Good and cheap VPS'es
As a security guy, I like to explore the Internetz. Therefore, having a system with good connectivity and sufficient resources is key. Over the years I tested a lot. For some of the short-living tasks, I just start an instance on AWS, Linode or DigitalOceans. All have their pros and cons. However, running an instance 24/7 with some resources like > 16 GB RAM and more than 4 cores is somehow expensive of all of them.
Since some months I am running a VPS on SSD Nodes. TLDR: Lot's of resources for a reasonable pricing.
My VPS location is Amsterdam. Some of my #kaeferjaeger guys have ones in Frankfurt with also good speeds:
$ speedtest
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from HIVELOCITY (63.250.54.240)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Asimo Networks B.V. (Amsterdam) [1.04 km]: 7.509 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 514.92 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 368.31 Mbit/s
Just use the link below, so I get also some credits for your order. Thank you :)
SSD Nodes | VPS Cloud Hosting For Hundreds Less
Simple, high-value VPS cloud computing for hundreds less. A full SSD-powered cloud with top-tier hardware, 10Gbps network, 100% SLA, and more.
Finally a full nench.sh run:
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nench.sh v2019.07.20 -- https://git.io/nench.sh
benchmark timestamp: 2023-02-11 10:48:39 UTC
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Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4214 CPU @ 2.20GHz
CPU cores: 12
Frequency: 2199.998 MHz
RAM: 47Gi
bash: line 156: swapon: command not found
Swap: -
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 x86_64
Disks:
sda 720G HDD
CPU: SHA256-hashing 500 MB
10.124 seconds
CPU: bzip2-compressing 500 MB
16.898 seconds
CPU: AES-encrypting 500 MB
5.284 seconds
ioping: seek rate
min/avg/max/mdev = 54.5 us / 893.7 us / 49.5 ms / 2.17 ms
ioping: sequential read speed
generated 2.28 k requests in 5.00 s, 569.8 MiB, 455 iops, 113.9 MiB/s
dd: sequential write speed
1st run: 281.33 MiB/s
2nd run: 335.69 MiB/s
3rd run: 286.10 MiB/s
CPU: SHA256-hashing 500 MB
10.124 seconds
CPU: bzip2-compressing 500 MB
16.898 seconds
CPU: AES-encrypting 500 MB
5.284 seconds
ioping: seek rate
min/avg/max/mdev = 54.5 us / 893.7 us / 49.5 ms / 2.17 ms
ioping: sequential read speed
generated 2.28 k requests in 5.00 s, 569.8 MiB, 455 iops, 113.9 MiB/s
dd: sequential write speed
1st run: 281.33 MiB/s
2nd run: 335.69 MiB/s
3rd run: 286.10 MiB/s
average: 301.04 MiB/s