Netdip.com is now hosted by OneProvider.com
January 28, 2019
OneProvider.com allows you to pick a server from 100 different locations. I noticed that they have a Chicago location with Ubuquity, and I jumped on what looked like a good VPS deal from a company with a good reputation.
I've been using OneProvider for just a couple days now, but the benchmarks look good. My site loads faster, especially with my MySQL heavy scripts.
For example, here is the Unixbench result for the OneProvider.com VPS that this site is now hosted on. BTW, this particular VPS plan has 6 GB RAM (8GB Burst) on OpenVZ, and 6 CPU cores (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz).
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)
System: server1: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-308.el5.028stab099.3 -- #1 SMP Wed Mar 7 15:56:00 MSK 2012
Machine: x86_64 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="ANSI_X3.4-1968", collate="ANSI_X3.4-1968")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.9 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.4 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.5 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 4: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.2 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 5: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.5 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
08:34:17 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.00; runlevel 2
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Benchmark Run: Sat Nov 03 2012 08:34:17 - 09:02:20
6 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 36795520.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4085.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4810.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 798868.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 179221.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1633195.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1222949.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 314181.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 15193.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 7596.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2603.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1158370.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 36795520.8 3153.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4085.0 742.7
Execl Throughput 43.0 4810.2 1118.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 798868.5 2017.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 179221.3 1082.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1633195.4 2815.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1222949.4 983.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 314181.9 785.5
Process Creation 126.0 15193.3 1205.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 7596.4 1791.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2603.0 4338.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1158370.7 772.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1455.0
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Benchmark Run: Sat Nov 03 2012 09:02:20 - 09:30:41
6 CPUs in system; running 6 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 143516034.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 22440.6 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 21081.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 626644.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 169734.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1566519.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 6333194.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 1778704.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 65530.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 29148.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3963.2 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 5704959.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 143516034.3 12297.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 22440.6 4080.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 21081.5 4902.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 626644.9 1582.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 169734.5 1025.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1566519.7 2700.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 6333194.3 5091.0
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 1778704.4 4446.8
Process Creation 126.0 65530.8 5200.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 29148.8 6874.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3963.2 6605.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 5704959.3 3803.3
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System Benchmarks Index Score 4090.2
That's an excellent UnixBench result for what I'm paying.
The network seems really good. Chicago is a great location, especially for North American traffic. It's also very close to my home, so editing my sites is very responsive. With OneProvider, it's easy to switch to another datacenter location if I ever decide to do so.