Common methods to benchmark a Linux VPS?

jungleparrot

I have a few VPS's at different providers and was wanting to compare them for things like network speed and disk read/write. It's there a common script or package that can be used for collecting that data?

tentor

https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script

sh97

For network speed using Ookla speedtest
https://network-speed.xyz/

SinSiXX

https://bench.monster/

jungleparrot

@tentor said:
https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

febryanvaldo

@jungleparrot said: Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

YABS is pretty good to measure disk and CPU performance (GB5 and GB6), but for network, i would go with Network-Speed.xyz, as it has regional speedtests.

and better to run it 2-3 times and on different time, maybe in the morning and evening, and take the average of them all, at least that's what i do while i benchmark the VPS.

raindog308

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febryanvaldo

@raindog308 said:

PTS is very good too, it has plenty tests and even can make our own scenarios. I used to use PTS as my benchmark methods, but it's often crashing or error in the middle of test.

Daniel15

The best benchmark is one designed for your actual use case. For example, measure throughput / requests per seconds to your web services.

Synthetic benchmarks are okay but nowhere near as good as real-world tests. One server can look faster than another when you use YABS, but the "slower" one might actually handle your workload better.