Selecting the right datacenter region for Central and Eastern European (CEE) traffic is crucial when aiming for sub-20ms round-trip times. While Frankfurt and Amsterdam remain the primary European hubs, strategic edge locations like Warsaw (Poland) offer significantly lower jitter and improved routing paths for localized workloads.
In this benchmark, we evaluate network throughput, packet delivery, and raw performance metrics on NVMe-backed virtual private servers deployed at the Warsaw edge.
Network Architecture & Routing
When deploying low-latency microservices or web applications targeting Central Europe, peering quality matters more than raw bandwidth. Utilizing direct OVH infrastructure in Warsaw provides robust backbone connectivity combined with enterprise-grade Anti-DDoS protection out of the box.
Key network metrics observed during stress testing:
- Internal Latency (CEE Region): 8ms – 18ms
- Uplink Capacity: 1 Gbps / 500 Mbps sustained
- Packet Loss: 0.00% under high HTTP/2 request concurrency
Live Looking Glass & Throughput Verification
Rather than relying solely on synthetic benchmarks, running real-time network throughput tests directly against the edge node gives the clearest picture of bandwidth stability.
You can inspect routing tables, ping latency, and run live throughput tests via the ErkmenHost Poland Looking Glass.
For raw speed test files and benchmark downloads:
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100MB Test File:
https://pl-lg.erkmenhost.com/erkmenhost_100M.bin -
1GB Test File:
https://pl-lg.erkmenhost.com/erkmenhost_1G.bin
Server Specs & Benchmark Environment
Tests were conducted on standard cloud instances configured with NVMe SSD storage and dedicated CPU threads.
- Provider: Erkmenhost Ltd.
- Datacenter Location: Warsaw, Poland (OVH Infrastructure)
- Storage I/O: NVMe Array (3000+ MB/s Sequential Read)
- Virtualization: KVM
bash
# Quick sysbench CPU benchmark
sysbench cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run
# Network latency check
ping -c 10 pl-lg.erkmenhost.com
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