Instance Type: Balanced
This plan belongs to the IBM Cloud Balanced server line (Classic Infrastructure).
Instance Type Description
Public multi-tenant servers with local storage and balanced ratio of CPU and RAM.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | Between $24.00 and $28.25 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 2.0GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | INTEL |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all IBM Cloud instance types.
"BL2.2x4" Plan Specifications
| Provider | IBM Cloud |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.ibm.com/cloud/virtual-servers/pricing/ |
| Price per month | $62.68 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes: $0.1000/hour |
| Disk GB | 100 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4 |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 250 |
| Maximum Network Speed | 100 Mbps |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
| Storage | Root storage for this plan is local. |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Meets Bandwidth Specs | IBM Cloud - BL2.2x4 delivers all the bandwidth advertised in its specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Stable Performance | IBM Cloud - BL2.2x4 performance is very stable over long periods of time |
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: 27
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for IBM Cloud - BL2.2x4. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
Performance trials run on the BL2.2x4 plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the BL2.2x4 plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 2023 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz | Texas, USA | E |
| Feb 10 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | Texas, USA | C |
