Check server network speeds with SpeedTest

All our servers have 500Mbps of bandwidth and 4T of data transfer. Depending on the server configuration, this speed may sometimes vary, so a speed test is needed to check for any problems.

In general, if you have any network issues, we recommend contacting our technical support team so we can help you resolve them.

For this, we will use SpeedTest by Ookla to test network speeds.

Installing SpeedTest on Debian/Ubuntu

Installing SpeedTest is very easy on Debian or Ubuntu:

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/ookla/speedtest-cli/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
apt-get install speedtest-cli

Some results:

# speedtest 
     Server: Adamo - Madrid (id = 1680)
        ISP: Cloudi Nextgen Sl
    Latency:     9.15 ms   (0.05 ms jitter)
   Download:   486.95 Mbps (data used: 382.7 MB)                               
     Upload:   489.33 Mbps (data used: 366.7 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%
 Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/33d6b9a8-293f-4973-8f5b-da8b029e6a3e
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     Server: Digimobil - Madrid (id = 17773)
        ISP: Cloudi Nextgen Sl
    Latency:     9.20 ms   (0.04 ms jitter)
   Download:   489.65 Mbps (data used: 378.4 MB)                               
     Upload:   489.36 Mbps (data used: 415.7 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%
 Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/212ddd53-f2ac-47b2-bf37-60ae856b523a
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     Server: Orange - Madrid (id = 14979)
        ISP: Cloudi Nextgen Sl
    Latency:     9.98 ms   (0.29 ms jitter)
   Download:   490.34 Mbps (data used: 426.6 MB)                               
     Upload:   489.47 Mbps (data used: 402.9 MB)                               
Packet Loss:     0.0%
 Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/af8fe439-69ac-4225-b262-c796cfec3e2e

Installing SpeedTest on CentOS/Red Hat

Installing SpeedTest is very easy on CentOS and its derivatives. Run the following commands over SSH:

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/ookla/speedtest-cli/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
yum install speedtest-cli

 Installing SpeedTest on Windows Server

There is currently an executable that can calculate upload and download speeds without installation. You can also run the test in any browser:

Alternatively, from the following website, you can download an executable to install on the server: