The difference between Tencent Cloud standard SA2 server and Alibaba Cloud ECS shared n4 server and how to select them?

Tencent Cloud Standard SA2 Servers and Alibaba Cloud ECS shared n4 What's the difference? How to choose between the two? Tencent Cloud SA2 belongs to the self-developed Xingxinghai server technology, and Alibaba Cloud shared n4 belongs to the previous generation server technology. Lao Wei explains these two servers in detail.

Tencent Cloud Xingxinghai SA2 server

Based on the self developed cloud server of "Xingxinghai", a new generation of cloud server model independently developed in software and hardware. It is characterized by using Tencent Cloud to customize the AMD CPU, with the main frequency up to 3.3GHz, 100% CPU performance, and providing an ultra large single core L3 Cache.

Features of Tencent Cloud Xingxinghai SA2 ECS

Computing: customize AMD CPU based on Tencent Cloud, with the frequency up to 3.3GHz, and provide super large single core L3 Cache;
Network: the maximum intranet transceiver capacity is 7.5 million pps, and the maximum intranet bandwidth can support 25 Gbps;
Storage: provide flexible, economical and easy to use data storage devices of various types;
Specification: It supports the freely selected configuration of a single ECS from 1 core to 180 cores.

Tencent Cloud Xingxinghai SA2 ECS support scenario
Enterprise website/applet/APP, database and cache server, video processing/offline rendering, and other kinds of scenes.

The comprehensive performance is more than 35% higher than that of the previous generation server, and the cost is reduced by 40%. Interested in learning more Tencent Cloud Xingxinghai SA2 ECS 。

Alibaba Cloud ECS shared n4 server

It is one of Alibaba Cloud's previous generation shared servers.

Processor: Intel ® Xeon ® E5-2682 v4 (Broadwell), 2.5 GHz.
Usage scenarios: websites and web applications, development environment, build server, code repository, microservices, testing and staging environment, and lightweight enterprise applications.
Reference for more information ECS>Instance Type Family

Differences between Xingxinghai SA2 and shared n4

CPU processor: Xingxinghai SA2 is far superior to shared n4 in terms of comprehensive performance and higher frequency.

The same is true for network performance. Xingxinghai SA2 is far better than shared n4.

After Lao Wei's detailed search, the shared n4 can no longer be seen on the activity page on Alibaba Cloud's website. Currently, the shared S6 is the main recommendation.

Price of Xingxinghai SA2 and shared n4

The price list of Xingxinghai SA2 is as follows:

Supported regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing

There is no activity for shared n4 at present. This model is available through Click me directly Alibaba Cloud and Cloud Xiaozhan share S6 instead.

From the price, the Star Sea SA2 is also cheaper than the shared n4 and S6.

How to choose Xingxinghai SA2 and shared n4

Shared n4 is a previous generation server. Alibaba Cloud's official promotion efforts are also gradually stepping down to give way to shared S6 servers. The common feature of both N4 and S6 is that they are shared servers, and their performance is limited.

The Xingxinghai SA2 is a popular model pushed by Tencent Cloud. The AMD server has strong performance and low price. 100% CPU performance without any limitation.

In general, Lao Wei still recommends Xingxinghai SA2 server, which has high cost performance and stronger comprehensive performance. Interested in learning more Tencent Cloud Xingxinghai SA2 ECS 。