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  • UK-VPS.co – Xen Two Unixbench

    11:11 am on February 10, 2011 | 1 | # |

    Product Details

    • Provider – UK-VPS
    • Purchase Link – HERE
    • £20 Per Month

    Product Specification

    • Xen Paravirtualization
    • 1 CPU Core
    • 752MB RAM
    • 40GB HDD
    • 1000GB Bandwidth
    • CentOS 5 x64
    • IP: 109.123.119.226

    Unix Bench – Full Results

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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

System: test: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.11.4.el5xen -- #1 SMP Tue Sep 21 06:28:04 EDT 2010
Machine: i686 (i386)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5506 @ 2.13GHz (5335.5 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext, Intel virtualization
05:37:31 up  9:34,  1 user,  load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.03; runlevel 3

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Benchmark Run: Thu Feb 10 2011 05:37:31 - 06:05:24
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables        9938393.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     1957.7 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1978.9 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        345498.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           96476.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        848980.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              598635.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  99549.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3659.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3189.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    441.2 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         492952.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0    9938393.3    851.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       1957.7    356.0
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1978.9    460.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     345498.3    872.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      96476.5    582.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     848980.0   1463.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     598635.8    481.2
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      99549.5    248.9
Process Creation                                126.0       3659.3    290.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3189.4    752.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        441.2    735.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     492952.8    328.6
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         543.0

    HTTP Download

    2011-02-10 06:06:59 (45.0 MB/s) - `CentOS-5.5-x86_64-LiveCD.iso' saved [728184832/728184832]

    This equates to 360mbit per second of bandwidth throughput.

    Summary

    If you’ve seen our other benchmarks of VPS.NET and VPS247.com, you should find that these offer a improvement on their results.

     

  • VPS.NET – New SAN – 1 Node Unixbench

    9:26 am on September 17, 2010 | 0 | # |

    So, we are re-testing VPS.NET in their London e (LON-E) facility to test the performance of the new SAN systems that they have in place.

    Product Details

    • Provider – VPS.NET
    • Purchase Link – HERE
    • £15.00 Per Month

    Product Specification

    • Xen Paravirtualization
    • 0.6GHz CPU
    • 256MB RAM
    • 10GB HDD
    • 250GB Bandwidth
    • CentOS 5 x64
    • IP: 109.123.107.62

    Unix Bench – Full Results

    ========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

System: unixbench.vps247.net: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5xen -- #1 SMP Thu May 13 13:49:53 EDT 2010
Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz (5006.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz (5006.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
06:26:09 up 2 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.32, 0.10, 0.02; runlevel 3

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Benchmark Run: Fri Sep 17 2010 01:42:13 - 02:10:05
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       12100590.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2376.8 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1287.4 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        166957.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           43298.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        516963.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              244000.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  70013.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3030.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   2917.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    574.8 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         216019.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   12100590.0   1036.9
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2376.8    432.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1287.4    299.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     166957.5    421.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      43298.9    261.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     516963.1    891.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     244000.7    196.1
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      70013.5    175.0
Process Creation                                126.0       3030.3    240.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       2917.7    688.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        574.8    957.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     216019.2    144.0
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         384.2

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Benchmark Run: Fri Sep 17 2010 02:10:15 - 02:38:12
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       24230570.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     4797.4 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               2331.2 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        148536.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           38981.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        468930.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              478866.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 136801.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               5643.9 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   4187.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    615.5 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         398597.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   24230570.7   2076.3
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       4797.4    872.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       2331.2    542.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     148536.4    375.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      38981.2    235.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     468930.9    808.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     478866.1    384.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     136801.2    342.0
Process Creation                                126.0       5643.9    447.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       4187.2    987.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        615.5   1025.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     398597.8    265.7
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         567.4

    HTTP Download

    2010-09-17 06:16:00 (9.20 MB/s) - `CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso' saved [653668352/653668352]

    This equates to 74mbit per second of bandwidth throughput.

