Overview of the market for providers of Windows VPS servers with a focus on disk I / O
This post is designed for a wide range of those who are still determined with the choice of vps server, and those who have long been using VPS servers.
When compiling the review, emphasis was placed on the average price category of Windows vps servers with 2GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores.
Specially selected different virtualization systems.
In the review, I paid great attention to tests of the disk system, since in my opinion this is one of the main elements in the operation of a virtual server. Disk access time, read / write speed as well as stable operation of the master server disk system is the key to quick and comfortable work for us as clients.
I did not forget about the network and the processor, as well as shared the general impression of the server.
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Providers were chosen randomly, tested those who could quickly (within 30 minutes) get a virtual server for tests.
At the end of the review, I made a summary table with short results and my subjective assessment.
Let's start:
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technology, Intel Xeon E5645 2.4GHz Processor
Tariff VPS 2048 - 1200r. \ Month
DC in St. Petersburg, with a test from Moscow, ping 10ms., Without limit traffic. The bandwidth test showed 25 incoming and the same outgoing Mbps.
The speed of the disk system is below average, in the process of the test and the operation there were no suspensions and brakes.
Test results:
Positive points:
• Good ping in Russia;
• Stable operation of the system;
Disadvantages:
• Compared to the previous server, this VPS is slightly slower, as can be seen from the tests of the disk and the processor frequency.
• 2 virtual cores with a total performance of 2000MHz.
• Channel shortened
Overall rating: 4
Xen virtualization technology, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz
DC in Moscow, the ping test showed 1-2ms. Traffic is not limited. The channel test showed: incoming - 96Mbps., Outgoing - 94Mbps.
Tariff village 699r. + Windows license additionally paid (Win Web 2008 R2 License - 200r.)
Outcome: 899 p.
Disk system test:
During the tests, no negative points were noticed. Everything is pretty fast and stable.
Positive points:
• Good ping in Russia
• Unlimited traffic at speeds up to 100 Mbps.
• The best access time to the disk (the Access time parameter), as a result, is a fairly “quick” server operation.
Disadvantages:
• 2 virtual cores each at 1200MHz
Overall rating: 5-
Hyper-V Virtualization Technology, Intel Xeon E5-2660, 2.2 GHz Processor
DC in Moscow, traffic is not limited. VPS server with 2 full cores, 60GB disk system onSSD cloud disk sister and 2GB of RAM
Total:2861 p./mon. 1151r. \ Month (including the license for Windows OS).
Correction: When creating a vps server for tests, it was suggested to choose a disk array, chose ssd, thought that was enough, but as it turned out, it was necessary to write more in support to get a server with these disks for tests. In this case, billing issued a price list 2861r. \ Month. As it turned out (seen from the correspondence with a company representative in the comments), the server being tested costs 1151 p. \ Month.
During the test, there was a negative impression of the server, opening any window takes at least 3-4 seconds, and launching applications also takes a long time. After checking the task manager found that only 800MB of RAM was allocated to the server.
Having carefully studied the site I found a note that the allocation of RAM for the server is dynamic, which in my opinion is the reason for such a slow visual system operation.
Disk system test:
The recording test showed a decent write speed, however, the access time to the disk in 38ms leaves much to be desired.
Positive points:
• DC in Moscow, good ping in Moscow
Disadvantages:
•Very expensive, even with the use of ssd drives. The most inconvenient control panel. A lot of information that is submitted in an unstructured form. (subjective opinion of the author).
• Total slow system performance (most likely due to dynamic allocation of RAM)
• In correspondence (in comments) with a representative of the company, some rudeness was allowed on his part.
Overall rating: 3-
VMware vSphere virtualization technology. Tariff plan N2048. DC Russia, Moscow. Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 2GHz processor. Like previous test servers, the tested vps had 2GB of RAM and 2 full processor cores.
Internet connection test showed: Incoming - 176Mbit / s, outgoing - 165Mbit / s. Ping in Moscow 2-3ms.
Traffic is not limited, which is undoubtedly a positive thing.
Total: 2331r. \ Month.
The test disk system showed not very impressive results, on average 2 times slower than the competition. Screenshots:
When testing the vps server, there were no visually negative points. Everything works stably and without failures.
Positive points:
• Good ping in Moscow in addition with a fast channel and non-limited traffic.
• You can connect your drives.
Negative:
• Expensive
• Small disk space. Tariff n2048 - 10GB of which 9GB were occupied by the system. For an additional 10GB + 800r.
• Control Panel - VMware vSphere Client, this item could be added to the plus, but the client is not Russified, like the webmord. English only.
• Slow drives.
• Payment only through an intermediary - Robokassa.
Grand Total: 3
Site for hosting VPS servers - Germany (DC Hetzner)
KVM virtualization technology, Intel Core i7 @ 8 x 2.67 ~ 3.40GHz
WIN VDS-2 tariff - 15 euro ~ 675 p.
