HNCloud/Huawei Cloud's Japan lightweight cloud servers, according to the official description, feature China mainland optimized routing, China Mobile CMI, China Unicom CUG or similar China-optimized networks. With a default 200M bandwidth and prices starting from ~$84/month, it looks quite promising. But what's the actual performance? We've set up a server to bring you detailed testing data. You can check the latency, IP media unlocking, performance benchmarks to comprehensively determine if it suits your needs!

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Official Website: https://www.hncloud.com

Hong Kong company, no real-name verification required, supports multiple payment methods including Alipay.

Default 200Mbps bandwidth, this route includes international T1 networks, China mainland optimized routing, China Mobile CMI, China Unicom CUG or similar China-optimized networks.

RAMCPUSSDTrafficPricePurchase
1G1 Core50G800G/month~$41/yearLink
2G2 Cores50G800G/month~$99/yearLink
4G2 Cores50G1600G/month~$169/yearLink
8G4 Cores50G1600G/month~$242/yearLink
The server uses Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPU (24 cores, 48 threads, 2.7GHz base frequency, 3.7GHz boost frequency), KVM virtualization, no IPv6 support. The upstream network provider is actually HNCloud itself, located in Tokyo, Japan. Current I/O testing shows approximately 904.7MB/S: Detailed Review of hncloud Japan Optimized Route Lightweight Cloud Server - Image 2

FIO read/write test results show decent performance:

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SpeedTest international node bandwidth test data:

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SpeedTest Asia region node bandwidth test data:

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IPERF3 test results for some international nodes:

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Multiple database assessments of the current IPv4 attributes: broadcast IP, unlocks TikTok, ChatGPT, Netflix, Disney+, Reddit, etc.

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Detailed streaming media unlock status: Popular services like Claude, Gemini, Steam currency can also be unlocked:

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Cloud server performance testing shows good benchmark scores:

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Summary:

From current benchmark scores, the performance is quite good.

IPv4 is broadcast type, but unlocking performance is excellent - TikTok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Netflix, Disney+, Reddit, etc. all work well.

Good speed, good unlocking capabilities, quite cost-effective overall!