I am in no way affiliated with Hukot.cz but I have been a customer of theirs for 1 month. This server was benchmarked and reviewed whilst it was not in production. Therefore it should be noted that the below results are of a server currently being not used.
Introduction:
Hukot.cz is offering 6 different types of XEN/ KVM based Virtual Private Servers. Their VPSs are located in Central Europe in Prague and in their datacenter located in Ceska Trebova.
The cheapest server "Na kukačku" costs 2.92 € per month and is offering:
- 5 GB
- 256 MB RAM (fully reserved)
- CPU XEON E5/E3 / Opteron 6200/6300 (1 x core)
- 1 Gbps connectivity
- unlimited data transfer
- 24/7 Support
- full root or managed
- KVM / VNC Console
I bought the "Sexíček" server with 512 MB RAM and 10 GB HDD, with unlimited data transfer.
First Start & Support & Communication
Its important to mention, that no OS is preinstalled. That might be confusing for beginners and therefore I would recommend this service only for advanced linux users.
I got the login access information within minutes. They include the following information:
"Your virtual server has been succesfully created:
Hostname: xxxxx
DNS name: xxx.hukot.net
IPv4 address: 46.36.37.xx
IPv4 gateway: 46.36.37.1
DNS servers: 46.36.35.65 and 8.8.8.8"
You have to set the IP manually. You will get the access data to their KVM/VNC console at:
https://admin.hukot.net
It looks like this:
With a click on the CD Icon you can select a predefined list of OS Images.
It includes all important Linux distributions and even Windows images. If you want to install your own OS, you can upload it to them by "Upload own ISO".
After you mounted the given ISO, you can open the VNC Console (by clicking on the terminal icon) and after a reboot install your OS by your own.
For me this was quite easy, I like this feature very much, because you can modify your installation as you want. Therefore I can recommend Hukot.cz very much to advanced Linux users as well.
After you installed your system (don't forget to set the IP etc. manually), you can login with root password.
I didn't contact the support yet. In the first month I only received an e-mail that they want to change their company name.
Their webpage is except for some parts in English available.
Hardware Information
Like I mentioned above, I received according to their sale webpage a 512 MB RAM system, with a 5GB HDD, and a CPU XEON E5/E3 / Opteron 6200/6300.
# I will contact them in order to know more about their nodes.
CPU-Infos
root@42-37:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 21
model : 2
model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6344
stepping : 0
microcode : 0x1000065
cpu MHz : 2599.998
cache size : 512 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb lm up rep _good nopl extd_apicid pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx f16c hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy abm sse4a misali gnsse 3dnowprefetch xop fma4 tbm arat
bogomips : 5199.99
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Mem-Info:
root@42-37:~# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 508952 kB
MemFree: 11584 kB
Buffers: 46776 kB
Cached: 409944 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 133316 kB
Inactive: 330888 kB
Active(anon): 1540 kB
Inactive(anon): 6132 kB
Active(file): 131776 kB
Inactive(file): 324756 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 471036 kB
SwapFree: 471036 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 7508 kB
Mapped: 4816 kB
Shmem: 188 kB
Slab: 25456 kB
SReclaimable: 19476 kB
SUnreclaim: 5980 kB
KernelStack: 440 kB
PageTables: 1248 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 725512 kB
Committed_AS: 39560 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 3592 kB
VmallocChunk: 34359731704 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
DirectMap4k: 38904 kB
DirectMap2M: 485376 kB
DirectMap1G: 0 kB
Inode Allocation:
root@42-37:~# df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
rootfs 610800 20667 590133 4% /
udev 61960 345 61615 1% /dev
tmpfs 63619 234 63385 1% /run
/dev/mapper/42--37-root 610800 20667 590133 4% /
tmpfs 63619 2 63617 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 63619 2 63617 1% /run/shm
/dev/vda1 124496 240 124256 1% /boot
vmstat:
root@42-37:~# vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 11460 46784 410072 0 0 0 1 10 7 0 0 100 0
The Network
I didn't use their network that often. They offer a "1Gbit line", but my tests show another story. All tests were made during 2PM - 3 PM CET.