Disk system test:
During the tests, short-term “suspensions” of the system were observed, with which it was not possible to find out. When testing a disk, there were moments when the test hung for a few seconds.
Positive points:
• Channel 1GB, channel speed is not limited.
• 2 full cores, which is enough for comfortable work.
• instant activation of the vps server.
Disadvantages:
• Short-term server hangs, most likely associated with the disk system.
• limited traffic
• The situation with licenses for paid software is not clear. The site information about this is not found. A test vps server was provided without an activation key.
Overall rating: 4-
Windows Azure cloud service, Hyper-V virtualization technology, DC Russia, Moscow.
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 2.3GHz, 2 full cores.
Rate Hit-3 - 2200r. \ Month. On which the following resources are given:
3GB RAM, 3 core processor. 160GB disk (SAS). 1 external ip. 100GB storage.
In the cloud, you can create multiple vps servers and associate them with a maximum of 2 VLans.
For tests, I created a vps server with 2GB of RAM and 2 CPUs, that is, with the same parameters as in previous tests.
The channel test showed: Speedtest - incoming 111Mbit / s, outgoing 33Mbit / s. Ping to Krasnoyarsk 53ms.
Ping Moscow 3-4ms.
Test drives:
The read speed on the system disk leaves much to be desired.
However, the created second disc showed excellent results for both reading and writing.
During the tests, everything visually works quickly. There are no comments on the work of the vps server.
Positive points:
• A good speed of the disk system, both read and write. (the results of reading from the system disk did not take into account)
• Ability to create at a rate of Hit-3 several vps servers, at least 5 Linux machines. True external addresses will need to buy more.
• Simple and clear control panel with 100GB of backup space, a variety of Linux images, Windows systems and the ability to connect their iso disks.
Disadvantages:
• Expensive. Not suitable for everyone. For example, if I need a vds server with 2GB of RAM and a processor with a disk more modest, then I can still order only the Hit-3 tariff = 2200r \ month.
• Checking the speed of another test received
Overall rating: 5-
Hyper-V virtualization technology, DC Russia, Moscow. Intel Xeon processor, 2 cores.
Tariff plan 2048. According to the tariff server is allocated 2GB of RAM, 2 processor cores, 200GB of disk.
Guaranteed channel 10Mbit / s.
Total 2048r. \ Month.
Channel testing showed the following results:
Speedtest showed approximately the same results, which in my opinion is not enough for a server in this price category.
When testing the vps server itself, the server’s visual “slowdowns” were noticeable. The first read disk test gave the following results:
After 3 hours, a similar test showed:
Record:
The overall result.
Positive points:
• DC in Moscow, respectively, good ping.
Disadvantages:
• Expensive.
• Slow channel.
• Visual "freezing" when working with the system
Overall rating: 3
KVM virtualization technology, DC Moscow. Processor: Intel 2620 Series 2GHz, 2 cores. There were 12 virtual QEMU Virtual CPU cores on the vps server.
According to the tariff plan - Cloudy 2048 server is allocated: 2GB RAM, 2 core CPU, 64GB SSD disk, traffic is limited to 90GB / day. Speed ​​according to speedtest: Incoming 100 Mbit. \ S., Outgoing 25 Mbit. \ S.
Total: 1600r. \ Month.
Visually, everything works stably and quite quickly. The test drive showed that it was still ssd, although the speed of reading and writing was limited.
Positive points:
• Excellent time to access the disk, both read and write.
• Ability to create snapshots vps server and download them, as well as automatically create backup of the entire server.
• Competitive price.
Disadvantages:
• Outgoing channel at 25Mbps. at the daily limit does not look logical.
Overall rating: 4
KVM virtualization technology, DC Moscow. VPS server was allocated 2 virtual core QEMU Virtual CPU.
According to the tariff plan, vps server is allocated 2GB of RAM, a 70GB drive and a 2-core processor. The channel is not limited.
Total: 6100r. \ Month.
Channel test showed:
Speedtest for some reason chose an activecloud server for the test by default :)
When testing the external channel, the result was as follows:
Test disk system showed the following results:
The overall result:
Positive points:
• Unfortunately I did not find.
Negative:
• Very expensive. (the most expensive hoster). Pricing remains a mystery.
• The results of the disk system tests, the Internet channel did not show the expected results (as for such a price list).
PS In order to test the vps, the server had to talk on the phone with a manager who talked beautifully about the advantages of their cloud technologies, stably, reliably, etc. To the question: With such a price list, I can be confident that I have not received a positive response from 100% uptime of my projects, but I was assured that if any of the components of the cloud (processor, memory) fail, it will be replaced as soon as possible (I forgot since the story about the reliability of the cloud continued and I found out that the disk system they had was made in the form of RAID 6 or 10, I don’t remember exactly and everything is super reliable there.
