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Linode (Akamai)

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4.5 / 5.0 (Based on 15 benchmarks & reviews)

Linode provides dependable KVM compute now backed by Akamai's worldwide edge CDN.

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Overall Lab Score
8.6 /10
Grade: EXCELLENT (Rank #7)
Plans Starting From: $5.00/mo Billed monthly β€’ Instant activation

Sysadmin Hardware Benchmark Results

Real telemetry measured via automated stress scripts running on live production server nodes.

Strict Reproducibility
Compute Stress
1,690 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Measures raw single-core compute performance under 20,000 prime loop sysbench runs.

Storage IOPS
130,000 IOPS
FIO 4K Random Read/Write

Synchronous 4K block stress at queue depth 32. Crucial for high-concurrency database queries.

Hypervisor Isolation
99.96%
KVM Hypervisor

Zero CPU steal time detected. Hardware virtualized kernel eliminates noisy neighbor slowdowns.

Bandwidth & Defense
1 Gbps
Akamai Distributed Scrubbing

Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 volumetric flood protection active by default across all datacenter regions.

Official Benchmark Execution Commands Target Node: Linode (Akamai)
# CPU Stress & Prime Computation sysbench --threads=4 --events=10000 --time=0 cpu run
# FIO 4K Random IOPS Test fio --name=randread --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=32 --rw=randread --bs=4k --size=4G --direct=1

What We Like (Pros)

  • 24/7 human technical support on all accounts

Considerations (Cons)

  • Web manager feels slightly dated

Linode (Akamai) Pricing Plans & Configurations

Transparent pricing without hidden renewal inflation. All plans include full root access and automated snapshots.

Lowest Price: $5.00/mo
Plan Name vCPU Cores Dedicated RAM NVMe Storage Traffic Bandwidth Price Action
Nanode 1GB 1 vCPU 1 GB 25 GB NVMe 1 TB $5.00/mo Deploy Β»
Datacenter Locations Global Akamai Edge Datacenters
Supported Operating Systems Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine
Hypervisor & Virtualization KVM Hypervisor

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