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  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    I like how it says "More speed, same simplicity" right before this screenshot:

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  • MikeAMikeA Member, Patron Provider

    Doesn't this just add complexity and more costs for DO? I never understood this type of plan differentiation on cloud platforms. I get having high CPU plans compared to high RAM plans, but this?

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  • This is what happens when you get a bunch of money and have no clue what to do with it.

  • LeeLee Veteran
    edited February 2021

    Still, nice to see NVMe and AMD being added. DO has been the most reliable provider for me since I started using them in 2013.

  • Intel Machine

    Geekbench 5 Score
    846 Single-Core Score
    

    This is really not bad.

    https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/6661368

    Thanked by 1JasonM
  • DigitalOcean is going rather into a complex system like AWS and one day you'll need to hire a DO-certified "engineer" to handle the droplets and other tech-savvy things even to run a wordpress instance on DO.

  • @JasonM said:
    DigitalOcean is going rather into a complex system like AWS and one day you'll need to hire a DO-certified "engineer" to handle the droplets and other tech-savvy things even to run a wordpress instance on DO.

    That's an ultimate goal of any hosting company. To create whole ecosystem of services. Make customer dependant. Complexity is just a subproduct.

    Thanked by 1meshiuma20
  • London Intel $6

    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2020-12-29                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    
    Wed 24 Feb 2021 10:25:30 AM UTC
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Processor  : DO-Premium-Intel
    CPU cores  : 1 @ 2494.138 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 989.9 MiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 24.6 GiB
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 214.56 MB/s  (53.6k) | 1.76 GB/s    (27.5k)
    Write      | 215.13 MB/s  (53.7k) | 1.77 GB/s    (27.7k)
    Total      | 429.69 MB/s (107.4k) | 3.53 GB/s    (55.2k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 2.78 GB/s     (5.4k) | 2.99 GB/s     (2.9k)
    Write      | 2.93 GB/s     (5.7k) | 3.19 GB/s     (3.1k)
    Total      | 5.71 GB/s    (11.1k) | 6.19 GB/s     (6.0k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed
                    |                           |                 |
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 2.01 Gbits/sec  | 8.48 Gbits/sec
    Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | 7.26 Gbits/sec
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.68 Gbits/sec  | 2.43 Gbits/sec
    
    Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 812
    Multi Core      | 802
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/6667201
    
  • @Chocoweb said: Processor : DO-Premium-Intel

    What is that?

  • @laoban said:

    @Chocoweb said: Processor : DO-Premium-Intel

    What is that?

    DO have modified the processor model name exposed to VM thus the real processor model name is hidden

  • @Chocoweb said:

    @laoban said:

    @Chocoweb said: Processor : DO-Premium-Intel

    What is that?

    DO have modified the processor model name exposed to VM thus the real processor model name is hidden

    So, basically they can say whatever they want, it's not verifiable.

  • LeeLee Veteran
    edited February 2021

    @LTniger said: So, basically they can say whatever they want, it's not verifiable.

    I highly doubt lying about the CPUs they use is high on their to-do list. They tell you what they are on the link at the top.

    Thanked by 1jar
  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

    I've been moving away from DigitalOcean over recent years, primarily due to the aging CPUs. This doesnt really impress me IMHO. While I dont doubt the market for a "High Frequency" style product (i.e for NodeJS applications or Minecraft) after being continually disapointed with performnace slip this doesnt solve the underlying issue (low performance on general purpose product).

  • IONOS has newest CPUs

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran
    edited February 2021

    @Chocoweb said:

    @laoban said:

    @Chocoweb said: Processor : DO-Premium-Intel

    What is that?

    DO have modified the processor model name exposed to VM thus the real processor model name is hidden

    That implies a bit more evil intent than is really there. Virtualized CPUs don't always pass through everything to the guest.

    @1030 said:
    IONOS has newest CPUs

    I'm all for sticking it to DO but not enough to sacrifice myself on the altar of 1&1 lol

    Thanked by 1Lee
  • LeeLee Veteran

    @1030 said:
    IONOS has newest CPUs

    I am sure they do but once you are an IONOS customer you stay an IONOS customer, whether you want to or not. You are not just paying them cash, you are giving them your soul. Honest, read their terms.

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  • NyrNyr Community Contributor, Veteran

    Good way to market a price hike as a feature upgrade.

    Getting current gen processors for new deployments from a provider which is growing significantly is the norm, not a premium feature.

  • @Lee said: Honest, read their terms.

    That's insane! I never read such humongous terms online. Even PayPal has less. Pure insanity.

  • Good idea to announce days before filing an application to go public.

  • My previous VPS with DO has GB5 scores 758, so this new line is just slightly better and cannot compete with Vultr on CPU performance.
    And for example Linode already adopt Epyc 7542 which has better performance.

  • ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-intel-sfo3-01
    https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/W5MSpCp8Qm/

    ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-amd-sfo3-01
    https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/G6DbKtCBRN/

    ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-intel-nyc3-01
    https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/wyV5TTjyQ2/

    ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-amd-nyc3-01
    https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/6fMKtKMWSg/

    These were done at the same time after updating Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 (and waiting until load is zero).

    Intel VMs have better disk speeds, not sure why. AMD VMs have slightly better CPU benchmarks.

    Note that these CPU benchmarks are slightly lower than when this thread was started, see @Chocoweb run above.

    What would you go with, slightly better CPU benchmark or faster disk speeds?

    Thanked by 1bap
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