When you choose the Ookla Speedtest, you’re choosing an intuitive interface as well as additional features when using the app (Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, etc.).

The Ookla Speedtest provides a range of servers for conducting speed tests, as it is the most widely used speed test service on the market.

Within the mobile apps, it provides you with testing options, including:

Video quality your band can play:
Here, it will scan and test videoquality, ranging from lower resolutions to higher ones, such as 4K

Status:
In this role, he introduces Downdetector, which is also owned by the same company, allowing us to know if any service is experiencing instability.

Map feature:
Track your location in real time.

Regarding the Ookla server, they provide support to respond to open tickets in the event of a service outage. They also offer a server tester that verifies whether your server meets Ookla’s criteria so that it can be used publicly.

Regarding the server requirements, you’ll need IPv4 and IPv6, as well as A and AAAA records for your speedtest subdomain pointing to the server. Ookla no longer accepts the “speedtest” subdomain for new servers, but it does allow you to use “test” or “velocidade” as the subdomain.

Regarding server hardware, Ookla recommends always using the latest CPUs for performance reasons, since for Speedtest servers, the processor is the most important factor for optimal test performance. Therefore, fewer cores in a higher-performance processor are more effective than more cores in a lower-performance processor.

As for memory, the recommended minimum is 16 GB of RAM, even though it doesn’t have much of an impact on test performance.

For disk space, Ookla recommends having at least 1 GB to install the application; however, this storage requirement does not include logs, which take up additional space.

Regarding network cards, based on reports, they noted that when the server uses Chelsio and Mellanox network cards, it performs better.

As for the type of interface, it will depend on the tests to be performed, but the recommended minimum is 1 GB. However, be sure to consider the plans being sold, since higher-tier plans require more data to be transferred during the test, and 1 GB cards may not be sufficient in such cases.

If you need assistance implementing Ookla Speedtest on your server, please contact us—we’d be happy to help!