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GreenCloudVPS Japan Data Center Review: Performance, Routing, and Pricing

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GreenCloudVPS is a foreign hosting provider, often referred to by netizens as "Green Hat Cloud." While the exact founding date is unknown, they currently offer services in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, the US, and Europe. They provide various types of hosting, including storage and SSD VPS, all running on KVM virtualization.

GreenCloudVPS Logo

Review Configuration

When not on promotion, GreenCloudVPS pricing is not particularly cheap. However, they run sales during holidays and have recently launched weekly specials. I purchased a machine during a weekly special with the following configuration:

  • CPU: 2 Cores
  • Memory: 4GB
  • Bandwidth: 1Gbps
  • Traffic: 500GB
  • Price: $60/year
  • Region: Japan
  • Model Name: NVMeAPAC
  • Purchase Link: https://greencloudvps.com/ (Includes affiliate link. Note the weekly promotion at the top; stock availability is uncertain.)

I/O and Download Tests

I used the bench.sh script for testing. The average I/O speed reached 966.3 MB/s, which is impressive, likely due to the NVMe drive.

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CPU model            : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
Number of cores      : 2
CPU frequency        : 2599.994 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 18.0 GB (6.6 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 3938 MB (491 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 2047 MB (0 MB Used)
System uptime        : 1 days, 2 hour 23 min
Load average         : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
OS                   : CentOS 7.7.1908
Arch                 : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel               : 5.5.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
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I/O speed(1st run)   : 851 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run)   : 1.0 GB/s
I/O speed(3rd run)   : 1.0 GB/s
Average I/O speed    : 966.3 MB/s
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The official page lists the bandwidth as 1Gbps, but the maximum download speed only reached 60.0MB/s. This suggests it does not fully achieve G-port speed, either due to throttling or insufficient actual bandwidth.

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Node Name                       IPv4 address            Download Speed
CacheFly                        204.93.150.152          60.0MB/s
Linode, Tokyo2, JP              139.162.65.37           32.0MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           139.162.23.4            14.3MB/s
Linode, London, UK              176.58.107.39           6.43MB/s
Linode, Frankfurt, DE           139.162.130.8           4.36MB/s
Linode, Fremont, CA             50.116.14.9             11.3MB/s
Softlayer, Dallas, TX           173.192.68.18           9.39MB/s
Softlayer, Seattle, WA          67.228.112.250          7.57MB/s
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE        159.122.69.4            4.57MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        119.81.28.170           12.9MB/s
Softlayer, HongKong, CN         119.81.130.170          33.6MB/s
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Ping Test

This test was conducted during the day, so the results appear favorable. The average latency from China is 73.9ms, as shown below.

Ping Test Result

Route Tracing

I will not provide detailed data for the outbound route here; I will provide the test IP later so you can test the outbound route yourself. Below is a summary of the outbound routes:

  • Liaoning Unicom: IIJ line (Direct)
  • Mianyang Telecom: IIJ line (Direct)
  • Hefei Mobile: Via Hong Kong then IIJ (Detour via Hong Kong)

Next are the inbound route tests to Sichuan Telecom:

1  172.93.220.1  0.54 ms  AS4785  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo nexeon.com
 2  10.254.89.1  0.35 ms  *  LAN
 3  mpr1.g0-2-7.catnetworks-4.tok003.pnap.net (203.169.8.141)  0.70 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 4  core4.ge1-1-bbnet1.tok.pnap.net (61.211.160.15)  1.77 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 5  101.110.21.201  1.50 ms  AS17676  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo bbtec.net
 6  softbank221111179214.bbtec.net (221.111.179.214)  37.28 ms  AS17676  China, Shanghai bbtec.net
 7  *
 8  202.97.57.158  33.29 ms  AS4134  China, Shanghai Telecom
 9  *
10  *
11  61.139.113.58  79.81 ms  AS4134  China, Sichuan, Chengdu Telecom
12  ns.sc.cninfo.net (61.139.2.69)  77.58 ms  AS4134  China, Sichuan, Chengdu Telecom

Inbound route to Hebei Unicom:

1  172.93.220.1  0.52 ms  AS4785  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo nexeon.com
 2  10.254.89.1  0.89 ms  *  LAN
 3  mpr1.g0-2-7.catnetworks-4.tok003.pnap.net (203.169.8.141)  0.34 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 4  mpr2.vlan-2-bbnet2.tok003.pnap.net (61.211.160.84)  1.39 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 5  202.232.6.45  1.34 ms  AS2497  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo iij.ad.jp
 6  tky009bb00.IIJ.Net (58.138.112.213)  1.77 ms  AS2497  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo iij.ad.jp
 7  tky008bb00.IIJ.Net (58.138.88.33)  2.26 ms  AS2497  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo iij.ad.jp
 8  tky008ix11.IIJ.Net (58.138.104.26)  1.82 ms  AS2497  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo iij.ad.jp
 9  210.130.133.10  2.29 ms  AS2497  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo iij.ad.jp
10  219.158.102.201  35.03 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai Unicom
11  219.158.113.126  38.58 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai Unicom
12  219.158.113.113  32.86 ms  AS4837  China, Shanghai Unicom
13  219.158.23.34  51.93 ms  AS4837  China, Tianjin Unicom
14  202.99.160.214  53.78 ms  AS4837  China, Hebei, Shijiazhuang Unicom
15  61.182.175.194  59.42 ms  AS4837  China, Hebei, Shijiazhuang Unicom
16  221.192.35.2  63.49 ms  AS4837  China, Hebei, Shijiazhuang Unicom
17  202.99.160.68  57.70 ms  AS4837  China, Hebei, Shijiazhuang Unicom

Inbound route to Anhui Mobile:

1  172.93.220.1  0.77 ms  AS4785  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo nexeon.com
 2  10.254.89.1  0.37 ms  *  LAN
 3  mpr1.g0-2-7.catnetworks-4.tok003.pnap.net (203.169.8.141)  0.43 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 4  core4.ge1-1-bbnet1.tok.pnap.net (61.211.160.15)  1.91 ms  AS17675  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo inap.com
 5  101.110.21.201  1.50 ms  AS17676  Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo bbtec.net
 6  *
 7  *
 8  *
 9  221.183.55.94  58.56 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou Mobile
10  221.176.24.61  60.27 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou Mobile
11  221.176.22.125  59.98 ms  AS9808  China, Guangdong, Guangzhou Mobile
12  221.176.18.6  81.55 ms  AS9808  China, Anhui, Hefei Mobile
13  221.183.19.126  82.24 ms  AS9808  China, Anhui, Hefei Mobile
14  120.210.247.1  82.28 ms  AS9808  China, Anhui, Hefei Mobile
15  120.210.244.26  124.40 ms  AS9808  China, Anhui, Hefei Mobile
16  ns1.ah.chinamobile.com (211.138.180.2)  81.69 ms  AS9808  China, Anhui, Hefei Mobile

It can be seen that all inbound routes are direct connections.

Test IPs

  • Los Angeles: 198.55.111.5
  • Phoenix: 66.154.97.183
  • Las Vegas: 199.241.143.254
  • Seattle: 216.244.83.34
  • Dallas: 45.34.12.147
  • Chicago: 167.88.10.4
  • Amsterdam: 185.214.10.103
  • Japan: 210.193.122.1
  • Singapore: 45.119.201.6
  • Hong Kong: 103.232.84.1

Other data center test IPs are not listed here as they may change. You can check the official test page for the latest list: https://greencloudvps.com/data-centers.php

Supplement

The machine reviewed above was purchased during a weekly special, making it cheaper than the regular price. I originally intended to buy a Hong Kong machine, but after consulting customer service, I found that the total bandwidth for mainland China in the Hong Kong data center is only 10Mbps and is shared. Therefore, I chose the Japan data center.

Conclusion

The GreenCloudVPS Japan data center offers direct connections for Telecom and Unicom outbound routes, while Mobile routes via Hong Kong (which is acceptable). All inbound routes are direct connections for the three major ISPs. Latency may be higher during peak evening hours compared to daytime.

GreenCloudVPS offers a wide variety of VPS types and regions, with responsive online customer service. If they maintain their current routing lines long-term, they are worth considering. Those interested should keep an eye on their weekly specials.