /var/lock none 34735 1 34734 1% /lib/init/rw
However, I think such limitation does comes with a great advantage, the hard drive I/O speed, as a result, looks really good:
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.4836 s, 79.6 MB/s
The second test shows the results are pretty consistent:
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.5693 s, 79.1 MB/s
Another selling point of the VPS from Inception Hosting is their port speed, which is 1Gbit. As a result, the download and upload speed are pretty amazing:
I used aget rather than wget to run the download test, since using single thread to download may not be able to show off the full power of the port, and the results is more than 500Mbps:
aget -n10 http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test Attempting to read log file aget-100mb.test.log for resuming download job... Couldn't find log file for this download, starting a clean job... Head-Request Connection established Downloading /100mb.test (104857600 bytes) from site cachefly.cachefly.net(205.234.175.175:80). Number of Threads: 10 .. [4% completed] ..... [9% completed] ....... [14% completed] .......... [19% completed] ............ [24% completed] ............... [29% completed] ................. [34% completed] .................... [39% completed] .................... [39% completed] ...................... [44% completed] ......................... [49% completed] ........................... [54% completed] .............................. [59% completed] .............................. [59% completed] ................................ [64% completed] ................................ [64% completed] ................................... [69% completed] ..................................... [74% completed] ........................................ [79% completed] .......................................... [84% completed] ............................................. [89% completed] ............................................... [94% completed] .................................................. [99% completed] .................................................. [100% completed] Download completed, job completed in 2 seconds. (51200 Kb/sec) Shutting down...
Even for the all-familiar single-thread wget, the VPS has also thrown in a really good download speed of close to the aget results:
wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test --2011-05-22 22:47:31-- http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 205.234.175.175 Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `100mb.test' 100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 44.2M/s in 2.3s 2011-05-22 22:47:33 (44.2 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]
Obviously, as a server, how fast the uploads are is more important than the downloading speed.
First is the BuyVM VPS from Fremont, CA datacentre, which is not really great but I think it is mostly because of HE’s connection to Europe is not very solid:
wget 89.207.135.143/100mb.test --2011-06-06 19:30:27-- http://89.207.135.143/100mb.test Connecting to 89.207.135.143:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `100mb.test' 100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 426K/s in 3m 53s 2011-06-06 19:34:21 (439 KB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]
Quickweb VPS in London, UK clocked in a solid 10MB/s:
wget 89.207.135.143/100mb.test --2011-06-06 19:48:33-- http://89.207.135.143/100mb.test Connecting to 89.207.135.143:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `100mb.test' 100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 12.2M/s in 9.8s 2011-06-06 19:48:43 (10.2 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]
And even with the VPS from Qualityservers in California, USA has put in a decent performance as well:
wget 89.207.135.143/100mb.test --2011-06-06 19:50:17-- http://89.207.135.143/100mb.test Connecting to 89.207.135.143:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: `100mb.test' 100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 1.20M/s in 68s 2011-06-06 19:51:25 (1.47 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]
It seems that overall, the upload speed across Atlantic Ocean is perhaps a little less than satisfactory, however the speed seems to be really great across Europe.
The last surprise (or not-so-surprise) came to me when I did the UnixBench tests, and I have to say this is the first 256MB VPS box that I have ever seen which scored this high:
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Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark
Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
January 13, 2011 johantheghost at yahoo period com
1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Process Creation 1 2 3
1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
4 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Process Creation 1 2 3
4 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
4 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: ayserv: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-305-ec2 -- #9-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 15 04:14:01 UTC 2010
Machine: i686 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
11:03:06 up 5 days, 5:36, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.05, 0.01; runlevel 2
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Benchmark Run: Mon Jun 06 2011 11:03:06 - 11:31:44
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 21816311.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 3174.1 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2460.7 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 651510.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 173083.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1553590.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 972589.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 90380.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5350.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6096.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1845.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 821145.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 21816311.9 1869.4
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3174.1 577.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 2460.7 572.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 651510.9 1645.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 173083.0 1045.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1553590.0 2678.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 972589.5 781.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 90380.6 226.0
Process Creation 126.0 5350.3 424.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6096.4 1437.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1845.6 3076.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 821145.2 547.4
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 946.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Mon Jun 06 2011 11:31:44 - 12:00:35
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 69609174.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11983.0 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8537.6 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 877599.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 235036.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2708381.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3310005.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 497631.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 18401.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15735.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2067.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2901255.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 69609174.7 5964.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11983.0 2178.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 8537.6 1985.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 877599.3 2216.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 235036.9 1420.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2708381.7 4669.6
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3310005.9 2660.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 497631.5 1244.1
Process Creation 126.0 18401.5 1460.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15735.6 3711.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2067.8 3446.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2901255.2 1934.2
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 2443.7
And the second time just to make sure:
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Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark
Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
January 13, 2011 johantheghost at yahoo period com
1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Process Creation 1 2 3
1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
4 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
4 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Process Creation 1 2 3
4 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
4 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: ayserv: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-305-ec2 -- #9-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 15 04:14:01 UTC 2010
Machine: i686 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6135.7 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
12:30:28 up 5 days, 7:04, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 1.00; runlevel 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Mon Jun 06 2011 12:30:28 - 12:59:09
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 21837738.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 3173.4 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2451.7 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 657567.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 170349.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1602845.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 968859.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 90524.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5486.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6027.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1842.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 821610.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 21837738.1 1871.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3173.4 577.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 2451.7 570.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 657567.4 1660.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 170349.6 1029.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1602845.8 2763.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 968859.3 778.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 90524.6 226.3
Process Creation 126.0 5486.2 435.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6027.5 1421.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1842.7 3071.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 821610.3 547.7
