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XeniaHosting [IT] benchmark and review
I very recently purchased a @XeniaHosting VPS (the smallest one) in Italy. They caught my attention by mentioning 25 Gb/s bandwidth / adapter, besides I'd like to have a decent yet cheap-ish VPS in Italy anyway.
Once I had it running I of course started benchmarking it. What you see is based on 35+ runs.
Note: the server and probably the node have been rebooted (by them) during the first days.
System info, processor and memory first
Version 2.5.0a, (c) 2018+ jsg (->lowendtalk.com)
Machine: amd64, Arch.: amd64, Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8173M CPU @ 2.00GHz
OS, version: FreeBSD 14.3, Mem.: 2.477 GB
CPU - Cores: 2, Family/Model/Stepping: 6/85/4
Cache: 32K/32K L1d/L1i, 1024K L2, 38M L3
Std. Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 cflsh mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss sse3 pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16
pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline aes xsave
osxsave avx f16c rdrnd hypervisor
Ext. Flags: fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx pat
pse36 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha umip pku ospke syscall nx
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm lahf_lm lzcnt
AES? Yes
InNested Virt.? Yes
HW RNG? Yes
ProcMem SC [MB/s]: avg 154.1 - min 59.2 (38.4 %), max 253.3 (164.3 %)
ProcMem MA [MB/s]: avg 455.6 - min 392.0 (86.0 %), max 492.4 (108.1 %)
ProcMem MB [MB/s]: avg 460.3 - min 435.7 (94.7 %), max 485.1 (105.4 %)
ProcMem AES [MB/s]: avg 912.3 - min 884.2 (96.9 %), max 941.6 (103.2 %)
ProcMem RSA [kp/s]: avg 64.1 - min 59.2 (92.5 %), max 69.4 (108.3 %)
'Platinum' sounds good, but alas, the single core performance is at E5v4 level, meeh. Multi-threaded performance is decent though, and the AES (hw accelerated) is half-way decent as well, RSA not so much though.
On to the 10 GB disk
--- Disk 4 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 4.34 - min 2.24 (51.6%), max 5.99 (138.0%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 3.96 - min 2.83 (71.5%), max 5.27 (133.1%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 9.13 - min 6.64 (72.7%), max 12.19 (133.5%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 8.29 - min 5.91 (71.3%), max 10.92 (131.7%)
--- Disk 4 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 4.25 - min 2.88 (67.8%), max 5.82 (137.1%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 3.95 - min 2.83 (71.7%), max 5.28 (133.8%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 9.23 - min 6.91 (74.9%), max 11.61 (125.8%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 8.38 - min 5.60 (66.9%), max 10.82 (129.2%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 40.77 - min 27.95 (68.6%), max 54.61 (133.9%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 38.96 - min 27.38 (70.3%), max 52.27 (134.1%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 692.56 - min 452.77 (65.4%), max 961.02 (138.8%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 110.08 - min 69.33 (63.0%), max 146.00 (132.6%)
--- Disk 64 KB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 5.80 - min 4.68 (80.7%), max 6.66 (114.9%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 3.47 - min 2.71 (78.1%), max 3.86 (111.3%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 660.43 - min 467.96 (70.9%), max 912.42 (138.2%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 101.70 - min 73.06 (71.8%), max 133.65 (131.4%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Buffered ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 58.26 - min 38.91 (66.8%), max 81.33 (139.6%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 115.06 - min 70.27 (61.1%), max 164.12 (142.6%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 1294.48 - min 1024.99 (79.2%), max 1737.85 (134.3%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 356.02 - min 258.28 (72.5%), max 465.05 (130.6%)
--- Disk 1 MB - Sync/Direct ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 22.58 - min 18.06 (80.0%), max 26.85 (118.9%)
Write rnd. [MB/s]: avg 22.83 - min 19.65 (86.1%), max 33.86 (148.3%)
Read seq. [MB/s]: avg 1309.01 - min 895.33 (68.4%), max 1783.87 (136.3%)
Read rnd. [MB/s]: avg 574.19 - min 434.50 (75.7%), max 738.21 (128.6%)
--- Disk IOps (Sync/Direct) ---
Write seq. [MB/s]: avg 28.82 - min 26.31 (91.3%), max 32.12 (111.5%)
IOps : avg 7377.19 - min 6735.68 (91.3%), max 8223.34 (111.5%)
Hmm, also half-cooked, not bad but neither clearly good. Acceptably decent probably is the right wording I guess.
