Let's say the VPS is $40/month with Windows How strong is it suppose to be? How long will unzip and zip 1GB file take? or 100MB? This is Not and thread looking for VPS hosting but a hosting related question
We need more information to be able to help you, how many RAM this servers have? VPS on P3? or 4xQuad Xeon core? CPU Shared? Dedicated?
I meant how strong a VPS could I get with $40 USD could it afford a VPS which can unzip or zip files that big easily/quick?
let's say I have on a shared i7 920 CPU 768MB dedicated RAM using CentOS, how fast you think I can zip and unzip a 1GB file?
How strong a VPS is, is not measured or defined of how fast a server can unzip a file. Really, if your interested in how fast its going to unzip a file - Look at its CPU FSB and RAM speeds of the hardware... That will tell you how fast the memory is between the CPU. Really, I dont see the point in knowing how fast a VPS is on unzipping a file. If you explained your situation a little more im sure someone can offer some positive advice on how to gain a better result.
There are some hosts out there that allow you to use 100% of the CPU so it will be really quick there, although its not a good idea for a host to do that as your effecting their other users on the server. Another thing you need to remember is that each rar file is very diffrent, some are hardly compressed at all therefore they are quick where as others use crazy high compression and these would naturally take longer.
What are the VPS config you are interested in? I suppose that you need to name that first and then we will have a look and say if you can have that for the budget you are with
anyone here willing enough to give me a try on their VPS? It's my 2nd time testing, the first 2 people say it'll do the work fast but well it's taking like almost 10 mins to unzip (stored compression) a 350MB file
The Performance of VPS does not necessarily depend on Price Tag. if you want to measure performance of vps, ask your provider to run benchmark tests for you. one such popular benchmark test is Unixbench. everything gets crystal clear once you run Unixbench, a higher score = more performance factors Affecting Performance * CPU (Higher clock = more performance) * Memory( same, higher the better. required for memory intensive apps) * Disk IO( this is often Ignored, if your provider uses 15k SAS drives you will notice less latency). Hope it helps
There are too many other factors that will determine speed of a VPS account. More information on VPS servers can be found here: Affordable VPS