Gordon Cloud VPS Review: 20% Off with CN2 Network and KVM Virtualization

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Published·May 24, 2019Modified·Jun 18, 2019

Gordon Cloud is a domestic VPS provider currently offering servers in Hong Kong Sha Tin, Los Angeles, USA, and South Korea. All network traffic utilizes the CN2 route, and the infrastructure is based on KVM virtualization.

Product Pricing

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Official Website, Payment Methods, and Coupon

Official Website: https://www.godeng.cn/
Payment Methods: Currently only Alipay is supported.
Coupon Code: godeng2019 (20% off site-wide)

Basic Testing

I opened a Los Angeles, USA VPS with Gordon Cloud. Based on the route tracing, the path goes through 59.43.244.137, confirming the use of CN2 for the outbound route (tested only via Sichuan Telecom). IP geolocation suggests the data center may be operated by Psychz.

Route Trace

Ping test results from Sichuan Telecom show an average latency of 193ms.

Ping Test

The bench.sh script test shows an average read/write speed of 224.0 MB/s, which is average for I/O performance.

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CPU model            : Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
Number of cores      : 2
CPU frequency        : 2799.998 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 20.0 GB (1.4 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 991 MB (102 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 511 MB (0 MB Used)
System uptime        : 0 days, 1 hour 21 min
Load average         : 0.53, 0.14, 0.08
OS                   : CentOS 7.5.1804
Arch                 : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel               : 3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
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I/O speed(1st run)   : 247 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run)   : 254 MB/s
I/O speed(3rd run)   : 171 MB/s
Average I/O speed    : 224.0 MB/s
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The maximum download speed reached 102MB/s, suggesting the host machine likely has a 1Gbps shared bandwidth.

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Node Name                       IPv4 address            Download Speed
CacheFly                        205.234.175.175         94.2MB/s      
Linode, Tokyo, JP               106.187.96.148          19.8MB/s      
Linode, Singapore, SG           139.162.23.4            13.0MB/s      
Linode, London, UK              176.58.107.39           16.7MB/s      
Linode, Frankfurt, DE           139.162.130.8           15.5MB/s      
Linode, Fremont, CA             50.116.14.9             102MB/s       
Softlayer, Dallas, TX           173.192.68.18           34.6MB/s      
Softlayer, Seattle, WA          67.228.112.250          42.6MB/s      
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE        159.122.69.4            8.51MB/s      
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        119.81.28.170           6.42MB/s      
Softlayer, HongKong, CN         119.81.130.170          5.82MB/s      
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Additional Notes

Gordon Cloud is a relatively new provider, and this is my first time testing their services. Stability requires long-term observation, so please make your purchasing decision carefully. Regardless of the VPS provider, always ensure you back up your data regularly.

Official Website: https://www.godeng.cn/
Coupon Code: godeng2019 (20% off site-wide)