Alibaba Cloud Server 1 Core/2GB/10% CPU Performance Scheme Testing and Selection Comments

Alibaba Cloud really only cares for newcomers during this year's Double 11 activities and gives them a large discount, for example, the price of ECS is as low as 99 yuan. However, the configuration is also relatively low. Although the memory is 2GB, the CPU benchmark is 10%. It may not matter for ordinary personal websites, but it is embarrassing for users who may have large websites. There was an article by Lao Zuo before“ Check and compare the Double 11 activities between Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, which one is worth buying, which one has a deep routine "The article also mentioned the configuration comparison. If we have a certain budget and the project may improve, it is recommended to purchase a 1M bandwidth scheme with 100% CPU performance, or a 5M bandwidth scheme with 8GB memory.

It is not clear whether there is any benefit discount for regular users when approaching the activities on the day of the Double 11 Festival. No matter whether there is, only they decide. As users, we have many opportunities to choose. If it is a new server, we can choose other businesses. In this article, a friend happens to have a basic annual payment of 99% AliCloud server , which does not take this opportunity to take a look at the basic performance test.

First, Alibaba Cloud's Double 11 Activities and Related Articles

Alibaba Cloud Double 11 Event ： Only new talents can buy low-cost cloud products and old users can invite new people to get red packets

If we have a certain budget project and a large demand, we recommend purchasing a 3-year server with 5M bandwidth. If our bandwidth requirements may not be high, we may not want to upgrade in three years. We recommend purchasing a 2-core/4G memory server with 1M bandwidth of 100% CPU.

Second AliCloud server 10% CPU performance test

1. PING speed test

There is no doubt about this. At the domestic Shanghai node, the domestic speed is certainly no problem. What I want to say here is that this AliCloud server activity only has mainland nodes.

2. Route tracing backhaul

3. Configuration Information

 CPU Model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8163 CPU @ 2.50GHz CPU Cores            : 1 Cores @ 2500.002 MHz x86_64 CPU Cache            : 33792 KB  OS                   : CentOS 7.4.1708 (64 Bit) KVM Kernel               : 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 Total Space          : 40.0 GB (1.6 GB Used) Total RAM            : 1839 MB (61 MB Used 392 MB Buff) Total SWAP           : 0 MB (0 MB Used) Uptime               : 0 days 1 hour 17 min Load Average         : 0.00, 0.06, 0.08 TCP CC               : cubic ASN & ISP            : AS37963, Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. Organization         : Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. Location             : Shanghai, China / CN Region               : Shanghai

4. IO hard disk read-write

 Hard disk I/O (first test): 110 MB/s Hard disk I/O (second test): 110 MB/s Hard disk I/O (third test): 110 MB/s

5. Backhaul test

 ------------------------------------------- [Sichuan Telecom] - 125.64.38.178 20 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 18999ms ------------------------------------------- [Beijing Telecom] - 106.120.243.142 20 packets transmitted, 20 received, 0% packet loss, time 19026ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 28.363/28.605/30.665/0.537 ms ------------------------------------------- [Beijing Unicom] - 103.254.70.52 20 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 19006ms ------------------------------------------- [Beijing Mobile] - 218.205.152.14 20 packets transmitted, 19 received, 5% packet loss, time 19020ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.181/29.287/29.446/0.139 ms ------------------------------------------- [Shanghai Mobile] - 117.131.14.202 20 packets transmitted, 20 received, 0% packet loss, time 19021ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.141/4.461/4.719/0.167 ms ------------------------------------------- [Shanghai Telecom] - 211.144.205.58 20 packets transmitted, 12 received, 40% packet loss, time 19016ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 5.463/5.571/5.944/0.147 ms ------------------------------------------- [Shanghai Unicom] - 220.196.42.133 20 packets transmitted, 19 received, 5% packet loss, time 19034ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.680/3.076/5.889/0.813 ms ------------------------------------------- [Guangdong Telecom] - 121.11.69.135 20 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 19009ms ------------------------------------------- [Guangdong Unicom] - 27.40.0.30 20 packets transmitted, 20 received, 0% packet loss, time 19022ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.885/30.082/30.442/0.275 ms ------------------------------------------- [Guangdong Mobile] - 211.139.129.222 20 packets transmitted, 20 received, 0% packet loss, time 19019ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 32.936/32.953/32.989/0.207 ms ------------------------------------------- Min: minimum delay Avg: Average latency Max: maximum delay Mdev: mean deviation

6. Download speed measurement at domestic nodes

 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency      Speedtest.net    1.28 Mbit/s       154.91 Mbit/s       24.482 ms   Fast.com         0.00 Mbit/s       77.8 Mbit/s         -            Nanjing   CT     1.64 Mbit/s       104.88 Mbit/s       -           Hangzhou  CT     1.80 Mbit/s       175.57 Mbit/s       -           Shanghai  CU     1.75 Mbit/s       159.46 Mbit/s       -           Xi'an     CU     1.65 Mbit/s       156.83 Mbit/s       -           Chengdu   CM     1.16 Mbit/s       28.81 Mbit/s        -           Kunming   CM     1.38 Mbit/s       149.13 Mbit/s       -           Guangzhou CM     1.50 Mbit/s       107.12 Mbit/s       -

To sum up, if we are an entry-level ECS, this 10% CPU AliCloud server can be used. If the resource consumption is large, or the website traffic concurrency is high, and subsequently considering the growth of bearing capacity, it is recommended that we choose 100% CPU or other large bandwidth servers. After all, there is rarely a discount for newcomers, so we should choose carefully.