[RickB]

VPS Hosting, VPS 6 review from Post4VPS.com

Introduction

During the latest giveaway at Post4VPS.com, Dynamo gave me an VPS from package VPS6. The specs are quite good, not all are that good, but it's workable.

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Specifications-

Disk Space 80 GB
RAM: 4 GB RAM
IP Addresses: 1x IPv4
Virtualization: KVM
Monthly Traffic: unlimited
Location:  Canada
Control Panel: Post4VPS Panel
Connection: 100 MBit/s
Provided by: VPS-Hosting.ca
Terms: TOS
Requirements: Backlinks to VPS-Hosting.ca and Post4VPS are required.




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Benchmarks
 
FreeVPS Benchmark Script V2 made by Hidden Refuge

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System Info
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Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5335  @ 2.00GHz
CPU Cores       : 4
Frequency       : 2000.071 MHz
Memory          : 3953 MB
Swap            : 953 MB
Uptime          : 14 days, 1:17,

OS              : Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel          : 3.13.0-32-generic
Hostname        : XXXX


Speedtest (IPv4 only)
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Your public IPv4 is 104.233.XXX.XXX

Location                Provider        Speed
CDN                     Cachefly        11.0MB/s

Atlanta, GA, US         Coloat          806KB/s
Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       1.15MB/s
Seattle, WA, US         Softlayer       1.38MB/s
San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       1.31MB/s
Washington, DC, US      Softlayer       3.04MB/s

Tokyo, Japan            Linode          1.22MB/s
Singapore               Softlayer       358KB/s

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         300KB/s
Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        2.36MB/s


Disk Speed
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I/O (1st run)   : 94.1 MB/s
I/O (2nd run)   : 95.9 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 98.1 MB/s
Average I/O     : 96.0333 MB/s

These disk speeds are rather impressive, really compared to the shitty I/O over at it's brother: CAC. The network speeds are rather low, but I didn't expect it to be that high due to the fact that it utilises the same network as CAC.

Speedtest.net

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Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from KW Datacentre (104.233.XXX.XXX)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Hostamia Inc. (Kitchener, ON) [0.79 km]: 16.855 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 76.51 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 67.69 Mbit/s
Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/5577741822.png

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I/O Speed

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Disk Speed
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I/O (1st run)   : 94.1 MB/s
I/O (2nd run)   : 95.9 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 98.1 MB/s
Average I/O     : 96.0333 MB/s

Yup, those speeds are rather good...

Control Panel

Unfortunately there's no control panel (yet).

Suggestions

Improve the network.

Final Ratings
Final Rating 7,5/10


Special thanks to TrK, since I used his review as a "template" for mine.