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[getweb]

I'm anxious to see how these compare on a national/global scale. I've been co-locating locally for the last couple years but the data center to my cable modem is only 8 hops, half LAN traffic. So I've been spoiled and response times anywhere else seem slow now. Pings would be nice but the new provider blocks them at the router, so...

Compare/contrast: (~10.7MB)

http://argon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz

and

http://xenon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz

Thanks in advance.

(...I'm running out of noble gases.)

[davsva]

From Serverpronto,
argon: 145.68K/s
xenon: 922.75K/s

[e1ven]

Argon started off at 190 then climbed steadily up to 375kb/sec before finishing.
Xenon started off at 155, and stayed there for 80% of the file, before jumping to 355, then 400.
From Massachusetts, US.

[Noam]

from atrivo at sanfrancisco
argon:
09:56:48 (708.88 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]


xenon:
09:57:51 (542.23 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]
this one was abit jumpy and it reached 700 but slowed down.

not so bad basicly

[a-m]

[argon]

10:30:08 (1.62 MB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

[xenon]

10:31:12 (678.28 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

from a 100mbit port on Cogent in VA

[Seraphin[69]]

From FDC :

Connecting to argon.getwebspace.com[66.231.5.2]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 11,265,028 661.40K/s ETA 00:00

Connecting to xenon.getwebspace.com[198.87.82.250]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 11,265,028 178.47K/s ETA 00:00

12:32:33 (178.47 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]


From ServerMatrix :

Connecting to argon.getwebspace.com[66.231.5.2]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 11,265,028 1.10M/s ETA 00:00

Connecting to xenon.getwebspace.com[198.87.82.250]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

100%[====================================>] 11,265,028 959.45K/s ETA 00:00

05:30:50 (959.45 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

[frozen]

From FDC XO:

Argon:
08:24:58 (1.80 MB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon:
08:26:41 (911.58 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]


From FDC Yipes:

Argon:
08:29:10 (1.25 MB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon:
08:29:29 (840.73 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]


From FDC Cogent:

Argon:
05:36:08 (810.39 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon:
05:35:45 (572.49 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]


From ServerMatrix:

Argon:
07:27:38 (1.10 MB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon:
07:28:04 (838.75 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]


From FooNet:

Argon:
08:42:52 (417.12 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon:
08:43:25 (396.75 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

[wheimeng]

$ wget http://argon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
--22:27:29-- http://argon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
=> `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz'
Resolving argon.getwebspace.com... done.
Connecting to argon.getwebspace.com[66.231.5.2]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

11% [========> ] 1,251,872 98.88K/s ETA 01:38
$ wget http://xenon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
--22:27:47-- http://xenon.getwebspace.com/postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz
=> `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1'
Resolving xenon.getwebspace.com... done.
Connecting to xenon.getwebspace.com[198.87.82.250]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11,265,028 [application/x-tar]

11% [========> ] 1,283,896 93.08K/s ETA 01:44

From Malaysia Myloca Doubt you need anymore speed test from US since others would be doing that.

[getweb]

Thanks a ton guys... somewhat disappointed in Xenon. Both fast of course, but Argon seems better connected overall. Really impressed with the ServerMatrix speeds... tempting. Since I'm moving from Argon to Xenon, I hate to take a step backwards in connectivity.

Argon is at a local data center here - yes Sioux Falls, South Dakota has big pipes (1.8MB/s from FDC!) - and Xenon is at Bocacom in Florida. I've only been with Bocacom a week, really nice guys and the little I've heard from others has all been very good. I've only had two support tickets, both during the day and relative non-issues, and they were responded to within a few minutes. But for raw network power it is pretty impossible to compete with the size of, say, ServerMatrix. I believe Bocacom is actually located in a Verio center with a direct Ethernet connection so I'm fairly certain the lag comes from Verio, as a traceroute suggests. But I think I need a multi-homed center to truly be happy - I might look into ServerMatrix again.

If you're looking for first-name-basis support and the above results are fine with you (and why not?) then I'd recommend Bocacom.

[2uantuM]

from dedicated now:

1.1MB/s from Argon
60K/s from Xenon..

[Curto]

From DV2:
Argon: 19:25:30 (668.02 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon: 19:31:42 (32.83 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

[colsson]

from he.net
Argon: (638.74 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon: (558.68 KB/s) - `postgresql-7.3.4.tar.gz.1' saved [11265028/11265028]

[jobvdsande]

from cable connection in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Europe,
on 1.3Mbits line

argon +/- 60kb/s
xenon +/- 110kb/s

[DNHN]

BurstNET (with the current slowdown due to a fiber cut)
Argon: (1005.12 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [11265028/11265028]

Xenon: (411.08 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [11265028/11265028]

[kingpcgeek]

From ATT T-1 in Phoenix
Argon: 154 KB/Sec
Xenon: 135 KB/Sec