🟩Update🟩 Detailed Review of RAKsmart Germany Data Center Premium Network Routes with Direct Routing!

This article primarily shares testing data for the "Premium Network" service from raksmart's Germany datacenter. How is raksmart Germany? How is raksmart Germany Premium Network? Since Germany is the core network hub of Europe, and most traffic from China to Europe passes through Germany, choosing a German server with good speed to China can effectively connect the entire European and Chinese markets, which is a win-win situation. This article will provide detailed testing data including premium network routing, peak/off-peak bandwidth upload and download comparison tests, server performance, and IP unlocking capabilities.

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Note: For overseas servers, it's recommended to enable BBR for Linux systems, tutorial here

Germany Bare Metal Cloud

Available with International BGP, Mainland Optimized, Premium Network, CN2 routes, unlimited traffic, expandable: memory, storage, IP (supports 8 C segments), bandwidth (up to 10Gbps) all customizable

CPU	RAM	SSD	Price	Purchase
E5-2620	32G	1T	$109	Link
E5-2650	32G	1T	$114	Link
E5-2680	32G	1T	$119	Link
E5-2690	32G	1T	$124	Link
E5-2697	32G	1T	$129	Link
2*E5-2620	32G	1T	$129	Link
2*E5-2650	32G	1T	$134	Link
2*E5-2680	32G	1T	$139	Link
2*E5-2690	32G	1T	$144	Link
2*E5-2697	32G	1T	$149	Link
2*E5-2680v4	32G	1T	$169	Link
2*E5-2683v4	32G	1T	$189	Link
2*E5-2698v4	32G	1T	$239	Link

The bare metal cloud host server CPU is E5-2699v4, typically dual-socket servers with 44 cores, 88 threads, base frequency 2.2GHz, boost frequency 3.6GHz. This test machine was allocated 56 vCores. BBR was enabled, IPv6 not supported, running on raksmart's own network, current I/O approximately 425MB/s:

FIO read/write testing shows the following results:

SpeedTest Asia node testing data:

SpeedTest international node bandwidth upload/download testing data:

IPERF3 testing data from several international nodes:

Streaming service unlock testing results:

Bare metal cloud performance testing data:

Summary:

Bare metal cloud performance is decent, but for full load usage, we recommend purchasing dedicated servers (physical machines).

For network performance, the return routes are relatively good - both Telecom and China Unicom have direct connections back to China, while China Mobile has direct connections back to China for Shanghai and Guangzhou directions. If China Mobile's Beijing route could be optimized to avoid the US detour, it would be even better.