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Low Latency / Minimum Number of Hops
Mahfuz_SS_EHL
Host Rep, Veteran
in General
Hi,
I'm going to move My cPanel Server from One Location to Another. Current Location is Las Vegas, Nevada in FiberHub. From Bangladesh, it gets around 290 ms Ping Response & 11 Hops completed in total connection by Tracerouting.
Thinking to move it to Amsterdam, NL in Phoenix Nap. From Bangladesh, it's getting around 180-190 ms but it takes 17 Hops in Total Connection.
Which one do you prefer based on Network Connection ?? Which is Better ?? Low Latency / Minimum Number of Connections !
Regards,
Mahfuz.
Comments
Depends on the scenario. For gaming that requires packets that need to be transmitted quickly, minimum hops are best.
Is this a VM or dedi? If VM, why not move it to DO Singapore?
Number of hops doesn't affect your latency in any way, it's just a matter of how different carrier networks are configured. Some by the use of MPLS or other L2 tech will show only the first and the last points as you travel their network, some will show every city along the way on the trace.
So you should only look at the latency (in ms) alone.
...and this makes me wonder if you maybe have a pastime of going around forums leaving responses that'd be absolutely shockingly retarded on purpose, just to see the reaction. But just in case you were serious, can you confirm, in the above scenario you would choose the one that gives 290ms ping (w/11 hops), over 180ms ping (w/17 hops)?
I second this.
The number of hops can be an indicator for latency but the only important factor is - surprise - latency. A connection with a latency of 50ms and a trillion hops will always be better than one with 150ms and three hops.
Then, going with Latency !
The lower lattency will work better for you, however can you place your trace record from bangladesh to nl? I bet the most hops are cognet or he? Right?
I agree with those who say that latency is more critical than hop count.
If your packets got routed to the moon and then directly to your destination, it would be only two hops, but the ping response time would be roughly 5000 ms. (5 seconds)
(Latency for Mars would be so long that you couldn't establish an ordinary TCP connection without adjusting timeout values. I had not given it much thought before, but I just looked it up. Not surprisingly, our interplanetary rovers and orbiters rely on special network stacks. They can't use ordinary TCP/IP.)
Based in Phnom Penh, just moved a vps/sites from US West Coast to DO Singapore.
Latency/ping from LA was 190ms(SEATTLE 235ms) but now 50 ms from Singapore.
There is no going back.
DIGITAL OCEAN AMS-1:
DIGITAL OCEAN AMS-2:
HostDime NL:
SingleHop NL:
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@Mahfuz_SS_EHL
what I am seeing is that "DIGITAL OCEAN AMS-2" would be better for you. Lower latency and less hops