[ikk157]

Hello everyone!

First off, just like my previous review, I apologize for the lack of formatting. It’s a complete nightmare on mobile.

Today I’ll be writing a review on HostLease’s VPS 3 (not the same as the VPS 3 in the post4vps plans).

And what better way to start off than with some benchmarks:

Terminal

System Info
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Processor: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz
CPU Cores: 4
Frequency: 397.500 MHz
Memory: 1024 MB
Swap: 512 MB
Uptime: 10 min,

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Arch: x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel: 3.10.0-1062.4.2.vz7.116.7
Hostname: {removed by me}


Speedtest (IPv4 only)
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Your public IPv4 is {removed by me}

LocationProviderSpeed
CDNCachefly48.6MB/s

Lenoir, NC, USDacentec12.6MB/s
Dallas, TX, USSoftlayer6.41MB/s
Seattle, WA, USSoftlayer8.90MB/s
San Jose, CA, USSoftlayer5.87MB/s
Washington, DC, USLeaseweb6.42MB/s

Tokyo, JapanLinode2.93MB/s
SingaporeSoftlayer5.47MB/s
TaiwanHinet3.79MB/s

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net31.8MB/s
Haarlem, NetherlandsLeaseweb39.4MB/s


Disk Speed
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I/O (1st run)   : 675 MB/s
I/O (2nd run)   : 604 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 697 MB/s
Average I/O: 658 MB/s or .65 GB/s

(Credits to @"Hidden Refuge" for the benchmarking script)

UnixBench results:

Terminal

  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

  System: {removed by me}: GNU/Linux
  OS: GNU/Linux -- 3.10.0-1062.4.2.vz7.116.7 -- #1 SMP Mon Dec 9 19:36:21 MSK 2019
  Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
  Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="ANSI_X3.4-1968", collate="ANSI_X3.4-1968")
  CPU 0: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz (5199.9 bogomips)
         Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
  CPU 1: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz (5199.9 bogomips)
         Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
  CPU 2: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz (5199.9 bogomips)
         Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
  CPU 3: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz (5199.9 bogomips)
         Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
  01:40:06 up 12:14,  1 user,  load average: 0.16, 0.11, 0.08; runlevel Mar

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Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 28 2020 01:40:06 - 02:08:11
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       29236765.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     3679.6 MWIPS (9.5 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1921.2 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        365444.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           96250.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        900896.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              569752.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 121907.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               4345.5 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   4012.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    581.0 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         356689.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   29236765.1   2505.3
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       3679.6    669.0
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1921.2    446.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     365444.6    922.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      96250.0    581.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     900896.5   1553.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     569752.0    458.0
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     121907.4    304.8
Process Creation                                126.0       4345.5    344.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       4012.8    946.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        581.0    968.3
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     356689.5    237.8
                                                                  ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         657.7

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Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 28 2020 02:08:11 - 02:36:18
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       29480213.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     3672.9 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1873.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        363723.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           97190.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1030002.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              563308.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 115017.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               4922.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   4353.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    532.0 lpm   (60.4 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         362456.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   29480213.4   2526.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       3672.9    667.8
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1873.8    435.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     363723.2    918.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      97190.2    587.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1030002.4   1775.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     563308.2    452.8
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     115017.2    287.5
Process Creation                                126.0       4922.8    390.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       4353.7   1026.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        532.0    886.6
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     362456.6    241.6
                                                                  ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         667.9

Additional information not in the benchmark:

Virtualization technology: OVZ3
Panel: Virtualizor
Host: HostLease

My thoughts on the VPS:

First and foremost, VPS 3 from HostLease is insanely fast! It’s much faster than my VPS9 in pretty much everything! From establishing the ssh connection to running programs, it’s lightening fast!

Also, I really appreciate that it comes with a panel, that way I can do everything myself without having to constantly rely on someone else (which caused some recent unnecessary trouble with VPS9).

In addition, the amount of CPU cores is absolutely astonishing! Definitely a great VPS for CPU demanding tasks!

Furthermore, @Pacific Spirit who is the owner of HostLease is extremely friendly! That plays a vital role in the overall experience of the VPS. He’s always kind and polite, and will never say no to any of your requests!

To conclude, VPS 3 from HostLease is a great VPS, from the it’s great performance, to the overall usage experience. Not to mention that it’s completely free!

Thank you for reading my review. I’m open to any suggestions into making it better.

[chanalku91]

Hello, thank you for a review!

Btw, did you not do a CPU benchmark from this VPS with GeekBench or UnixBench?

