This article brings you a review of the Tencent Cloud Lighthouse (Lightweight Application Server) series in the Seoul, South Korea data center. The test machine is the "Entry-level Package (Basic)". Here is a quick summary: AMD EPYC 9754, DDR5, NVMe SSD. In the FIO test with 4K data, the read speed is 52.09 MB/s (approx. 13K IOPS) and the write speed is approx. 52.16 MB/s (approx. 13K IOPS), indicating relatively weak performance. In UnixBench, the single-core score is 806 and the dual-core score is 1491, which suggests that even the most powerful servers will experience performance drops as the number of users increases (though we cannot rule out the possibility that performance/data is being throttled). It uses a broadcast IP, which successfully unlocks popular services like TikTok, ChatGPT, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Claude, Gemini, Steam currency, etc.

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Official Tencent Cloud Lighthouse: https://cloud.tencent.com/product/lighthouse

Lighthouse packages, KVM virtualization, default 200Mbps bandwidth, unlimited traffic, comes with one IPv4:

RAMCPUSSDPricePurchase
1G2 Cores40G~$5/monthLink
2G2 Cores40G~$6/monthLink
4G2 Cores60G~$9/monthLink
8G2 Cores80G~$14/monthLink
8G4 Cores120G~$34/monthLink
16G4 Cores180G~$36/monthLink
The specific CPU model used by the server is AMD EPYC 9754 (128 cores, 256 threads, base frequency 2.25GHz, boost frequency 3.1GHz). The underlying virtualization is KVM. BBR has been enabled. It does not support IPv6. It runs on Tencent's own network, located in Seoul, South Korea. The current actual I/O test is approximately 265.7 MB/s: Tencent Cloud Lighthouse Seoul Review: Unlocks TikTok, Suitable for Some China Unicom/China Mobile Users - Image 2

FIO test, 4K data: read speed is 52.09 MB/s (approx. 13K IOPS), write speed is approx. 52.16 MB/s (approx. 13K IOPS). The performance is relatively weak;

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Bandwidth upload and download test data for some international nodes on SpeedTest.net:

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iperf3 test, the sending and receiving data results for some international nodes are as follows:

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The results of some streaming media unlocking tests are as follows: popular services like Claude, Gemini, Steam currency, etc., can be unlocked.

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UnixBench: single-core score of 806, dual-core score of 1491, indicating that the server is under a certain amount of load;

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