    Overall

    So, the results did come back with a 20% improvement on the last unixbench that was run on their systems. However, these improvements were not built arond the File Copy tests, which shows no improvement, performance wise from their SANs. It is still good news that they are now more resilient and redundant though.

    For the money and performance of service, I’m still going to recommend VPS247.com. I have dealt with both support teams on a few queries since starting these tests and both resolved the issues within the hour, but both had their minor points, but that could be a little bit of me being. Take a look at VPS247.com (See their results).

     

  • VPS.NET – Xen – 1 Node Unixbench

    11:31 am on August 26, 2010 | 1 | # |

    Product Details

    • Provider – VPS.NET
    • Purchase Link – HERE
    • £15.00 Per Month

    Product Specification

    • Xen Paravirtualization
    • 0.6GHz CPU
    • 256MB RAM
    • 10GB HDD
    • 250GB Bandwidth
    • CentOS 5 x64
    • IP: 109.123.70.164

    Unix Bench – Full Results

    ========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

System: unixbench.vps247.net: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5xen -- #1 SMP Thu May 13 13:49:53 EDT 2010
Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz (5006.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz (5006.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
06:26:09 up 2 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.12, 0.06, 0.02; runlevel 3

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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 26 2010 06:26:09 - 06:54:05
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables        9254338.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     1859.6 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1067.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        161775.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           42647.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        496363.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              237931.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  64998.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               2500.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   2315.0 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    453.0 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         196229.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0    9254338.9    793.0
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       1859.6    338.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1067.0    248.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     161775.2    408.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      42647.3    257.7
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     496363.3    855.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     237931.6    191.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      64998.4    162.5
Process Creation                                126.0       2500.3    198.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       2315.0    546.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        453.0    755.1
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     196229.4    130.8
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         334.9

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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 26 2010 06:54:05 - 07:22:04
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       19740464.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     3885.5 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1798.9 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        148055.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           37569.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        478553.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              496228.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 132512.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3584.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3269.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    472.7 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         384735.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   19740464.3   1691.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       3885.5    706.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1798.9    418.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     148055.9    373.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      37569.9    227.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     478553.9    825.1
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     496228.1    398.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     132512.2    331.3
Process Creation                                126.0       3584.0    284.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3269.9    771.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        472.7    787.8
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     384735.6    256.5
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         492.8

    HTTP Download

    2010-08-26 07:24:57 (8.69 MB/s) - `CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso' saved [653668352/653668352]

    This equates to 76mbit per second of bandwidth throughput.

    Overall

    VPS.NET were the first on the market with the Cloud features and built on XEN and ON-APP. I believe this is a similar infrastructure to that of VPS247.com as I got the exact same errors at the exact same point on VPS creation. Both on the same day of updates. The VPS.NET control panel is the best I have seen to date, very clear and feature rich. The price puts it into the realms of business users expecting to pay more for a better service. (Not always true!)

    I’m sorry to say the results aren’t good. The limiting of CPU resources so much has strangled the possibilities on Unixbench, and the FileCopy Tests show a poor I/O & HDD Speeds. I’m guessing their SAN’s are slightly more loaded that is essential, or just not quite quick enough.

    The same can be said for the HTTP download. It’s not the slowest we’ve seen on these tests, but its certainly close. So, worth the money? No, go elsewhere. For a Xen Paravirtualization system with a similar setup, look at VPS247.com (See their results).