[Littlemaster]

Even though it is hard to make review using mobile,it is a great to see you're reviewing the VPS.
I check this section every time before applying for a VPS. Hostlease is good company with reputation. I think I had used their shared service. Their team is great. I think on performance my VPS 1 is better. I will have to review it soon.

[ikk157]

Hello, thank you for a review!

Btw, did you not do a CPU benchmark from this VPS with GeekBench or UnixBench?

Thank you very much for the valuable feedback. I did, in fact, forget to run a CPU benchmark... I’ve gone ahead and ran a UnixBench benchmark on the VPS and I’ve added it to the review.

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Even though it is hard to make review using mobile,it is a great to see you're reviewing the VPS.
I check this section every time before applying for a VPS. Hostlease is good company with reputation. I think I had used their shared service. Their team is great. I think on performance my VPS 1 is better. I will have to review it soon.

Thank you for the great and positive feedback! I greatly appreciate it!

Also, are you referring to VPS 1 from the HostLease plans? Or the VPS 1 from post4vps? (I’m looking forward to reading your review!)

[Sn1F3rt]

Hey @ikk157,

Great review of the HostLease VPS. Just like you I'm also very fond of my VPS 3 from HostLease. The speedtests are awesome, and the disk speed is also amazing. Using it for developing a few scripts and testing them, it's a great service from HostLease who've always been a quality sponsor of Post4VPS.

Sadly, these days I'm having a lot of homework and projects to be done, so I'm not being able to review any of my VPSes. I really want to be writing a review, in fact I've started and saved it as a draft, but a lot of it is pending to be done. Again I must say yours is an amazing review. Good luck on the VPS.

Also, are you referring to VPS 1 from the HostLease plans? Or the VPS 1 from post4vps? (I’m looking forward to reading your review!)

Most probably he's referring to the one from Post4VPS as I see he's a VPS 1 holder of this forum.

Regards,

[tryp4vps]

Nice review for a HostLease VPS.

By the way is it really a normal VPS 3 plan? Because my VPS 3 has only 768MB RAM and 2 CPU cores. No idea why the specs do not match.

[Pacific Spirit]

Nice review for a HostLease VPS.

By the way is it really a normal VPS 3 plan? Because my VPS 3 has only 768MB RAM and 2 CPU cores. No idea why the specs do not match.

I guess that he misspelled. Because these are VPS 4 specs instead of VPS 3. But to be honest, this is a good option with the VPS. You can perform anything..

[ikk157]

@Pacific Spirit informed me that he, just a few hours back, upgraded all VPS plans to 1Gbps networking. So I re-ran @"Hidden Refuge"’s benchmarking script and put in the new results in the review.

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Hey @ikk157,

Great review of the HostLease VPS. Just like you I'm also very fond of my VPS 3 from HostLease. The speedtests are awesome, and the disk speed is also amazing. Using it for developing a few scripts and testing them, it's a great service from HostLease who've always been a quality sponsor of Post4VPS.

Sadly, these days I'm having a lot of homework and projects to be done, so I'm not being able to review any of my VPSes. I really want to be writing a review, in fact I've started and saved it as a draft, but a lot of it is pending to be done. Again I must say yours is an amazing review. Good luck on the VPS.

Most probably he's referring to the one from Post4VPS as I see he's a VPS 1 holder of this forum.

Regards,

Thank you very much for the awesome feedback! I’ll be looking forward to reading your review. No pressure! Take your time!

I was also thinking that it would most likely be VPS 1 from post4vps that he was referring to.

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@tryp4vps and @"Monolithic Studios" it’s still VPS 3, however with a minor difference. I was having issues with exceeding the default RAM allotment for VPS 3, but @Pacific Spirit was so nice he ended up giving me additional RAM and CPU cores. However, everything else is still the same as the VPS 3 plan, so it’s not exactly VPS 4. Just a “fancier” VPS 3. This is one of the reasons why I mentioned the great user experience in my review.

[LightDestory]

Very nice review
I agree regarding the mobile aspect, I tried few times writing something with my smartphone, but I failed everytime, luckily my Samsung comes with a Desktop mode so getting a portable keyboard e find a screen somewhere isn't so hard where I am so I fixed like that.

Regarding this fancy VPS3: IO Speeds, CPU cores and network speed are very nice, be sure to get the best from it!

[tryp4vps]

@tryp4vps and @"Monolithic Studios" it’s still VPS 3, however with a minor difference. I was having issues with exceeding the default RAM allotment for VPS 3, but @Pacific Spirit was so nice he ended up giving me additional RAM and CPU cores.......

I see ..... what a great offer for you.

I mean you not only get a better spec, but also because it is still a "VPS 3 plan" so that you should only require to make 20 posts per month for keeping it. Congrats.