Oracle Oracle Bone Script UAE Dubai Server Evaluation

Introduction#

Since Oracle opened free ARM servers last year, enthusiasm for the AMD free server with only 50M bandwidth has noticeably declined. This year, Oracle has made a big move by quietly increasing the bandwidth of the AMD servers in Chuncheon and Dubai to 500M, and currently, all regions are gradually being opened up!

Although ARM has high specifications, it has mostly been idle except for proxy use; the increase in AMD bandwidth has undoubtedly made Oracle popular once again.

Evaluation#

The test used is the free AMD in Dubai.

LemonBench#

Full test report

System Information#

-> System Information
 
 OS Release:		Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)  (x86_64)
 CPU Model:		AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core Processor  2.00 GHz
 CPU Cache Size:	512 KB
 CPU Number:		2 vCPU
 Virt Type:		KVM
 Memory Usage:		256.05 MB / 973.40 MB
 Swap Usage:		[ No Swapfile / Swap partition ]
 Disk Usage:		2.64 GB / 47.16 GB
 Boot Device:		/dev/sda1
 Load (1/5/15min):	0.18 0.09 0.09 
 CPU Usage:		0.0% used, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% steal
 Kernel Version:	5.17.1
 Network CC Method:	cubic + fq_codel

Network#

139.185.*.*
AE / United Arab Emirates
AS31898 / ORACLE-BMC-31898

Performance#

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

 1 Thread Test:			573 Scores
 2 Threads Test:		591 Scores

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

 1 Thread - Read Test :		15541.91 MB/s
 1 Thread - Write Test:		7057.15 MB/s

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

 Test Name		Write Speed				Read Speed
 100MB-4K Block		9.2 MB/s (2236 IOPS, 11.45 s)		9.8 MB/s (2384 IOPS, 10.74 s)
 1GB-1M Block		55.0 MB/s (52 IOPS, 19.06 s)		52.6 MB/s (50 IOPS, 19.93 s)

Geekbench#

GB5 has been failing for some reason, so I used GB4 instead. Note that the scoring standards for 4 and 5 are different and not comparable.

Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1655                          
Multi Core      | 1513                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/16533138

Speedtest#

Local speed: 500M

   Speedtest by Ookla

     Server: datamena - Dubai (id = 41947)
        ISP: Oracle Corporation
    Latency:     3.19 ms   (0.02 ms jitter)
   Download:   458.76 Mbps (data used: 669.4 MB)                               
     Upload:   480.55 Mbps (data used: 217.0 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%
 Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/f0ee1e30-b1a1-4a2c-a03e-922c21d39f96

Superspeed#

Latency is similar, with poorer speeds on China Unicom, while China Telecom and Mobile perform well.

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TraceRoute#

Guangzhou Mobile was tested with my own 120.232.*.*

[Info] Testing route to Guangzhou Mobile...
 1  140.91.236.7  0.19 ms  AS31898  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, oracle.com
 2  94.203.76.154  1.16 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 3  94.203.76.153  2.32 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 4  *
 5  *
 6  223.119.65.241  74.64 ms  AS58453  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, ChinaMobile
 7  223.118.4.9  75.60 ms  AS58453  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, ChinaMobile
 8  223.118.3.33  282.29 ms  AS58453  China, Hong Kong, ChinaMobile
 9  223.120.2.6  265.00 ms  AS58453  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
10  221.183.55.58  260.46 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
11  221.183.25.122  244.56 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
12  221.176.22.157  261.77 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
13  111.24.5.189  278.82 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
14  *
15  *
16  120.241.242.78  267.78 ms  AS56040  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
17  *
18  *
[Info] Route test to Guangzhou Mobile completed!

[Info] Testing route to Hangzhou Mobile, Zhejiang...
traceroute to 120.199.239.1 (120.199.239.1), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.236.13  0.51 ms  AS31898  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, oracle.com
 2  94.203.76.154  1.12 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 3  94.203.76.153  2.39 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 4  *
 5  *
 6  223.119.65.241  74.56 ms  AS58453  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, ChinaMobile
 7  223.118.4.9  75.54 ms  AS58453  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, ChinaMobile
 8  223.118.3.33  268.92 ms  AS58453  China, Hong Kong, ChinaMobile
 9  221.183.21.5  246.90 ms  AS9808  China, Hong Kong, ChinaMobile
10  221.176.24.57  262.39 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
11  221.176.24.157  263.10 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
12  111.24.5.173  253.61 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, ChinaMobile
13  221.176.15.130  269.31 ms  AS9808  China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, ChinaMobile
14  *
15  120.199.239.1  268.74 ms  AS56041  China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, ChinaMobile

[Info] Route test to Hangzhou Mobile completed!