Overall rating: 2
When compiling the review, emphasis was placed on the average price category of Windows vps servers with 2GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores.
Specially selected different virtualization systems.
In the review, I paid great attention to tests of the disk system, since in my opinion this is one of the main elements in the operation of a virtual server. Disk access time, read / write speed as well as stable operation of the master server disk system is the key to quick and comfortable work for us as clients.
I did not forget about the network and the processor, as well as shared the general impression of the server.
')
Providers were chosen randomly, tested those who could quickly (within 30 minutes) get a virtual server for tests.
At the end of the review, I made a summary table with short results and my subjective assessment.
Let's start:
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Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technology, Intel Xeon E5645 2.4GHz Processor
Tariff VPS 2048 - 1200r. \ Month
DC in St. Petersburg, with a test from Moscow, ping 10ms., Without limit traffic. The bandwidth test showed 25 incoming and the same outgoing Mbps.
The speed of the disk system is below average, in the process of the test and the operation there were no suspensions and brakes.
Test results:
Positive points:
• Good ping in Russia;
• Stable operation of the system;
Disadvantages:
• Compared to the previous server, this VPS is slightly slower, as can be seen from the tests of the disk and the processor frequency.
• 2 virtual cores with a total performance of 2000MHz.
• Channel shortened
Overall rating: 4
Vpsville.ru
Xen virtualization technology, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz
DC in Moscow, the ping test showed 1-2ms. Traffic is not limited. The channel test showed: incoming - 96Mbps., Outgoing - 94Mbps.
Tariff village 699r. + Windows license additionally paid (Win Web 2008 R2 License - 200r.)
Outcome: 899 p.
Disk system test:
During the tests, no negative points were noticed. Everything is pretty fast and stable.
Positive points:
• Good ping in Russia
• Unlimited traffic at speeds up to 100 Mbps.
• The best access time to the disk (the Access time parameter), as a result, is a fairly “quick” server operation.
Disadvantages:
• 2 virtual cores each at 1200MHz
Overall rating: 5-
1Gb.ru
Hyper-V Virtualization Technology, Intel Xeon E5-2660, 2.2 GHz Processor
DC in Moscow, traffic is not limited. VPS server with 2 full cores, 60GB disk system on
Total:
Correction: When creating a vps server for tests, it was suggested to choose a disk array, chose ssd, thought that was enough, but as it turned out, it was necessary to write more in support to get a server with these disks for tests. In this case, billing issued a price list 2861r. \ Month. As it turned out (seen from the correspondence with a company representative in the comments), the server being tested costs 1151 p. \ Month.
During the test, there was a negative impression of the server, opening any window takes at least 3-4 seconds, and launching applications also takes a long time. After checking the task manager found that only 800MB of RAM was allocated to the server.
Having carefully studied the site I found a note that the allocation of RAM for the server is dynamic, which in my opinion is the reason for such a slow visual system operation.
Disk system test:
The recording test showed a decent write speed, however, the access time to the disk in 38ms leaves much to be desired.
Positive points:
• DC in Moscow, good ping in Moscow
Disadvantages:
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• Total slow system performance (most likely due to dynamic allocation of RAM)
• In correspondence (in comments) with a representative of the company, some rudeness was allowed on his part.
Overall rating: 3-
Vmco.ru
VMware vSphere virtualization technology. Tariff plan N2048. DC Russia, Moscow. Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 2GHz processor. Like previous test servers, the tested vps had 2GB of RAM and 2 full processor cores.
Internet connection test showed: Incoming - 176Mbit / s, outgoing - 165Mbit / s. Ping in Moscow 2-3ms.
Traffic is not limited, which is undoubtedly a positive thing.
Total: 2331r. \ Month.
The test disk system showed not very impressive results, on average 2 times slower than the competition. Screenshots:
When testing the vps server, there were no visually negative points. Everything works stably and without failures.
Positive points:
• Good ping in Moscow in addition with a fast channel and non-limited traffic.
• You can connect your drives.
Negative:
• Expensive
• Small disk space. Tariff n2048 - 10GB of which 9GB were occupied by the system. For an additional 10GB + 800r.
• Control Panel - VMware vSphere Client, this item could be added to the plus, but the client is not Russified, like the webmord. English only.
• Slow drives.
• Payment only through an intermediary - Robokassa.
Grand Total: 3
vpsnow.ru
Site for hosting VPS servers - Germany (DC Hetzner)
KVM virtualization technology, Intel Core i7 @ 8 x 2.67 ~ 3.40GHz
WIN VDS-2 tariff - 15 euro ~ 675 p.
Disk system test:
During the tests, short-term “suspensions” of the system were observed, with which it was not possible to find out. When testing a disk, there were moments when the test hung for a few seconds.
