Instance Type: Dedicated CPU
This plan belongs to the Akamai Dedicated CPU server line (Compute optimized).
Instance Type Description
Dedicated compute for CPU-intensive workloads. Dedicated CPU instances run on their own CPU cores in the Linode infrastructure. No sharing the processor with other instances.
Around 40GB storage per CPU core.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | $15.00 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 2GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | MIX |
| Shared CPU | no |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all Akamai instance types.
"Dedicated 8GB" Plan Specifications
| Provider | Akamai |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing/ |
| Price per month | $72.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes: $0.1080/hour |
| Disk GB | 160 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 8 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 5000 |
| Maximum Network Speed | 5000 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | Yes |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Fast Storage Speed | Akamai - Dedicated 8GB storage read+write storage speed goes over 3000 MiB/s |
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Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 63
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Akamai - Dedicated 8GB. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the Dedicated 8GB plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Dedicated 8GB plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 2023 | AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor | California, USA | C |
| Aug 04 2022 | AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor | New Jersey, USA | C |
| May 11 2021 | AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Processor | New Jersey, USA | C |