Now the interesting part, the 25 Gb/s based connectivity ...
--- Europe ---
NO OSL mirror.terrahost.no [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 347.6 - min 317.5 (91.3%), max 377.3 (108.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 31.3 - min 30.1 (96.3%), max 34.1 (109.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 93.2 - min 30.2 (32.4%), max 155.3 (166.7%)
UK KNT www.mirrorservice.org [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 370.0 - min 150.3 (40.6%), max 424.4 (114.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 26.1 - min 25.8 (98.9%), max 27.1 (103.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 83.4 - min 40.8 (48.9%), max 255.4 (306.3%)
NL AMS nl.mirrors.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 669.4 - min 384.2 (57.4%), max 728.5 (108.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 15.0 - min 14.9 (99.2%), max 15.2 (101.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 26.4 - min 14.9 (56.4%), max 233.3 (882.8%)
DE FRA fra.lg.core-backbone.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 1092.3 - min 1057.8 (96.8%), max 1123.6 (102.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 9.7 - min 9.5 (97.8%), max 11.3 (116.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 9.8 - min 9.6 (97.8%), max 12.3 (125.3%)
FR PAR mirror.in2p3.fr [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 772.5 - min 682.6 (88.4%), max 804.2 (104.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 13.8 - min 13.6 (98.8%), max 14.0 (101.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 35.1 - min 21.5 (61.2%), max 75.4 (214.8%)
CH GEN pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 1174.5 - min 1139.5 (97.0%), max 1212.8 (103.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 8.9 - min 8.7 (98.2%), max 9.3 (104.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 15.2 - min 9.2 (60.4%), max 24.9 (163.6%)
IT ROM archlinux.mirror.garr.it [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 720.6 - min 590.0 (81.9%), max 1160.5 (161.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 14.9 - min 8.8 (59.0%), max 17.9 (120.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 22.3 - min 10.3 (46.2%), max 193.1 (865.8%)
ES MAD mirror.raiolanetworks.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 424.1 - min 413.4 (97.5%), max 429.2 (101.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 25.5 - min 25.4 (99.6%), max 25.7 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 27.3 - min 26.3 (96.3%), max 29.2 (106.9%)
RO BUC mirrors.hosterion.ro [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 354.3 - min 351.4 (99.2%), max 357.7 (100.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 30.7 - min 30.6 (99.6%), max 31.0 (100.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 31.1 - min 30.7 (98.9%), max 31.9 (102.7%)
GR ATH ftp.otenet.gr [F: 2]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 223.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 250.9 (112.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 41.4 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 62.6 (151.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 49.5 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 106.2 (214.5%)
RU MOS speedtest.hostkey.ru [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 203.4 - min 24.9 (12.2%), max 231.7 (113.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 48.3 - min 46.0 (95.3%), max 48.9 (101.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 62.3 - min 48.6 (78.0%), max 71.2 (114.3%)
--- Asia/Oceania ---
RU SIB mirror.truenetwork.ru [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 107.5 - min 22.7 (21.2%), max 125.0 (116.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 93.0 - min 89.7 (96.4%), max 96.0 (103.2%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 113.5 - min 90.0 (79.3%), max 209.2 (184.4%)
SA RIY mirror.maeen.sa [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 127.0 - min 123.5 (97.2%), max 128.6 (101.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 87.7 - min 86.3 (98.5%), max 90.6 (103.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 90.2 - min 88.1 (97.6%), max 99.6 (110.4%)
IR - all FAIL
DL [Mb/s]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 0.0 (0.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (-nan%), max 0.0 (-nan%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 0.0 - min 0.0 (-nan%), max 0.0 (-nan%)
IN MUM mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 66.1 - min 41.7 (63.1%), max 73.5 (111.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 183.8 - min 176.0 (95.8%), max 203.4 (110.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 190.0 - min 176.0 (92.6%), max 383.1 (201.6%)
IN DEL mirror.del2.albony.in [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 66.6 - min 39.8 (59.8%), max 78.9 (118.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 164.8 - min 151.3 (91.8%), max 313.7 (190.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 165.4 - min 151.3 (91.5%), max 313.7 (189.6%)
SG SGP mirror.sg.gs [F: 1]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 74.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 78.2 (105.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 145.7 - min 144.1 (98.9%), max 146.1 (100.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 202.4 - min 144.2 (71.3%), max 290.1 (143.3%)
