On 19 April 2010, I did some quick research to see which Linode<\/a> host was right for you, if you were serving mostly Malaysian clients. I did traceroutes and looked at the output of curl. Linode provides speedtest<\/a> files for you (they’re 100MB in size). I tested it against Streamyx 512kbps and 4mbps accounts (something that I can say was popular in Malaysia back in 2010). I intend to repeat this test again soon, but I have no longer got any Streamyx accounts available, so I expect all this should be much faster.<\/p>\n
| Server<\/td>\n | 512kbps tracert hops<\/td>\n | 512kbps avg download speed<\/td>\n | 512kbps time spent<\/td>\n | 4mbps tracert hops<\/td>\n | 4mbps avg download speed<\/td>\n | 4mbps time spent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| London<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 52722<\/td>\n | 0:33:08<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 103k<\/td>\n | 0:16:24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newark<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 52561<\/td>\n | 0:33:14<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | 192k<\/td>\n | 0:08:52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Atlanta<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | 52663<\/td>\n | 0:33:11<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 261k<\/td>\n | 0:06:31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dallas<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 47762<\/td>\n | 0:36:35<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 99k<\/td>\n | 0:17:07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fremont<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 52338<\/td>\n | 0:33:23<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | 408k<\/td>\n | 0:04:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n From the table above, you want the highest average download speed, with the lowest time spent. Upon multiple tests, on a 512kbps link, London was the quickest in terms of delivery (it also only took 8 hops to reach). However on the 4mbps link, its clear that Fremont is the best, even though it took 9 hops to reach.<\/p>\n Conclusion for me back then was that Fremont is a clear winner so choose a server based in Fremont. Tokyo didn’t exist before. Go on, host at Linode<\/a>, they’re a great VPS provider.<\/p>\n |