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Instance benchmark

Akamai (Linode) g6-dedicated-2

The complete benchmark report. Every workload, in one place.

2 vCPU3.8 GiB RAMx86_64Mumbai, IN
Published report · 18 Oct 2026 · One deployment · 19 min test windowUbuntu 24.04.4 · Region ap-west · Method pilot-1

All values below are medians of passed runs unless stated otherwise.

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CPU performance

sysbench 1.0.20 prime workload · 1 thread and all 2 vCPUs.

1,350events/s
Single thread
1,501events/s
All 2 vCPUs
Events / sec
  • 1 thread
    1,350
  • 2 threads
    1,501

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per thread count.

gzip fixed corpus · compression input throughput 111.9 MiB/s · single run.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench 1.0.20 memory · sequential read and write operations.

Read16,247 MiB/s
Write16,249 MiB/s
CopyNot measured
Throughput (MiB/s)
  • Read
    16,247
  • Write
    16,249
  • Copy
    Not measured

Median of 3 passed runs of about 31 seconds per operation. The copy workload is deferred in this methodology.

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Disk performance

fio 3.36 · direct I/O · sequential, random and mixed jobs measured separately.

WorkloadThroughputp95 latency
Sequential read5,193 MB/s9,503 µs
Sequential write5,726 MB/s7,176 µs
Random read64,181 IOPS733.2 µs
Random write48,013 IOPS872.4 µs
Random mix · read44,617 IOPS733.2 µs
Random mix · write19,138 IOPS766.0 µs

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per job. The mixed job's reads and writes are listed separately.

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Network performance

Source: Mumbai, IN · LibreSpeed CLI 1.0.14 · public HTTPS destinations.

DestinationDownloadUploadHTTP latencyHTTP jitterLoss
Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 12:36:10 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
495.8 Mbit/s172.5 Mbit/s133.2 ms0.25 msNot measured
New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
18/10/2026, 12:36:10 UTC · Same deployment supplement · View reviewed run
258.1 Mbit/s99.7 Mbit/s192.0 ms0.10 msNot measured

One 10-second download and upload per destination, three concurrent streams, IPv4 over HTTPS, with no configured rate limit. HTTP latency and jitter are application-level measurements; packet loss was not measured. These paths do not establish maximum link capacity.

Separately reviewed later observations on this same deployment. The original capped iperf path checks remain under Evidence; their values and test window are unchanged.

Outbound traffic has a monitored byte-abort threshold with sampling and termination overshoot; an aborted transfer is unscored.

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PostgreSQL performance

PostgreSQL 16.15 · pgbench · in-memory and storage-bound datasets.

Dataset profileTransactions / secAverage latencyPassed runs
In memory2,0091.99 ms3 of 3 passed
Storage-bound1,6792.38 ms3 of 3 passed

Median of 3 passed runs of about 30 seconds per dataset. Latency percentiles were not measured.

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Consistency across runs

One deployment · repeated runs inside the recorded test window.

24-hour consistencyNot measured

Workload skipped · No measured score. This report covers a 19 min test window, so no time series exists and none is drawn.

RepetitionCPU 1 threadMemory readRandom readPostgreSQL
11,351 events/s16,413 MiB/s63,284 IOPS1,876 tx/s
21,349 events/s16,247 MiB/s68,652 IOPS2,021 tx/s
31,350 events/s16,239 MiB/s64,181 IOPS2,009 tx/s

Individual runs, not medians. PostgreSQL uses the in-memory dataset. Spread within one test window does not establish long-term consistency.

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Inspect the evidence.

Recorded environment, reviewed measurements and the published snapshot.

OSUbuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Architecturex86_64
Methodpilot-1
Deployments1
Window19 min
report.json

Reviewed, sanitized snapshot: every run, the environment record and all limitations. Raw intake logs remain private.

Read the full methodology

One deployment describes this report, not every server a provider operates.

A 19 min test window does not establish 24-hour consistency or long-term reliability.

AI-assisted review · AI-assisted review · Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · Published 18 Oct 2026 · Revision 1

Review and measurement limits
  • Single deployment; not an independent three-instance cohort.
  • No hardware attestation.
  • Pilot memory implements read/write; copy workload deferred.
  • Network endpoints must be supplied by the operator; no public third-party servers are used.
  • Database latency distribution is not available from this pilot parser; average latency only.
  • This profile is not a full implementation of all proposed methodology tests.
  • Resource-constrained environment: CPU workers and RAM reflect affinity/cgroup limits, not host capacity. Private resource-limits evidence retains both; do not merge container/VM or architecture cohorts.
  • Short profile: does not establish 24-hour consistency.
  • This report received AI-assisted evidence review under user-delegated authorization. This is not independent human verification or hardware attestation.
  • This pilot measures its recorded test window. It does not establish 24-hour consistency, long-term reliability or provider-wide performance.
  • Provider, region and SKU were matched to retained deployment records. Missing detected values use operator-supplied context and remain labelled supplied. Control-plane records and checksums do not attest the physical host or establish physical-host independence.
  • Package versions and available guard and journal evidence were reviewed. These records do not establish continuous absence of package activity throughout the test window.
  • The pilot includes memory read/write and average PostgreSQL latency. Memory-copy tests and PostgreSQL latency percentiles are not implemented. Skipped consistency and missing measurements are not scores.
Environment and configuration
Recorded fieldValue
ProviderAkamai (Linode) · supplied
RegionMumbai, IN (ap-west) · supplied
Plang6-dedicated-2 · supplied
CPUAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Architecturex86_64
Kernel6.8.0-134-generic
Virtualizationkvm
Agent0.2.0 (23b2bdf0a44eddbe52e3b899b8a1769b4424de50+source.a0b27c93514a741362a6748c)
Dependenciessysbench: sysbench 1.0.20 · fio: fio-3.36 · iperf3: iperf 3.16 (cJSON 1.7.15) · postgresql: postgres (PostgreSQL) 16.15 (Ubuntu 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) · pgbench: pgbench (PostgreSQL) 16.15 (Ubuntu 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) · gzip: gzip 1.12 · apt:sysbench: 1.0.20+ds-6build2 · apt:fio: 3.36-1ubuntu0.1 · apt:iperf3: 3.16-1build2 · apt:postgresql-16: 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 · apt:postgresql-client-16: 16.15-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 · apt:gzip: 1.12-1ubuntu3.2
Configuration hash1e3df8d754ca02b5b5bf828a4ac363dc6ce7f6f44c19c87897db645b811f9208
Started2026-10-18T12:13:46.666Z
Finished2026-10-18T12:32:24.289Z
Execution statuscompleted
Historical capped network path checks

