Oracle Oracle Bone Script Seoul ARM Architecture Server Evaluation

Merchant Introduction#

The famous Oracle needs no introduction. As long as you pass the credit card verification, you can have a lifetime free cloud server. This year, Oracle launched ARM architecture servers, and the demand was exceptionally high; resources were exhausted on the first day of release, and later, they could only be obtained through scripts. Until today, several months later, Oracle has significantly replenished resources in the Seoul region, and the long wait has finally paid off.

Official website: https://oracle.com

Machine Configuration and Boot Tips#

If there are articles from the great ones, they explain it very clearly, and you can find them through Google search.

References:

https://51.ruyo.net/17163.html

https://51.ruyo.net/14288.html

Here are a few pitfalls to emphasize.

Choose the system: It is recommended to use Ubuntu 20. When selecting the system, click Canonical to see Ubuntu 20, but be careful not to select the default Minimal version; manually select the full version.
The experts recommend starting two 2h12g instances, as this seems to fully utilize the hard drive.
If you encounter an immediate termination upon booting, select "Do not allocate public IP" in the network section during creation. This allows for successful creation, and then you can configure the public IP in Additional VNIC, choosing between reserved IP and temporary IP.

Review#

The test used a 2h12g configuration.

LemonBench#

System Information#

CPU not visible.

 -> System Information
 
 OS Release:		Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)  (aarch64)
 CPU Model:		  0.00 GHz
 CPU Cache Size:	
 CPU Number:		0 vCPU
 Virt Type:		KVM
 Memory Usage:		288.33 MB / 11.55 GB
 Swap Usage:		[ No Swapfile / Swap partition ]
 Disk Usage:		1.55 GB / 47.16 GB
 Boot Device:		/dev/sda1
 Load (1/5/15min):	0.37 0.12 0.03 
 CPU Usage:		0.0% used, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% steal
 Kernel Version:	5.8.0-1037-oracle
 Network CC Method:	bbr + fq_pie

 -> Network Information

 IPV4 - IP Address:	[KR] 152.70.251.*
 IPV4 - ASN Info:	31898 (ORACLE-BMC-31898 - Oracle Corporation, US)
 IPV4 - Region:		Republic of Korea Seoul

Performance#

-> CPU Performance Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)

 1 Thread Test:			3499 Scores
 2 Threads Test:		4763 Scores

 -> Memory Performance Test (Fast Mode, 1-Pass @ 5sec)

 1 Thread - Read Test :		29444.79 MB/s
 1 Thread - Write Test:		14507.62 MB/s

 -> Disk Speed Test (4K Block/1M Block, Direct Mode)

 Test Name		Write Speed				Read Speed
 100MB-4K Block		8.6 MB/s (2097 IOPS, 12.20 s)		11.1 MB/s (2717 IOPS, 9.42 s)
 1GB-1M Block		57.8 MB/s (55 IOPS, 18.15 s)		52.5 MB/s (50 IOPS, 19.96 s)

 -> Speedtest.net Network Speed Test

 Node Name			Upload Speed	Download Speed	Ping Latency	Server Name
 Speedtest Default		68.85 MB/s	44.66 MB/s	4.57 ms		kdatacenter.com (South Korea Seoul)
 China, Beijing CU  		Fail: Timeout Exceeded after 60 seconds
 China, Shanghai CT 		2.15 MB/s	58.06 MB/s	98.59 ms	China Telecom (China Shanghai)
 China, Hangzhou CM 		15.21 MB/s	71.26 MB/s	122.87 ms	China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co.,Ltd (China Hangzhou)

YAB Performance Test#

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : Neoverse-N1
CPU cores  : 2 @ ??? MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 11.5 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 45.1 GiB

Running fio random mixed R+W disk test with 64k block size...
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 6.40 MB/s     (1.6k) | 26.99 MB/s     (421)
Write      | 6.41 MB/s     (1.6k) | 27.79 MB/s     (434)
Total      | 12.81 MB/s    (3.2k) | 54.78 MB/s     (855)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 24.20 MB/s      (47) | 23.91 MB/s      (23)
Write      | 26.27 MB/s      (51) | 26.67 MB/s      (26)
Total      | 50.48 MB/s      (98) | 50.59 MB/s      (49)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                |                           |                 |                
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 604 Mbits/sec   | 447 Mbits/sec  
Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | 33.2 Mbits/sec 
WorldStream     | The Netherlands (10G)     | 694 Mbits/sec   | 449 Mbits/sec  
Biznet          | Jakarta, Indonesia (1G)   | 489 Mbits/sec   | 24.9 Mbits/sec 
Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 683 Mbits/sec   | 461 Mbits/sec  
Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 751 Mbits/sec   | 417 Mbits/sec  
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 852 Mbits/sec   | 558 Mbits/sec  
Iveloz Telecom  | Sao Paulo, BR (2G)        | busy            | 150 Mbits/sec  

Running GB5 benchmark test... *cue elevator music*
Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 853                           
Multi Core      | 1686                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/9173922

Speedtest#

The local should be G port:

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by kdatacenter.com (Seoul) [1.72 km]: 54.474 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 450.81 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 743.60 Mbit/s

Superspeed#

It may be that more people are using it today, resulting in a significant drop compared to previous tests online. However, since it's free, as long as it works, that's fine.

iShot2021-08-05 20.36.30

TraceRoute#

Telecom Unicom goes through CN2, while Mobile connects directly. The line is actually good for building sites, but the speed is currently a bit degraded.