[Info] Testing route to Suqian Unicom, Jiangsu...
traceroute to 153.36.202.5 (153.36.202.5), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.236.7  0.41 ms  AS31898  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, oracle.com
 2  94.203.76.154  1.23 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 3  94.203.76.153  2.33 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 4  *
 5  ae-42.a01.sngpsi07.sg.bb.gin.ntt.net (116.51.26.81)  93.86 ms  AS2914  Singapore, ntt.com
 6  ae-12.r22.sngpsi07.sg.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.123)  87.32 ms  AS2914  Singapore, ntt.com
 7  *
 8  ae-2.r02.osakjp02.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  152.49 ms  AS2914  Japan, Osaka, ntt.com
 9  219.158.43.145  251.26 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai, ChinaUnicom
10  219.158.6.205  221.05 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai, ChinaUnicom
11  219.158.7.125  233.02 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai, ChinaUnicom
12  219.158.97.54  209.14 ms  AS4837  China, Jiangsu, Nanjing, ChinaUnicom
13  221.6.174.90  247.56 ms  AS4837  China, Jiangsu, Suqian, ChinaUnicom
[Info] Route test to Suqian Unicom completed!

[Info] Testing route to Shanghai Telecom...
traceroute to 101.95.110.149 (101.95.110.149), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
 1  140.91.236.12  0.16 ms  AS31898  United Arab Emirates, Emirate of Dubai, Dubai, oracle.com
 2  94.203.76.154  1.28 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 3  94.203.76.153  2.62 ms  AS15802  United Arab Emirates, du.ae
 4  *
 5  *
 6  *
 7  *
 8  ae9.palermo3.pal.seabone.net (195.22.197.54)  91.34 ms  AS6762  Italy, Sicily, Metropolitan city of Palermo, tisparkle.com
 9  ae31.franco71.fra.seabone.net (195.22.208.75)  121.66 ms  AS6762  Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, tisparkle.com
10  china-telecom.franco71.fra.seabone.net (89.221.34.161)  130.55 ms  AS6762  Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, tisparkle.com
11  *
12  202.97.33.133  239.21 ms  AS4134  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
13  202.97.57.26  240.33 ms  AS4134  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
14  61.152.26.21  253.48 ms  AS4812  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
15  101.95.89.114  250.67 ms  AS4812  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom
16  *
17  101.95.110.149  252.47 ms  AS4812  China, Shanghai, ChinaTelecom

[Info] Route test to Shanghai Telecom completed!

iperf3#

Guangzhou Mobile single-threaded, multi-threading can reach full speed. Here, I used nekoneko's optimization script, which could only achieve around 50M before optimization.

Connecting to host 120.232.*.*, port 20012
[  5] local 10.0.0.26 port 54996 connected to 120.232.173.119 port 20012
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   506 KBytes  4.15 Mbits/sec    0   55.1 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  3.35 MBytes  28.1 Mbits/sec    0    444 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  12.5 MBytes   105 Mbits/sec    0   5.18 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  32.5 MBytes   273 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  37.5 MBytes   315 Mbits/sec    5   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  18.8 MBytes   157 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  38.8 MBytes   325 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  40.0 MBytes   336 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  38.8 MBytes   325 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  40.0 MBytes   336 Mbits/sec    0   31.6 MBytes       
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   263 MBytes   220 Mbits/sec    5             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.27  sec   263 MBytes   215 Mbits/sec                  receiver

Streaming Unlock#

Supports Netflix and Disney+, unlocking is very appealing.

 ** Testing IPv4 unlock status 
--------------------------------
 ** Your network is: Oracle Cloud (139.185.*.*) 


============[ Multination ]============
 Dazn:                                  No
 HotStar:                               No
 Disney+:                               Yes (Region: US)
 Netflix:                               Yes (Region: AE)
 YouTube Premium:                       Yes (Region: AE)
 Amazon Prime Video:                    Yes (Region: AE)
 TVBAnywhere+:                          Yes
 iQyi Oversea Region:                   AE
 Viu.com:                               Yes (Region: AE)
 YouTube CDN:                           Associated with [DU]
 Netflix Preferred CDN:                 Dubai  
 Spotify Registration:                  No
 Steam Currency:                        AED
=======================================

Usage#

Streaming unlock, with good latency and speed, can be used as a proxy.