Terabix: Affordable Malaysian Cloud VMs Quick Review

Noor Aiman — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:00:33 +0000

I recently discovered Terabix, a Malaysian-based cloud VM provider, and decided to give their CVM-4GB plan a spin. If you're looking for an affordable virtual server, this might just be the one for you.

Plan Highlights
For just $5.95/month (using coupon LEBEXCLUSIVE), the CVM-4GB plan includes:

4GB DDR5 RAM
2 vCPUs
30GB NVMe Gen4 (RAID-10)
1TB bandwidth @ 1Gbps uplink
1x IPv4 + /64 IPv6
VirtFusion KVM Panel

Some of the Available Plans Offered

Performance Test: YABS Benchmark
To evaluate the performance, I ran a Yet-Another-Bench-Script (YABS) test on the CVM-4GB plan:-

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Basic System Information:
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Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes
Processor  : AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core Processor
CPU cores  : 2 @ 2396.398 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.5 GiB
Swap       : 4.0 GiB
Disk       : 30.0 GiB
Distro     : AlmaLinux 9.5 (Teal Serval)
Kernel     : 5.14.0-503.14.1.el9_5.x86_64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP        : Terabix
ASN        : AS137552 Terabix
Host       : Terabix Technologies Sdn. Bhd
Location   : Johor Bahru, Johor (01)
Country    : Malaysia

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda3):
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Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 367.37 MB/s  (91.8k) | 2.02 GB/s    (31.6k)
Write      | 368.34 MB/s  (92.0k) | 2.03 GB/s    (31.8k)
Total      | 735.71 MB/s (183.9k) | 4.06 GB/s    (63.4k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.18 GB/s     (2.3k) | 2.87 GB/s     (2.8k)
Write      | 1.24 GB/s     (2.4k) | 3.06 GB/s     (2.9k)
Total      | 2.43 GB/s     (4.7k) | 5.94 GB/s     (5.8k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 107 Mbits/sec   | 42.0 Mbits/sec  | 171 ms         
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 113 Mbits/sec   | 421 Mbits/sec   | 159 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 188 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 128 Mbits/sec   | 329 Mbits/sec   | 2.34 ms        
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 51.9 Mbits/sec  | 133 Mbits/sec   | 183 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 119 Mbits/sec   | 356 Mbits/sec   | 260 ms         
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 73.0 Mbits/sec  | 345 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 62.7 Mbits/sec  | 344 Mbits/sec   | --             
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | busy            | 597 Mbits/sec   | 159 ms         
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 186 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 101 Mbits/sec   | 282 Mbits/sec   | --             
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 68.8 Mbits/sec  | 52.3 Mbits/sec  | 171 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 102 Mbits/sec   | 206 Mbits/sec   | 239 ms         
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 48.0 Mbits/sec  | 359 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 2006                          
Multi Core      | 3707                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9195138

YABS completed in 16 min 47 sec

The CVM-4GB plan from Terabix offers an excellent mix of affordability and performance, especially for users based in Southeast Asia. Whether you're hosting websites, running lightweight applications, or testing new projects, this plan provides great value for just $5.95/month.

[Cloudflare] Redirect To Another Domain

Noor Aiman — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:36:33 +0000

If you've ever tried to redirect one domain to another using Cloudflare Page Rules and found yourself stuck, you’re not alone. I recently encountered the same roadblocks, despite carefully following Cloudflare's official documentation. Here’s what I did:

Following the Cloudflare guide on redirecting with Page Rules, I logged into my account, navigated to Rules > Page Rules, and created a new rule to forward the URL. I set the URL pattern, chose Forwarding URL with a 301 - Permanent Redirect, and entered my destination URL. Everything seemed correct, but the redirect just wouldn’t work!

After some head-scratching, I discovered the missing piece: Cloudflare’s DNS settings. If you’re redirecting an alias domain with no origin server, you need to configure a proxied DNS A or CNAME record for the domain.

Cloudflare recommends using the IP 192.0.2.1 for the A record, which doesn’t actually route traffic but enables Cloudflare to apply redirects. Make sure to add this configuration for both the root domain and the www subdomain. You can find these instructions here.

Adding these DNS records finally made the redirect work, so if you’re stuck, this may be your missing link!

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Noor Aiman — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:28:59 +0000

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[Cloudflare] Redirect To Another Domain

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