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Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#3

Post by spindritf »

I haven't used Online.net in a while but they're on Twitter, on IRC, they have a forum based on Discourse[1], now this. It's like a fresher OVH. French, too.

The servers have four logical processors like this

    processor       : 0
    model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
    Features        : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee fpv3 tls idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae 
    CPU implementer : 0x56
    CPU architecture: 7
    CPU variant     : 0x2
    CPU part        : 0x584
    CPU revision    : 2
[1] https://community.cloud.online.net/

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#4

Post by tuxone »

letmethink12 wrote: post #2

Nice option, how much compute power does these ARM servers offer though?

Really silly test

10$/mo droplet

  $ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=2000 run
  sysbench 0.4.12:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark

  Running the test with following options:
  Number of threads: 1

  Doing CPU performance benchmark

  Threads started!
  Done.

  Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 2000


  Test execution summary:
      total time:                          1.5297s
      total number of events:              10000
      total time taken by event execution: 1.5219
      per-request statistics:
           min:                                  0.14ms
           avg:                                  0.15ms
           max:                                  4.68ms
           approx.  95 percentile:               0.16ms

  Threads fairness:
      events (avg/stddev):           10000.0000/0.00
      execution time (avg/stddev):   1.5219/0.00
C1

  $ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=2000 run
  sysbench 0.4.12:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark

  Running the test with following options:
  Number of threads: 1

  Doing CPU performance benchmark

  Threads started!
  Done.

  Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 2000


  Test execution summary:
      total time:                          27.0053s
      total number of events:              10000
      total time taken by event execution: 26.9926
      per-request statistics:
           min:                                  2.69ms
           avg:                                  2.70ms
           max:                                  2.84ms
           approx.  95 percentile:               2.72ms

  Threads fairness:
      events (avg/stddev):           10000.0000/0.00
      execution time (avg/stddev):   26.9926/0.00

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#5

Post by hipaulshi » 

  free -m                                                                       
               total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached                             
  Mem:          2020         97       1923          0          6         40                             
  -/+ buffers/cache:         49       1970                                                              
  Swap:            0          0          0
Server seems to be located in France

  {
    "as": "AS12876 ONLINE S.A.S.",
    "city": "",
    "country": "France",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "isp": "Tiscali France",
    "lat": 48.86,
    "lon": 2.35,
    "org": "Tiscali France",
    "query": "212.47.232.90",
    "region": "",
    "regionName": "",
    "status": "success",
    "timezone": "Europe/Paris",
    "zip": ""
  }

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#6

Post by zeograd »

tuxone wrote: post #4
letmethink12 wrote: post #2

Nice option, how much compute power does these ARM servers offer though?

Really silly test 10$/mo droplet $ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=2000 run sysbench 0.4.12: multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark Running the test with following options: Number of threads: 1 Doing CPU performance benchmark Threads started! Done. Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 2000 Test execution summary: total time: 1.5297s total number of events: 10000 total time taken by event execution: 1.521…

Not that it'd cover for the difference but note that you're only using one of the 4 threads of the C1.

If I'm not mistaken you only have 1 CPU for a droplet at this price.

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#7

Post by monstermonster »

letmethink12 wrote: post #2

Nice option, how much compute power does these ARM servers offer though?

Not a scientific measure by ANY measure, but a similar core I googled appears to kick out about 200 bogomips whereas a virtual Xeon E5-2690 v2 core on one of my machines knocks out 5984 bogomips.

I have 20 of those Xeon cores and 128Gb of RAM in a 2U.

Comparing the ratio of bogomips you'd have to get 598 of those ARM machines in a 2U to get the same bogomips.

Like I said this isn't even slightly scientific but is at least interesting trivia.

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#8

Post by rakoo »

I wonder if the development of this idea will be hampered because of the ARM architecture, or if on the contrary it will boost ARM compatibility from developers. They claim they can have a better density of instances with physical ARM chips than with virtualized x64 instances, and still use less power. If this takes on it can be amazing.

Re: Online Labs – ARM servers in the cloud

#10

Post by rakoo »

monstermonster wrote: post #7
letmethink12 wrote: post #2

Nice option, how much compute power does these ARM servers offer though?

Not a scientific measure by ANY measure, but a similar core I googled appears to kick out about 200 bogomips whereas a virtual Xeon E5-2690 v2 core on one of my machines knocks out 5984 bogomips. I have 20 of those Xeon cores and 128Gb of RAM in a 2U. Comparing the ratio of bogomips you'd have to get 598 of those ARM machines in a 2U to get the same bogomips. Like I said this isn't even slightly scientific but is at…

Thanks for the trivia. Just to continue on this path, how many virtualized instances can you put on your machine ?
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