Original full benchmark deployment · 18 Oct 2026. These controlled iperf path checks and do not measure internet speed or maximum link capacity. RTT is the probe mean; jitter and packet loss were not measured. The original report JSON retains these measurements.

Controlled destinationDownloadUploadRTTJitterLoss
Controlled network endpointsskipped————
Every measured repetition and outcome

CPU performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,351 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 1passedEvents per second1,501 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,349 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 2passedEvents per second1,501 events/s
CPU 1 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,350 events/s
CPU 2 thread(s) · repetition 3passedEvents per second1,497 events/s
gzip fixed corpus · repetition 1passedCompression input throughput111.9 MiB/s

Memory bandwidth

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Memory read · repetition 1passedBandwidth16,413 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 1passedBandwidth16,249 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 2passedBandwidth16,247 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 2passedBandwidth15,944 MiB/s
Memory read · repetition 3passedBandwidth16,239 MiB/s
Memory write · repetition 3passedBandwidth16,379 MiB/s

Disk performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth5,637 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite operations5,376 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency5,603 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency7,373 µs
Disk write · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency8,159 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread bandwidth5,193 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 1passedread operations4,952 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p50 latency6,652 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p95 latency9,503 µs
Disk read · repetition 1passedread p99 latency10,682 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth195.2 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite operations47,652 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency634.9 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency897.0 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency1,204 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread bandwidth259.2 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread operations63,284 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p50 latency460.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p95 latency733.2 µs
Disk randread · repetition 1passedread p99 latency888.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread bandwidth182.7 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread operations44,617 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p50 latency448.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p95 latency733.2 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedread p99 latency888.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite bandwidth78.4 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite operations19,138 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p50 latency460.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p95 latency766.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 1passedwrite p99 latency970.8 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth5,726 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite operations5,461 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency5,538 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency7,176 µs
Disk write · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency7,766 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread bandwidth6,023 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 2passedread operations5,744 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p50 latency5,472 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p95 latency8,094 µs
Disk read · repetition 2passedread p99 latency9,110 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth223.7 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite operations54,607 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency561.2 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency798.7 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,020 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread bandwidth281.2 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread operations68,652 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p50 latency432.1 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p95 latency675.8 µs
Disk randread · repetition 2passedread p99 latency782.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread bandwidth181.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread operations44,373 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p50 latency448.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p95 latency741.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedread p99 latency929.8 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite bandwidth78.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite operations19,031 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p50 latency452.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p95 latency774.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 2passedwrite p99 latency1,004 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth6,537 MB/s
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite operations6,234 IOPS
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency4,948 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency5,997 µs
Disk write · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency6,521 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread bandwidth4,510 MB/s
Disk read · repetition 3passedread operations4,301 IOPS
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p50 latency7,635 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p95 latency11,338 µs
Disk read · repetition 3passedread p99 latency13,435 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth196.7 MB/s
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite operations48,013 IOPS
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency643.1 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency872.4 µs
Disk randwrite · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency954.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread bandwidth262.9 MB/s
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread operations64,181 IOPS
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p50 latency448.5 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p95 latency741.4 µs
Disk randread · repetition 3passedread p99 latency913.4 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread bandwidth188.8 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread operations46,087 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p50 latency440.3 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p95 latency708.6 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedread p99 latency815.1 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite bandwidth81.0 MB/s
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite operations19,772 IOPS
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p50 latency448.5 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p95 latency725.0 µs
Disk randrw · repetition 3passedwrite p99 latency872.4 µs

Network performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
Controlled network endpoints · repetition 1skippedNo measured scoreNot measured

PostgreSQL performance

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,876 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency2.13 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions2,021 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency1.98 ms
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions2,009 tx/s
PostgreSQL memory dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency1.99 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedTransactions1,721 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 1passedAverage latency2.32 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedTransactions1,675 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 2passedAverage latency2.38 ms
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedTransactions1,679 tx/s
PostgreSQL storage dataset · repetition 3passedAverage latency2.38 ms

Consistency over time

Workload / repetitionOutcomeMetricValue
24-hour consistency · repetition 1skippedNo measured scoreNot measured