root@42-37:/tmp# ./speed.sh
CPU model : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6344
Number of cores : 1
CPU frequency : 2599.998 MHz
Total amount of ram : 497 MB
Total amount of swap : 459 MB
System uptime : 18 days, 22:42,
Download speed from CacheFly: 7.04MB/s
Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: 1.94MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: 1.49MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 658KB/s
Download speed from i3d.net, NL: 4.18MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 8.94MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 599KB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 1.12MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 1.12MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 1.79MB/s
I/O speed : 152 MB/s
Within Czech Republic I get some other results:
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from GTT a.s. (46.36.37.42)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by KABELOVA TELEVIZE CZ s.r.o. (Ceska Trebova) [69.84 km]: 16.292 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 515.92 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 124.10 Mbit/s
root@42-37:/tmp# wget http://releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz/releases/12.04/ubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-amd64.iso -O /dev/null
--2013-12-13 07:34:04-- http://releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz/releases/12.04/ubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-amd64.iso
Resolving releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz (releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz)... 86.49.49.52, 2a02:8300:8000:3::52
Connecting to releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz (releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz)|86.49.49.52|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 753926144 (719M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'
100%[======================================>] 753,926,144 31.6M/s in 24s
2013-12-13 07:34:27 (30.2 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [753926144/753926144]
Another test:
First Start & Support & Communication
Its important to mention, that no OS is preinstalled. That might be confusing for beginners and therefore I would recommend this service only for advanced linux users.
I got the login access information within minutes. They include the following information:
"Your virtual server has been succesfully created:
Hostname: xxxxx
DNS name: xxx.hukot.net
IPv4 address: 46.36.37.xx
IPv4 gateway: 46.36.37.1
DNS servers: 46.36.35.65 and 8.8.8.8"
You have to set the IP manually. You will get the access data to their KVM/VNC console at:
https://admin.hukot.net
It looks like this:
 | |||
| Admin panel of Hukot.cz |
With a click on the CD Icon you can select a predefined list of OS Images.
It includes all important Linux distributions and even Windows images. If you want to install your own OS, you can upload it to them by "Upload own ISO".
After you mounted the given ISO, you can open the VNC Console (by clicking on the terminal icon) and after a reboot install your OS by your own.
For me this was quite easy, I like this feature very much, because you can modify your installation as you want. Therefore I can recommend Hukot.cz very much to advanced Linux users as well.
After you installed your system (don't forget to set the IP etc. manually), you can login with root password.
I didn't contact the support yet. In the first month I only received an e-mail that they want to change their company name.
Their webpage is except for some parts in English available.
Hardware Information
Like I mentioned above, I received according to their sale webpage a 512 MB RAM system, with a 5GB HDD, and a CPU XEON E5/E3 / Opteron 6200/6300.
# I will contact them in order to know more about their nodes.
CPU-Infos
root@42-37:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 21
model : 2
model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6344
stepping : 0
microcode : 0x1000065
cpu MHz : 2599.998
cache size : 512 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb lm up rep _good nopl extd_apicid pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx f16c hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy abm sse4a misali gnsse 3dnowprefetch xop fma4 tbm arat
bogomips : 5199.99
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Mem-Info:
root@42-37:~# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 508952 kB
MemFree: 11584 kB
Buffers: 46776 kB
Cached: 409944 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 133316 kB
Inactive: 330888 kB
Active(anon): 1540 kB
Inactive(anon): 6132 kB
Active(file): 131776 kB
Inactive(file): 324756 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 471036 kB
SwapFree: 471036 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 7508 kB
Mapped: 4816 kB
Shmem: 188 kB
Slab: 25456 kB
SReclaimable: 19476 kB
SUnreclaim: 5980 kB
KernelStack: 440 kB
PageTables: 1248 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 725512 kB
Committed_AS: 39560 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 3592 kB
VmallocChunk: 34359731704 kB
HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB
AnonHugePages: 0 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
DirectMap4k: 38904 kB
DirectMap2M: 485376 kB
DirectMap1G: 0 kB
Inode Allocation:
root@42-37:~# df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
rootfs 610800 20667 590133 4% /
udev 61960 345 61615 1% /dev
tmpfs 63619 234 63385 1% /run
/dev/mapper/42--37-root 610800 20667 590133 4% /
tmpfs 63619 2 63617 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 63619 2 63617 1% /run/shm
/dev/vda1 124496 240 124256 1% /boot
vmstat:
root@42-37:~# vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 11460 46784 410072 0 0 0 1 10 7 0 0 100 0
The Network
I didn't use their network that often. They offer a "1Gbit line", but my tests show another story. All tests were made during 2PM - 3 PM CET.