CN HKG mirrors.xtom.hk [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 58.1 - min 54.5 (93.9%), max 61.2 (105.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 186.1 - min 185.8 (99.9%), max 186.7 (100.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 198.6 - min 186.0 (93.6%), max 222.5 (112.0%)
CN NIT_NAY mirror.nyist.edu.cn [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 42.0 - min 29.7 (70.7%), max 58.1 (138.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 246.2 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 279.2 (113.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 267.3 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 294.7 (110.3%)
CN BFSU_BEJ mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn [F: 2]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 58.3 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 69.5 (119.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 159.5 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 199.3 (124.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 161.3 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 208.3 (129.2%)
CN ISCAS_Bejing fast-mirror.isrc.ac.cn [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 50.7 - min 39.5 (77.9%), max 53.1 (104.8%)
Ping [ms]: avg 213.8 - min 213.6 (99.9%), max 214.1 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 219.2 - min 213.6 (97.4%), max 230.6 (105.2%)
MY Putrajaya mirrors.gbnetwork.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 74.0 - min 71.8 (97.0%), max 77.4 (104.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 151.2 - min 149.8 (99.1%), max 153.6 (101.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 151.3 - min 149.8 (99.0%), max 153.6 (101.5%)
KH PNP mirror.sabay.com.kh [F: 1]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 49.4 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 62.3 (126.1%)
Ping [ms]: avg 179.2 - min 178.0 (99.3%), max 181.0 (101.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 205.2 - min 178.6 (87.1%), max 336.0 (163.8%)
JP TOK ftp.udx.icscoe.jp [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 45.5 - min 43.6 (96.0%), max 47.5 (104.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 239.7 - min 234.3 (97.7%), max 241.2 (100.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 379.3 - min 234.3 (61.8%), max 552.3 (145.6%)
AU SYD mirror.internet.asn.au [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 47.6 - min 45.7 (96.1%), max 48.5 (102.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 239.5 - min 237.7 (99.2%), max 290.8 (121.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 242.7 - min 237.8 (98.0%), max 290.8 (119.8%)
NZ UNK mirror.fsmg.org.nz [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 40.7 - min 36.0 (88.6%), max 41.5 (102.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 273.7 - min 273.4 (99.9%), max 276.0 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 428.3 - min 273.5 (63.9%), max 1444.7 (337.3%)
--- Africa ---
ZA JOB mirror.datakeepers.co.za [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 57.2 - min 31.4 (55.0%), max 60.9 (106.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 188.1 - min 184.4 (98.0%), max 245.1 (130.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 208.0 - min 185.1 (89.0%), max 370.1 (177.9%)
KE NAI mirror.liquidtelecom.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 80.9 - min 73.7 (91.1%), max 84.5 (104.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 133.9 - min 133.7 (99.9%), max 134.4 (100.4%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 142.1 - min 133.7 (94.1%), max 173.1 (121.8%)
MU POL archlinux-mirror.cloud.mu [F: 3]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 35.1 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 52.1 (148.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 208.8 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 231.0 (110.6%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 213.0 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 256.5 (120.4%)
--- Americas ---
CA MTL speedtest.mtl2.ca.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 107.5 - min 69.6 (64.8%), max 109.7 (102.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 101.9 - min 101.7 (99.8%), max 102.7 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 107.9 - min 101.7 (94.3%), max 208.9 (193.6%)
CA ONT mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 96.7 - min 69.0 (71.4%), max 103.9 (107.4%)
Ping [ms]: avg 109.9 - min 109.6 (99.7%), max 110.8 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 141.0 - min 114.9 (81.5%), max 232.9 (165.1%)
US NYC nyc.mirrors.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 121.4 - min 83.8 (69.0%), max 125.3 (103.2%)
Ping [ms]: avg 88.8 - min 88.6 (99.8%), max 89.2 (100.5%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 109.3 - min 88.6 (81.1%), max 397.0 (363.3%)
US ASH ash.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 108.4 - min 41.6 (38.4%), max 117.9 (108.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 104.2 - min 103.9 (99.8%), max 105.1 (100.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 110.6 - min 103.9 (94.0%), max 247.1 (223.5%)
