Hostker is a domestic VPS host provider. Last time I read a friend’s submission about Hostker’s US VPS and Hong Kong VPS host experience-VPS performance and speed evaluation results. I feel that the price of Hostker’s VPS host is quite cheap. Plus Alibaba Cloud International Edition During the use of the VPS host in Hong Kong, I found that IO was the bottleneck of website building, and I was wondering if I could find a better VPS host in Hong Kong.
I actually tested the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host and found that the results were not satisfactory. The first thing that bears the brunt is the IO read and write speed of Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS. I originally thought that Alibaba Cloud was slow enough, but Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS is less than half that of Alibaba Cloud, and the IO is really quite slow. However, then again, the speed of Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS is better than Alibaba Cloud.
This is because when checking the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host in China, it was found that in addition to China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile users also use the CN2 line, while Alibaba Cloud Hong Kong uses their own lines for China Unicom and China Mobile. In terms of speed, Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS still has advantages. In addition, Hostker charges based on the length of time, which is great if you are just temporarily using the VPS host for testing or for an “emergency”!
In short, Hong Kong's CN2 VPS hosts are really a mixed bag. You must be careful when purchasing. Here is a list of CN2 VPS: Summary of VPS host providers and computer rooms connected to CN2 lines - Reference manual for identifying true and false CN2 line hosts. More Hong Kong VPS hosting reviews, as well as:
- 50kvm United States and Hong Kong CN2 line VPS host performance and speed evaluation-cheap CN2 VPS host
- Cheap American CN2 line access computer room VPS host performance and speed evaluation - fast download speed
- Alibaba Cloud International Edition Hong Kong Computer Room Speed and Performance Evaluation - Fast but disk IO and memory are bottlenecks
PS: Updated on December 29, 2017, if you have friends who specifically need a VPS host for a mobile computer room, you can take a look at the launch of Mobile Cloud by China Mobile: Mobile Cloud VPS Host Performance and Speed Evaluation-Cloud launched by China Mobile Hosting and cloud storage services.
1. Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS price
Hostker official website:
- HTTPS://wuwuwu.hostguest.com/
This is the price of Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host. The monthly payment for 1GB memory and 25GB hard drive is approximately 65 yuan. There is no limit on monthly traffic.
This is the control panel of the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host. It has basic functions such as turning on and off the VPS, reinstalling the system, and traffic monitoring. There is no difficulty in using it.
This is Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host reinstallation system.
This is the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host upgrade configuration operation. We all know that the one-click purchase of the Alibaba Cloud International Hong Kong VPS host cannot upgrade the configuration, but the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host can freely upgrade the host configuration.
2. Hostker Hong Kong VPS host performance
This is the configuration of the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS I purchased. The script did not detect the virtual technology of the VPS. It can be seen from the official website that KVM is used. The IO read and write speed is really poor. We are familiar with the classic American CN2 VPS. The IO read and write speed of the host can reach more than 1GB/s.
This is the UnixBench performance score result of Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS. The score is around 1000, which is considered average.
3. Hostker Hong Kong VPS host speed
Upload speed is full. This is the speed at which my local telecom uses SFTP to upload files to the server at night, which is basically full speed.
The download speed is about 300kb/s. As mentioned above, the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host has no monthly traffic limit, but the Hostker Hong Kong VPS limits the bandwidth. The download bandwidth is 3MB, and the actual speed is more than 300 kb/s in the end.
Responsiveness is fast. Since we are using CN2, the ping value is still good.
Telecom uses the CN2 line. This is the route for telecom users to access the Hostker Hong Kong VPS host, using CN2.
China Unicom uses the CN2 line. China Unicom users access the Hostker Hong Kong VPS host through the CN2 line.
Mobile takes the CN2 line. Moving users to Hostker Hong Kong VPS host is also CN2.
4. Summary
The fast speed of Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host is a major advantage. In addition to China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile users also use CN2. This seems to be better than other CN2 VPS hosts. However, Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS limits the bandwidth. For running "traffic" My friend is a little restrained.
The shortcoming of the Hostker Hong Kong CN2 VPS host is naturally the IO speed. I originally thought that the 100MB/s speed of Alibaba Cloud was slow enough, but when I saw the 50MB/s of the Hostker Hong Kong VPS, I was speechless. The IO reading and writing speed is really good. Affects website performance, especially programs that read and write large amounts of data.
PS: On December 27, 2017 , as a reminder based on feedback, the content on slow IO speeds was updated as follows:
The hard disk speed limit mentioned in the article is actually 70MB/s peak throughput, which is disclosed in the panel and documentation. This is the IO anti-abuse quota developed by Hostker itself. Other manufacturers do not have the ability to develop their own systems. They all use Solusvm + whmcs or Yungu system, which cannot prevent abuse.
Daily use of WordPress and Discuz does not cause lag. You can install DZ yourself to see the execution time at the bottom. You must know that the body of a DZ program is less than 50MB, and the HTTP execution time of a single access is usually less than 0.1 seconds. Usually, the entire program will only generate a total load of a few MB after accessing a web page. I don’t know how to calculate the impact. Conclusion of the website.
There is no limit on the number of IOPS (reads and writes per second), and users who encounter abuse will set manual limits.
PS: Thanks to qiuyming for the reminder: Hostker’s Hong Kong VPS is the Hong Kong Shatin Telecom computer room, which is self-operated by Telecom. In addition, the hostker machine is hosted in Anchang's cabinet. Anchang itself has a Hong Kong vps business, and it has exclusive bandwidth and can also be billed by time, but it is a bit expensive.