root@42-37:/tmp# ./speed.sh
CPU model : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6344
Number of cores : 1
CPU frequency : 2599.998 MHz
Total amount of ram : 497 MB
Total amount of swap : 459 MB
System uptime : 18 days, 22:42,
Download speed from CacheFly: 7.04MB/s
Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: 1.94MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: 1.49MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 658KB/s
Download speed from i3d.net, NL: 4.18MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 8.94MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 599KB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 1.12MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 1.12MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 1.79MB/s
I/O speed : 152 MB/s
Within Czech Republic I get some other results:
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from GTT a.s. (46.36.37.42)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by KABELOVA TELEVIZE CZ s.r.o. (Ceska Trebova) [69.84 km]: 16.292 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 515.92 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 124.10 Mbit/s
root@42-37:/tmp# wget http://releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz/releases/12.04/ubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-amd64.iso -O /dev/null
--2013-12-13 07:34:04-- http://releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz/releases/12.04/ubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-amd64.iso
Resolving releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz (releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz)... 86.49.49.52, 2a02:8300:8000:3::52
Connecting to releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz (releases.ubuntu.mirror.dkm.cz)|86.49.49.52|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 753926144 (719M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'
100%[======================================>] 753,926,144 31.6M/s in 24s
2013-12-13 07:34:27 (30.2 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [753926144/753926144]
Another test:
Download from speedtest.tele2.net with 5 threads by axel.
Downloaded 100.0 megabytes in 27 seconds. (3761.46 KB/s)
At least the upload speed is a little bit better:
104857600 bytes sent in 11.77 secs (8697.7 kB/s)
Conculsion:
It looks like the network speed of 1Gbit is only guranteed within the Czech Republic. That's in my opinion a bad results. Let's compare the traceroutes:
traceroute to qsc.de (213.148.129.40), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 1-35.hukot.net (46.36.35.1) 0.577 ms 0.792 ms 0.607 ms
2 217-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.217) 5.642 ms 5.675 ms 5.715 ms
3 244-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.244) 5.314 ms 5.378 ms 5.430 ms
4 249-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.249) 5.364 ms 5.464 ms *
5 78.152.48.14 (78.152.48.14) 22.404 ms 22.405 ms 6.821 ms
6 eth2-7.r1.fra1.de.atrato.net (78.152.44.14) 26.195 ms 13.275 ms 13.002 ms
7 eth4-5.r1.dus1.de.atrato.net (80.94.64.133) 16.039 ms 16.059 ms 16.047 ms
8 core2.dus.qsc.de (194.146.118.8) 16.187 ms 16.159 ms 16.147 ms
9 core4.cgn.qsc.de (213.148.139.38) 27.529 ms 27.533 ms 27.515 ms
10 core5.cgn.qsc.de (87.234.11.202) 22.491 ms 22.779 ms 22.579 ms
11 gw.qsc.de (213.148.128.70) 18.681 ms 18.812 ms 18.319 ms
12 www.qsc.de (213.148.129.40) 17.796 ms 17.816 ms 17.803 ms
traceroute to cachefly.cachefly.net (205.234.175.175), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 1-35.hukot.net (46.36.35.1) 0.594 ms 0.793 ms 0.791 ms
2 217-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.217) 5.446 ms 5.524 ms 5.566 ms
3 244-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.244) 5.220 ms 5.406 ms 5.405 ms
4 249-215.prozeta.net (95.173.215.249) 5.187 ms 5.382 ms 5.379 ms
5 xe-1-3-0.vienna51.vie.seabone.net (195.22.215.33) 10.918 ms 10.940 ms 10.936 ms
6 xe-10-1-1.franco31.fra.seabone.net (195.22.211.205) 27.118 ms 24.872 ms 24.551 ms
7 tinet.franco31.fra.seabone.net (89.221.34.77) 24.833 ms tinet.franco31.fra.seabone.net (89.221.34.79) 24.835 ms tinet.franco31.fra.seabone.net (89.221.34.77) 25.194 ms
8 xe-11-2-0.fra23.ip4.tinet.net (141.136.110.109) 25.162 ms vip1.G-anycast1.cachefly.net (205.234.175.175) 25.217 ms xe-0-1-0.fra23.ip4.tinet.net (141.136.110.125) 25.430 ms
PING heise.de (193.99.144.77) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=1 ttl=247 time=13.4 ms
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=2 ttl=247 time=13.4 ms
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=3 ttl=247 time=13.3 ms
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=4 ttl=247 time=13.4 ms
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=5 ttl=247 time=13.4 ms
64 bytes from 193.99.144.77: icmp_req=6 ttl=247 time=13.5 ms
Traceroute and Ping are quite normal. I will contact the support in order to understand why the speed outside of Czech Republic is so bad.
Conclusion:
Hukot.cz are offering very cheap VPSs. It's an amazing price looking at the fact that you get a XEN/KVM system. I very like the VNC console as well. The server was always reachable, but the network speed doesn't look that good, even if it were a 100Mbit line. I can only recommend their service to advanced users.
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