How to Test Cloud Server Network Speed

Mont,   Apr, 06, 2022

Hello, my dear friends, No doubt you want to know the upload and download speeds of a file while using a given server (Cloud Server), right? Today I’ll show you a couple methods for testing the Server’s download and upload speeds. But first, you need to satisfy some of the following conditions.

Prerequisites

Cloud Server is required to test network speed. You can’t perform the test on a Shared Hosting server since all of the server’s resources are shared with other users. As a result, having shared hosting makes it harder to make reliable measurements. 

What Is a Cloud Server?

An Internet-based network—typically the Internet—is used to host and offer a pooled, centrally located server resource known as a cloud server, which various users can access as needed. Cloud servers can supply processing power, storage, and applications in the same ways as a conventional physical server would.

Through a cloud computing environment, cloud servers can be situated anywhere in the world and provide services remotely. Traditional dedicated server hardware, in contrast, is often installed on-site for the sole purpose of one organization.

Let’s Hands-On to STARTING Checking Network Speed

For Cloud Server, you need to use the terminal console to log in via ssh

ssh root@<your-server-ip>

Now, from the terminal console of the Cloud Server, perform network speed tests

Method 1: Checking your download speed by downloading a null file

wget -O /dev/null https://speedsin.phoenixnap.com/sin-1gb.test

NOTE:

You can go PhoenixNAP to choose the location of a file, then test the download speed to test the download speed from your Cloud Hosting/ Cloud Server to that location

Conclusion

Method 2: Using python script (speedtest.py)

Run the following commands one by one, do not to run them at the same time, and don’t run the commands starting with the # sign because it’s a comment

#Download python3 packages
yum install python3 -y

#Downloading speedtest.py script
wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py

#Using ls command to check
ls

(Successfully downloaded script speedtest.py)

Here are some commands you need to know when using this script

#List the speedtest.net server-based upon physical distance.
python3 speedtest.py --list

(Above are all server-based in Bangladesh, around Cambodia)

NOTE: The number in the 1st column is the server ID. For example, 48580 is the server ID of Global Communication 

# Here server ID 48580 of Global Communication (Metfone)
python3 speedtest.py --server 48580

Conclusion

Final Thought

Download and upload speeds reported by the tool are not completely accurate and should not rely on it. It’s just relative values output that is responsible for the server selected to be tested against. CPU and Memory capacity will influence the result to a certain extent.

→ The more CPU and RAM the server has, the faster the download and upload speeds will be

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