Hi,
These are the first impressions regarding Netcup. I signup with them a few days ago and as a non German costumer, the first payment was made by bank transfer ... this is a good measure that allow them to avoid some nasty costumers.
I have to say that they reply to emails very fast within they working hours and they are very friendly. Never needed support other than some minor questions.
The control panel is complete, but need a full English translation.
We are able to use the usual linux/windows images, you can install from Netinstall images provided by them or upload your own isos, qcow2 or raw images.
These are the usual benchmarks for "Root Server M SSD iv6" little monster :)
# php bench.php
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| PHP BENCHMARK SCRIPT |
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Start : 2016-04-26 14:42:59
Server : @
PHP version : 7.0.5
Platform : Linux
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test_math : 0.274 sec.
test_stringmanipulation : 0.378 sec.
test_loops : 0.288 sec.
test_ifelse : 0.153 sec.
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Total time: : 1.093 sec.
# python speedtest_cli.py
{...}
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 752.36 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 166.83 Mbit/s
# wget freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bash
Benchmark started on Tue Apr 26 15:34:55 CEST 2016
Full benchmark log: /root/bench.log
System Info
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Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz
CPU Cores : 2
Frequency : 2297.338 MHz
Memory : 5988 MB
Swap : 1457 MB
Uptime : 1:36,
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 7
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 3.2.0-4-amd64
Hostname :
Speedtest (IPv4 only)
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Your public IPv4 is x.x.x.x
Location Provider Speed
CDN Cachefly 87.2MB/s
Atlanta, GA, US Coloat 17.7MB/s
Dallas, TX, US Softlayer 15.4MB/s
Seattle, WA, US Softlayer 12.8MB/s
San Jose, CA, US Softlayer 11.5MB/s
Washington, DC, US Softlayer 21.6MB/s
Tokyo, Japan Linode 7.54MB/s
Singapore Softlayer 10.2MB/s
Rotterdam, Netherlands id3.net 73.6MB/s
Haarlem, Netherlands Leaseweb 56.3MB/s
Disk Speed
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I/O (1st run) : 495 MB/s
I/O (2nd run) : 901 MB/s
I/O (3rd run) : 912 MB/s
Average I/O : 769.333 MB/s
Geekbench 3: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6248198
I have to say that I'm very happy with the performance and the price is phenomenal for the specs we get!