Positive points:
• Channel 1GB, channel speed is not limited.
• 2 full cores, which is enough for comfortable work.
• instant activation of the vps server.
Disadvantages:
• Short-term server hangs, most likely associated with the disk system.
• limited traffic
• The situation with licenses for paid software is not clear. The site information about this is not found. A test vps server was provided without an activation key.
Overall rating: 4-
oblakoteka.ru
Windows Azure cloud service, Hyper-V virtualization technology, DC Russia, Moscow.
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 2.3GHz, 2 full cores.
Rate Hit-3 - 2200r. \ Month. On which the following resources are given:
3GB RAM, 3 core processor. 160GB disk (SAS). 1 external ip. 100GB storage.
In the cloud, you can create multiple vps servers and associate them with a maximum of 2 VLans.
For tests, I created a vps server with 2GB of RAM and 2 CPUs, that is, with the same parameters as in previous tests.
The channel test showed: Speedtest - incoming 111Mbit / s, outgoing 33Mbit / s. Ping to Krasnoyarsk 53ms.
Ping Moscow 3-4ms.
Test drives:
The read speed on the system disk leaves much to be desired.
However, the created second disc showed excellent results for both reading and writing.
During the tests, everything visually works quickly. There are no comments on the work of the vps server.
Positive points:
• A good speed of the disk system, both read and write. (the results of reading from the system disk did not take into account)
• Ability to create at a rate of Hit-3 several vps servers, at least 5 Linux machines. True external addresses will need to buy more.
• Simple and clear control panel with 100GB of backup space, a variety of Linux images, Windows systems and the ability to connect their iso disks.
Disadvantages:
• Expensive. Not suitable for everyone. For example, if I need a vds server with 2GB of RAM and a processor with a disk more modest, then I can still order only the Hit-3 tariff = 2200r \ month.
• Checking the speed of another test received
Overall rating: 5-
SELECTEL.RU
Hyper-V virtualization technology, DC Russia, Moscow. Intel Xeon processor, 2 cores.
Tariff plan 2048. According to the tariff server is allocated 2GB of RAM, 2 processor cores, 200GB of disk.
Guaranteed channel 10Mbit / s.
Total 2048r. \ Month.
Channel testing showed the following results:
Speedtest showed approximately the same results, which in my opinion is not enough for a server in this price category.
When testing the vps server itself, the server’s visual “slowdowns” were noticeable. The first read disk test gave the following results:
After 3 hours, a similar test showed:
Record:
The overall result.
Positive points:
• DC in Moscow, respectively, good ping.
Disadvantages:
• Expensive.
• Slow channel.
• Visual "freezing" when working with the system
Overall rating: 3
FLOPS.RU
KVM virtualization technology, DC Moscow. Processor: Intel 2620 Series 2GHz, 2 cores. There were 12 virtual QEMU Virtual CPU cores on the vps server.
According to the tariff plan - Cloudy 2048 server is allocated: 2GB RAM, 2 core CPU, 64GB SSD disk, traffic is limited to 90GB / day. Speed ​​according to speedtest: Incoming 100 Mbit. \ S., Outgoing 25 Mbit. \ S.
Total: 1600r. \ Month.
Visually, everything works stably and quite quickly. The test drive showed that it was still ssd, although the speed of reading and writing was limited.
Positive points:
• Excellent time to access the disk, both read and write.
• Ability to create snapshots vps server and download them, as well as automatically create backup of the entire server.
• Competitive price.
Disadvantages:
• Outgoing channel at 25Mbps. at the daily limit does not look logical.
Overall rating: 4
ACTIVECLOUD.RU
KVM virtualization technology, DC Moscow. VPS server was allocated 2 virtual core QEMU Virtual CPU.
According to the tariff plan, vps server is allocated 2GB of RAM, a 70GB drive and a 2-core processor. The channel is not limited.
Total: 6100r. \ Month.
Channel test showed:
Speedtest for some reason chose an activecloud server for the test by default :)
When testing the external channel, the result was as follows:
Test disk system showed the following results:
The overall result:
Positive points:
• Unfortunately I did not find.
Negative:
• Very expensive. (the most expensive hoster). Pricing remains a mystery.
• The results of the disk system tests, the Internet channel did not show the expected results (as for such a price list).
PS In order to test the vps, the server had to talk on the phone with a manager who talked beautifully about the advantages of their cloud technologies, stably, reliably, etc. To the question: With such a price list, I can be confident that I have not received a positive response from 100% uptime of my projects, but I was assured that if any of the components of the cloud (processor, memory) fail, it will be replaced as soon as possible (I forgot since the story about the reliability of the cloud continued and I found out that the disk system they had was made in the form of RAID 6 or 10, I don’t remember exactly and everything is super reliable there.
Overall rating: 2
Summary table for all vps hosters:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/209192/
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