US PIB mirror.pit.teraswitch.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 111.5 - min 101.1 (90.7%), max 114.5 (102.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 99.1 - min 98.4 (99.3%), max 103.8 (104.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 102.8 - min 98.4 (95.7%), max 108.5 (105.5%)
US MIA speedtest.mia11.us.leaseweb.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 94.4 - min 91.5 (96.9%), max 96.0 (101.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 117.7 - min 116.8 (99.3%), max 130.3 (110.7%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 118.2 - min 116.9 (98.9%), max 130.9 (110.7%)
US CHI mirrors.gigenet.com [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 104.1 - min 101.5 (97.5%), max 106.5 (102.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 107.2 - min 107.0 (99.8%), max 108.1 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 128.2 - min 107.0 (83.4%), max 221.8 (173.0%)
US ATL atl.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 93.0 - min 30.1 (32.4%), max 107.8 (115.9%)
Ping [ms]: avg 103.5 - min 103.2 (99.7%), max 105.6 (102.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 131.5 - min 103.2 (78.5%), max 241.7 (183.8%)
US PHO phx.speedtest.clouvider.net [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 79.3 - min 78.9 (99.4%), max 79.8 (100.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 140.2 - min 140.1 (99.9%), max 140.6 (100.3%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 146.1 - min 140.2 (96.0%), max 326.6 (223.6%)
US PTL mirrors.cat.pdx.edu [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 75.8 - min 74.4 (98.1%), max 77.3 (102.0%)
Ping [ms]: avg 148.8 - min 148.4 (99.8%), max 151.8 (102.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 151.2 - min 148.7 (98.3%), max 153.6 (101.6%)
US LAX mirror.alma.lax1.serverforge.org [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 74.5 - min 49.4 (66.3%), max 78.4 (105.3%)
Ping [ms]: avg 145.1 - min 143.8 (99.1%), max 156.7 (108.0%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 155.7 - min 147.0 (94.4%), max 294.3 (189.0%)
US SJO mirrors.xtom.us [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 70.4 - min 68.0 (96.7%), max 72.1 (102.5%)
Ping [ms]: avg 157.7 - min 155.5 (98.6%), max 157.9 (100.1%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 158.2 - min 157.7 (99.7%), max 168.3 (106.4%)
US SEA speedtest.sea11.us.leaseweb.net [F: 9]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 50.7 - min 0.0 (0.0%), max 72.9 (143.7%)
Ping [ms]: avg 160.9 - min 159.0 (98.8%), max 162.1 (100.8%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 166.5 - min 159.0 (95.5%), max 367.3 (220.5%)
BR SPA mirrors.ic.unicamp.br [F: 0]
DL [Mb/s]: avg 48.7 - min 43.8 (89.9%), max 50.0 (102.6%)
Ping [ms]: avg 229.7 - min 226.5 (98.6%), max 254.7 (110.9%)
Web ping [ms]: avg 237.6 - min 226.5 (95.3%), max 518.6 (218.3%)
Europe - Well, clearly not 25 Gb/s level, more like 2 Gb/s or max. 5 Gb/s level, how disappointing! On the other hand though, quite decent results, not really great but decent.
Asia Oceania - I included my Asia target set due to the "25 Gb/s" adapter. But actually the results aren't great, not bad, but still largely just average.
Africa - also in the nowadays average range.
Americas - somewhat better with about or often even above 100 Mb/s, but (understandably) lower towards the West-Coast with more like in the 70ies. Brazil also in the average range.
Summary/verdict: I take the 25 Gb/s to basically be just a PR stunt. Nothing on that VPS is great, it's just a bog standard VPS in every regard. BUT: it's also kind of cheap at about €2.30/mo. And one gets a generous 10 TB/mo traffic volume.
The two main things keeping me away from keeping it (beyond the single month I paid) are:
(a) How to take seriously a provider mentioning 25 Gb/s but actually delivering just upper middle class connectivity at best?
And (b) No yearly - and rebated - deals. Offer me this thingy for €20 to €25/year, recurring, and I might bite, but the ridiculously small drive still would make me think twice.
Not recommended but also not recommending against it, because EU and to a degree NA connectivity is OK although far, far away from 25 Gb/s.
Thanked by 1aditya_kr
Comments
seeing a new jsg review made me hard ngl
I think you are kind of dumb and have no clue how networks work. On top of the advertised 25 Gbps, it says fair-share, which clearly suggests you won't get the full channel width. And that's not to mention plenty of other technical details you should be aware of before posting a review. Your review is garbage.
Of course the node's bandwidth is shared - but that's also true for other providers, some of whom achieve way better connectivity with "only" 10 Gb/s.
Also, please have the decency to not publish your soliloquy but keep it private. I'm not at all interested in your self-evaluation.
I think his main point was that you only have a download test (you're testing the speedtest site), not an upload test and to only a single host at a time. That's not how anyone would ever test a 25Gbps port.