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 949.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Mon Jun 06 2011 12:59:09 - 13:28:00
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 69878197.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 11996.7 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8305.6 lps (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 934509.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 231032.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2685203.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3341514.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 496897.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 18252.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 15740.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2073.2 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2901857.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 69878197.6 5987.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11996.7 2181.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 8305.6 1931.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 934509.3 2359.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 231032.0 1396.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2685203.5 4629.7
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3341514.8 2686.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 496897.7 1242.2
Process Creation 126.0 18252.6 1448.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 15740.5 3712.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2073.2 3455.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2901857.4 1934.6
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 2447.3
Note: I actually ran the UnixBench test before Inception Hosting has enabled all 8 cores for every VPS and as such, the score is only based on 4 cores of CPU available. For those using Ubuntu or Debian and installed the VPS before 8 cores were made available to your Inception Hosting VPS, you will need to reload OS for all 8 cores to kick in.
Edit:
Tried to run the Unixbench again with 8 cores just to complete the test, although the results are not as good as last time, they have nonetheless maintained above 2000:
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Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark
Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
January 13, 2011 johantheghost at yahoo period com
1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Process Creation 1 2 3
1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
8 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Process Creation 1 2 3
8 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
8 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: ayserv: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-308-ec2 -- #16-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:28:38 UTC 2010
Machine: i686 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 4: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 6: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
08:34:51 up 12:54, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.08; runlevel 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 09 2011 08:34:51 - 09:03:46
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 17913944.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 3013.8 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1964.2 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 563804.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 144249.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1429318.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 846052.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 72829.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4214.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4281.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1130.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 761393.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 17913944.8 1535.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3013.8 548.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 1964.2 456.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 563804.1 1423.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 144249.8 871.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1429318.3 2464.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 846052.8 680.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 72829.3 182.1
Process Creation 126.0 4214.0 334.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4281.5 1009.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1130.6 1884.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 761393.7 507.6
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 775.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 09 2011 09:03:46 - 09:35:46
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 62344657.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 21357.2 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8492.1 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 524325.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 131979.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4097386.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3429361.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 488619.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 3852.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9946.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1561.8 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3300294.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 62344657.9 5342.3
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 21357.2 3883.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 8492.1 1974.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 524325.0 1324.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 131979.3 797.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4097386.0 7064.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3429361.2 2756.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 488619.6 1221.5
Process Creation 126.0 3852.8 305.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9946.4 2345.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1561.8 2603.1
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3300294.7 2200.2
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 2005.3
And second time for consistency sake:
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Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark
Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
January 13, 2011 johantheghost at yahoo period com
1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Process Creation 1 2 3
1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
8 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3
8 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Process Creation 1 2 3
8 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
8 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: ayserv: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-308-ec2 -- #16-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:28:38 UTC 2010
Machine: i686 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 4: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 6: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
CPU 7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (6136.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
18:15:22 up 22:34, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.10, 0.09; runlevel 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 09 2011 18:15:22 - 18:44:15
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 18111517.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 3026.1 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1958.9 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 570213.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 146831.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1471896.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 862429.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 71819.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4142.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4294.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1140.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 753497.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 18111517.7 1552.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3026.1 550.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 1958.9 455.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 570213.3 1439.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 146831.6 887.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1471896.9 2537.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 862429.8 693.3
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 71819.3 179.5
Process Creation 126.0 4142.1 328.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4294.5 1012.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1140.9 1901.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 753497.8 502.3
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 779.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 09 2011 18:44:15 - 19:16:20
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 61737202.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 21365.7 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 8355.0 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 557743.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 137905.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4063049.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3571131.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 487975.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 3937.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 10240.3 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1581.3 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 3351332.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 61737202.1 5290.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 21365.7 3884.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 8355.0 1943.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 557743.5 1408.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 137905.2 833.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4063049.1 7005.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3571131.7 2870.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 487975.0 1219.9
Process Creation 126.0 3937.3 312.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 10240.3 2415.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1581.3 2635.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 3351332.9 2234.2
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 2037.2
I have also run some GeekBench tests as per Yomero’s comments on LowEndBox, thanks Yomero:
./geekbench_x86_32
Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/
Geekbench is in tryout mode.
Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode. If you like Geekbench, please
purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome. You can
purchase Geekbench online at:
http://store.primatelabs.ca/
If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information
with the following command line:
./geekbench_x86_32 -r
System Information
Platform: Linux x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.32-308-ec2 i686
Model: Linux PC (Intel Core i7 950)
Motherboard: Unknown Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i7 950
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
Logical Processors: 8
Physical Processors: 8
Processor Frequency: 3.07 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 0.00 B
L1 Data Cache: 0.00 B
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 0.00 B
Bus Frequency: 0.00 Hz
Memory: 271 MB
Memory Type: N/A
SIMD: 1
BIOS: N/A
Processor Model: Intel Core i7 950
Processor Cores: 8
Integer
Blowfish
single-threaded scalar 2130 ||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 10098 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Text Compress
single-threaded scalar 2333 |||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 9020 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Text Decompress
single-threaded scalar 2471 |||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 9947 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Image Compress
single-threaded scalar 2031 ||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 8102 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Image Decompress
single-threaded scalar 1867 |||||||
multi-threaded scalar 7168 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lua
single-threaded scalar 3794 |||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13143 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Point
Mandelbrot
single-threaded scalar 2559 ||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 12374 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dot Product
single-threaded scalar 4193 ||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13053 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 4999 |||||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded vector 16125 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LU Decomposition
single-threaded scalar 1770 |||||||
multi-threaded scalar 7310 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primality Test
single-threaded scalar 4137 ||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13292 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharpen Image
single-threaded scalar 6990 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 20709 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blur Image
single-threaded scalar 6139 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 20493 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory
Read Sequential
single-threaded scalar 5707 ||||||||||||||||||||||
Write Sequential
single-threaded scalar 10289 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Allocate
single-threaded scalar 4605 ||||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Write
single-threaded scalar 4486 |||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Copy
single-threaded scalar 8790 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream
Stream Copy
single-threaded scalar 4865 |||||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 5486 |||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Scale
single-threaded scalar 3184 ||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 5030 ||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Add
single-threaded scalar 4096 ||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 5459 |||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Triad
single-threaded scalar 3638 ||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 3836 |||||||||||||||
Integer Score: 6008 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Point Score: 9581 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Score: 6775 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Score: 4449 |||||||||||||||||
Overall Geekbench Score: 7256 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
and take two:
./geekbench_x86_32
Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/
Geekbench is in tryout mode.
Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode. If you like Geekbench, please
purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome. You can
purchase Geekbench online at:
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If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information
with the following command line:
./geekbench_x86_32 -r
System Information
Platform: Linux x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.32-308-ec2 i686
Model: Linux PC (Intel Core i7 950)
Motherboard: Unknown Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i7 950
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
Logical Processors: 8
Physical Processors: 8
Processor Frequency: 3.07 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 0.00 B
L1 Data Cache: 0.00 B
L2 Cache: 256 KB
L3 Cache: 0.00 B
Bus Frequency: 0.00 Hz
Memory: 271 MB
Memory Type: N/A
SIMD: 1
BIOS: N/A
Processor Model: Intel Core i7 950
Processor Cores: 8
Integer
Blowfish
single-threaded scalar 2147 ||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 10775 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Text Compress
single-threaded scalar 2311 |||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 8943 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Text Decompress
single-threaded scalar 2467 |||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 10038 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Image Compress
single-threaded scalar 2026 ||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 7508 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Image Decompress
single-threaded scalar 1866 |||||||
multi-threaded scalar 6611 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lua
single-threaded scalar 3349 |||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13394 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Point
Mandelbrot
single-threaded scalar 2572 ||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13012 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dot Product
single-threaded scalar 4192 ||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 12972 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 3392 |||||||||||||
multi-threaded vector 13897 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LU Decomposition
single-threaded scalar 2883 |||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 7153 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primality Test
single-threaded scalar 4248 ||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 13378 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharpen Image
single-threaded scalar 6982 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 20077 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blur Image
single-threaded scalar 5880 |||||||||||||||||||||||
multi-threaded scalar 21122 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory
Read Sequential
single-threaded scalar 5727 ||||||||||||||||||||||
Write Sequential
single-threaded scalar 10065 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Allocate
single-threaded scalar 4585 ||||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Write
single-threaded scalar 4428 |||||||||||||||||
Stdlib Copy
single-threaded scalar 8907 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream
Stream Copy
single-threaded scalar 4439 |||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 6147 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Scale
single-threaded scalar 4401 |||||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 5748 ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Add
single-threaded scalar 3376 |||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 5194 ||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Triad
single-threaded scalar 3741 ||||||||||||||
single-threaded vector 3600 ||||||||||||||
Integer Score: 5952 |||||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Point Score: 9411 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Score: 6742 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Score: 4580 ||||||||||||||||||
Overall Geekbench Score: 7183 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall, I have to say the performance of this eight-core monster, despite the little RAM it has, is rather impressive, good memory usage, good disk I/O and fantastic UnixBench score!
Service and Support
I like VPS providers that do not keep their customers in the dark, which I think Inception Hosting has done a great job in doing so. Whether it is DDOS or hard drive failure, I can always get an email in my inbox as soon as the incident has happened. It is almost inevitable for every single VPS providers to have some operational issues once a while, however the fact that they keep all these known to customers is something I would really recommend other hosts to do.
Inception Hosting is very fast in responding tickets as well, my enquiry about TUN/TAP (it is enabled by default to all Xen VPS, by the way) was answered in less than 5 minutes (logged in 19:49, answered in 19:54), which is definitely comparable, if not better, than some of the most reputable VPS providers.
Finally, although the Quick Backup feature in the SolusVM control panel does not work, they have offered free offsite backup to all their customers to keep data safe. Although almost none of the VPS providers use the Quick Backup feature, they are one of the very few that I have seen offer free backup to their customers.
Conclusion
Inception Hosting is a young company, and the fact that they are located in Netherlands and offer such low prices for Xen VPS has definitely casted some doubts when I first decide to test with them. However, it has proven that all my worries were unnecessary. Although not the cheapest VPS providers that I have ever seen, Inception Hosting does provide a very solid VPS service, particularly 8-core processors and over 2400 UnixBench scores make them definitely very competitive at that price. Furthermore, the excellent support and their attitude of never keeping customers in the dark has certainly make them a great potential candidate to be another big name in the industry. As such, if you are not I would recommend Inception Hosting to everyone who needs a solid VPS, especially if you are in Europe and needs some serious processing power.
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Afternoon Admin,
Just thought I would post a quick update. (previous comments seem to be gone?)
SSL is now fully implemented for SolusVM and the client area
https://inceptionhosting.com/clients
https://vpsadmin.inceptionhosting.com <– now on standard port instead of 5656
Just to clarify all broken links etc are now fixed on the site.
There is also a 50% off for life offer on which is valid until 15th July on and standard VPS packages (256mb RAM+) using coupon code '50offlife'
Thanks again for the review it would be nice to get another one done some time to make sure everything is still as expected 🙂
@Anthony: Just saw the email in my inbox this morning, but you are pretty quick and spread out the news. It is good that you are putting up SSL on both WHMCS and SolusVM portals, I am pretty sure you will gain quite a few more customers just for that. I will update my post to reflect such as well.
Regarding the previous comments, yes, there were some issues I had with the MySQL DB (totally my fault while I was screwing things around) and my backup was pointing to a non-existing FTP account for a few days before that, so although I was able to restore some of the comments made before the last successful backup, and was able to restore all the posts (thanks to Windows Live Writer), unfortunately there were some comments removed. My sincere apologies to all 96mb.com readers about the mistake. 🙁
@admin, no wonder my posts here are gone. I though you hate me or something.. haha..
@Anthony, Congratz for the ssl stuffs, proper ssl separate the men from the boys ^_^
@circus: Nope, you guys are the ones kept me writing, so if there is any feeling I have towards you guys, it would only be love, not hate 🙂
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Hi Admin,
Thought I would post this offer here as well as WHT, with coupon code ‘supermaxi5’ the first 5 orders will get the 1GB-Ram/80GB-HDD for only 9.99 p/month.
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