Traceroute to China, Beijing CU (TCP Mode, Max 30 Hop)
============================================================
traceroute to 123.125.99.1 (123.125.99.1), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.214.1  0.22 ms  AS31898  Republic of Korea, Seoul, oracle.com
 2  121.78.30.14  1.04 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 3  121.78.30.13  0.90 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 4  121.78.30.73  1.87 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 5  218.185.245.61  5.69 ms  AS4809  Republic of Korea, Seoul, ChinaTelecom
 6  59.43.187.209  23.37 ms  *  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
 7  59.43.186.245  26.05 ms  *  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
 8  59.43.130.197  30.28 ms  *  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
 9  59.43.80.106  34.96 ms  *  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
10  *
11  202.97.85.90  56.94 ms  AS4134  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom
12  219.158.44.109  69.42 ms  AS4837  China, Beijing, ChinaUnicom
13  *
14  *
15  125.33.187.218  64.18 ms  AS4808  China, Beijing, ChinaUnicom
16  124.65.194.138  56.76 ms  AS4808  China, Beijing, ChinaUnicom
17  61.135.113.154  51.40 ms  AS4808  China, Beijing, ChinaUnicom
18  *
19  123.125.99.1  56.77 ms  AS4808  China, Beijing, ChinaUnicom


Traceroute to China, Beijing CT (TCP Mode, Max 30 Hop)
============================================================
traceroute to 180.149.128.9 (180.149.128.9), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.214.29  0.54 ms  AS31898  Republic of Korea, Seoul, oracle.com
 2  121.78.30.14  1.13 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 3  121.78.30.13  0.95 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 4  203.195.115.17  100.22 ms  AS4809  Republic of Korea, Seoul, ChinaTelecom
 5  *
 6  59.43.182.225  166.40 ms  *  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom
 7  *
 8  59.43.132.17  159.91 ms  *  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom
 9  *
10  36.110.244.46  165.35 ms  AS23724  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom
11  36.110.246.198  153.94 ms  AS23724  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom
12  180.149.128.9  163.54 ms  AS23724  China, Beijing, ChinaTelecom


Traceroute to China, Beijing CM (TCP Mode, Max 30 Hop)
============================================================
traceroute to 211.136.25.153 (211.136.25.153), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.214.26  0.65 ms  AS31898  Republic of Korea, Seoul, oracle.com
 2  121.78.30.14  0.73 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 3  121.78.30.13  21.29 ms  AS9286  Republic of Korea, Seoul, kinx.net
 4  223.119.19.153  51.04 ms  AS58453  Republic of Korea, Seoul, ChinaMobile
 5  223.120.3.117  64.67 ms  AS58453  Republic of Korea, Seoul, ChinaMobile
 6  *
 7  *
 8  *
 9  *
10  *
11  111.24.2.249  99.80 ms  AS9808  China, Beijing, ChinaMobile
12  *
13  211.136.67.113  109.53 ms  AS56048  China, Beijing, ChinaMobile
14  *
15  211.136.95.226  89.45 ms  AS56048  China, Beijing, ChinaMobile
16  211.136.95.226  109.77 ms  AS56048  China, Beijing, ChinaMobile
17  *
18  *
19  211.136.25.153  90.44 ms  AS56048  China, Beijing, ChinaMobile

Lemonbench：Ubuntu Pastebin

Streaming Unlock#

Currently, it basically unlocks nothing; it used to unlock Netflix. After the 8.4 disaster, there are very few global servers that can unlock Netflix.

=============Cross-Border Platform Unlock==============
 Dazn:                                  No
 HotStar:                               No
 Netflix:                               [N] Mark Only
 DisneyPlus:                            No
 YouTube Premium:                       No  (Region: CN) 
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: KR)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          Yes
 Tiktok Region:                         KR
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   KR
 Viu.com:                               No
 YouTube CDN:                           Associated with LGUPLUSWIRELINE
 Steam Currency:                        KRW
=======================================

Usage#

Many things cannot run on ARM architecture, and the speed to mainland is not good either; it is recommended for building websites or tinkering.