     

  • ThrustVPS.com – OpenVZ Aquatic Unixbench

    12:12 am on August 26, 2010 | 0 | # |

    Product Details

    Product Specification

    • OpenVZ
    • 4 CPU Cores
    • 512MB RAM
    • 15GB HDD
    • 1TB Bandwidth
    • CentOS 5 x64
    • IP: 109.169.41.25

    Unix Bench – Full Results

    ========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

System: unixbench.thrustvps.com: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.028stab069.5 -- #1 SMP Tue May 18 17:48:31 MSD 2010
Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4788.1 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4788.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4787.9 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4788.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
03:11:32 up 9 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.26, 0.12, 0.03; runlevel 3

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 26 2010 03:11:32 - 03:40:28
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       12750498.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2528.6 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3203.9 lps   (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        459719.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          131432.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1037403.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              938426.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  30038.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               8832.9 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   4623.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1430.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         820987.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   12750498.5   1092.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2528.6    459.8
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3203.9    745.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     459719.9   1160.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     131432.0    794.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1037403.0   1788.6
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     938426.9    754.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      30038.3     75.1
Process Creation                                126.0       8832.9    701.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       4623.9   1090.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1430.8   2384.6
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     820987.5    547.3
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         756.1

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 26 2010 03:40:28 - 04:10:28
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       45419784.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    10307.7 MWIPS (9.3 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               6766.4 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        454337.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          121684.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1058368.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             3402905.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 993897.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              26503.7 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  11128.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1851.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        2776603.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   45419784.8   3892.0
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      10307.7   1874.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       6766.4   1573.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     454337.9   1147.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     121684.4    735.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1058368.4   1824.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    3402905.9   2735.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     993897.6   2484.7
Process Creation                                126.0      26503.7   2103.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      11128.1   2624.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1851.2   3085.4
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    2776603.4   1851.1
========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1986.9

    HTTP Download

    2010-08-26 04:12:57 (5.96 MB/s) - `CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso' saved [653668352/653668352]

    This equates to 48mbit per second of bandwidth throughput.

    Overall

    I was very happy to see access to all four cores of the CPU, which greatly helps the Unixbench performance on the Multi-CPU test. Although it’s not the strongest performance we’ve had on a Single CPU test it is the best Benchmark when weighed against value for money.

    However, the big issue was network speed. I was very shocked to only get 5.96MB/s on the download, some 6 times slower than the likes of Switchlink and VPS247 tested earlier.

     

  • VPS247.com – Xen 1 Node Unixbench

    10:12 pm on August 25, 2010 | 1 | # |

    Product Details

    • Provider – VPS247
    • Purchase Link – HERE
    • £5.00 Per Month

    Product Specification

    • Xen Paravirtualization
    • 1 CPU Core
    • 256MB RAM
    • 8GB HDD
    • 250GB Bandwidth
    • CentOS 5 x64
    • IP: 89.238.176.29

    Unix Bench – Full Results

    ========================================================================
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

System: unixbench.vps247.com: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5xen -- #1 SMP Tue Aug 10 19:41:55 EDT 2010
Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5506 @ 2.13GHz (5322.2 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
22:42:54 up 8 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.15, 0.11, 0.04; runlevel 3

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Benchmark Run: Wed Aug 25 2010 22:42:54 - 23:10:49
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       12300350.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2413.0 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1425.2 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        207743.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           56492.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        586554.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              321387.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  87145.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3143.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   2574.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    353.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         378518.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   12300350.4   1054.0
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2413.0    438.7
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1425.2    331.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     207743.0    524.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      56492.5    341.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     586554.4   1011.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     321387.1    258.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      87145.5    217.9
Process Creation                                126.0       3143.4    249.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       2574.9    607.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        353.8    589.6
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     378518.2    252.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         425.5

    HTTP Download

    2010-08-25 22:40:41 (24.1 MB/s) - `CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso.1' saved [653668352/653668352]

    This equates to 192mbit per second of bandwidth throughput.

    Overall

    VPS247.com are new to the Virtual Server market, however VPS247 is part of the M247 group which is no stranger to hosting with brands such as Icecolo, UK Game and Openhosting. So I was somewhat looking forward to testing their VPS product, hoping for a good showing following the investment and the public Beta testing.

    Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. The Unixbench score is rather poor in comparison to other results we have on the site. It isn’t a particular test that fails them, its generally a low performance across the board.

    I was happy to see that their download speeds showed a better than performance.

     

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