Krypt iON Cloud Launches with Dual-Way CN2 Network and 50% Annual Discount

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Published·Aug 20, 2019Modified·Aug 24, 2019

In May 1998, Krypt established a web hosting company in Newport Beach, California. Krypt is best known for being the premier CS game server provider on the US West Coast during the peak of the CS gaming industry between 2000 and 2005.

50% Off Annual Plans

To celebrate the launch of iON Cloud, Krypt is offering a 50% discount on annual plans with the code: iON50. The iON Cloud utilizes KVM technology, which provides a higher degree of automation. This discount code is limited to 200 uses, so act fast.

Purchase Link: https://ion.krypt.com/

Annual 50% discount code: iON50
Annual 50% discount code: iONFbAN100
Annual 50% discount code: iONL2GO

Below are the plan configurations. After applying the annual discount code, there is an additional 50% off, meaning a 1 vCPU/1GB RAM plan costs only $30/year.

Krypt iON Basic Testing

Currently, Krypt iON only offers a Los Angeles data center. Testing confirms it utilizes a dual-way CN2 network, and combined with the 50% annual discount, it is highly recommended. The reviewer purchased a 1 vCPU/2GB RAM/50GB Storage/2TB Bandwidth ION-L02 instance. Test details follow.

The bench.sh script test showed an average I/O speed of 577.0 MB/s, with the fastest download speed reaching 136MB/s, confirming Gigabit bandwidth.

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CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz
Number of cores      : 1
CPU frequency        : 2499.996 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 49.0 GB (1.4 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 1838 MB (93 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 1023 MB (0 MB Used)
System uptime        : 0 days, 0 hour 13 min
Load average         : 0.03, 0.04, 0.05
OS                   : CentOS 7.6.1810
Arch                 : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel               : 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64
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I/O speed(1st run)   : 496 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run)   : 634 MB/s
I/O speed(3rd run)   : 601 MB/s
Average I/O speed    : 577.0 MB/s
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Node Name                       IPv4 address            Download Speed
CacheFly                        205.234.175.175         136MB/s
Linode, Tokyo2, JP              139.162.65.37           20.3MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           139.162.23.4            11.0MB/s
Linode, London, UK              176.58.107.39           16.6MB/s
Linode, Frankfurt, DE           139.162.130.8           15.0MB/s
Linode, Fremont, CA             50.116.14.9             185MB/s
Softlayer, Dallas, TX           173.192.68.18           56.9MB/s
Softlayer, Seattle, WA          67.228.112.250          62.1MB/s
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE        159.122.69.4            4.69MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        119.81.28.170           10.7MB/s
Softlayer, HongKong, CN         119.81.130.170          8.69MB/s
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The outbound route passes through the backbone network 59.43.244.137 (CN2).

Using the mping script test, the return path to China Telecom also utilizes the CN2 network, while China Mobile and China Unicom connect directly. The return route information is as follows.

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【Sichuan Telecom】 - 61.139.2.69

traceroute to 61.139.2.69 (61.139.2.69), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  customer.krypt.com (98.126.18.65)  0.45 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 2  ip-184-vlan89.br06.lax10.vpls.net164-197-130.kryptcolo.net (184.164.197.130)  3.30 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 3  vlan10.br5.lax9.vpls.net (184.164.196.235)  11.47 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 4  66.102.252.209  1.57 ms  AS4809  United States California Los Angeles ctamericas.com
 5  59.43.246.233  154.75 ms  *  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaTelecom
 6  59.43.244.134  153.19 ms  *  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaTelecom
 7  202.97.94.101  191.68 ms  AS4134  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaTelecom
 8  202.97.94.141  159.06 ms  AS4134  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaTelecom
 9  202.97.65.202  213.88 ms  *  China Sichuan Chengdu ChinaTelecom
10  *
11  61.139.113.54  211.48 ms  AS4134  China Sichuan Chengdu ChinaTelecom
12  ns.sc.cninfo.net (61.139.2.69)  184.94 ms  AS4134  China Sichuan Chengdu ChinaTelecom

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【Hebei Unicom】- 202.99.160.68

traceroute to 202.99.160.68 (202.99.160.68), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  customer.krypt.com (98.126.18.65)  3.37 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 2  ip-184-vlan89.br06.lax10.vpls.net164-197-130.kryptcolo.net (184.164.197.130)  1.83 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 3  vlan102.br3.lax3.vpls.net (184.164.197.104)  0.89 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 4  218.30.53.9  1.17 ms  AS4134  United States California Los Angeles ctamericas.com
 5  202.97.90.149  1.37 ms  AS4134  United States California Los Angeles ChinaTelecom
 6  202.97.59.141  183.84 ms  AS4134  China Shanghai ChinaTelecom
 7  202.97.14.241  179.50 ms  AS4134  China Beijing ChinaTelecom
 8  202.97.18.213  190.89 ms  AS4134  China Beijing ChinaTelecom
 9  *
10  *
11  *
12  219.158.9.174  174.79 ms  AS4837  China Beijing ChinaUnicom
13  202.99.160.106  183.50 ms  AS4837  China Hebei Shijiazhuang ChinaUnicom
14  61.182.146.70  187.75 ms  AS4837  China Hebei Shijiazhuang ChinaUnicom
15  221.192.35.2  186.10 ms  AS4837  China Hebei Shijiazhuang ChinaUnicom
16  202.99.160.68  177.44 ms  AS4837  China Hebei Shijiazhuang ChinaUnicom

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【Anhui Mobile】 - 211.138.180.2

traceroute to 211.138.180.2 (211.138.180.2), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  customer.krypt.com (98.126.18.65)  0.41 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 2  vlan4.br07.lax10.vpls.net (184.164.197.129)  0.61 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 3  vlan11.br4.lax9.vpls.net (184.164.193.238)  0.79 ms  AS35908  United States California Los Angeles vpls.com
 4  china-mobile.as58453.any2ix.coresite.com (206.72.210.219)  1.41 ms  AS7713  United States California Los Angeles coresite.com
 5  223.120.6.17  1.19 ms  AS58453  United States California Los Angeles ChinaMobile
 6  223.120.12.10  148.39 ms  AS58453  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaMobile
 7  221.183.55.94  154.89 ms  AS9808  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaMobile
 8  221.176.24.61  150.45 ms  AS9808  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaMobile
 9  221.176.22.125  150.19 ms  AS9808  China Guangdong Guangzhou ChinaMobile
10  221.176.18.6  184.73 ms  AS9808  China Anhui Hefei ChinaMobile
11  221.183.19.126  222.08 ms  AS9808  China Anhui Hefei ChinaMobile
12  120.210.247.1  190.37 ms  AS9808  China Anhui Hefei ChinaMobile
13  120.210.244.14  229.62 ms  AS9808  China Anhui Hefei ChinaMobile
14  ns1.ah.chinamobile.com (211.138.180.2)  186.29 ms  AS9808  China Anhui Hefei ChinaMobile

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This result was generated by mping: https://blog.xiaoz.org/archives/13044

Summary

The official test IP provided is: 98.126.16.146, which you can test yourself. Krypt iON Los Angeles with dual-way CN2 is highly suitable for both website hosting and other purposes.

Additional test IP: 67.198.196.101

Purchase Link: https://ion.krypt.com/ [50% off annual plan with code: iON50, limited to the first 200 users]