I have tested a 1 GB SSD Cached VPS from cloudshards.com, and here is my benchmark results.
Server location: Buffalo, New York
*1024 SSD Cached* –$20.75/ mo
Plan info:
OpenVZ – 1024 MB RAM, 45 GB HDD , 600 GB bandwidth.
Disk info: RAID
[root@test005 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 1.88474 s, 570 MB/s
[root@test005 ~]# wget cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
–2012-11-22 17:54:37– http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net… 205.234.175.175
Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: â100mb.testâ
100%[==============>] 104,857,600 23.6M/s in 4.5s
+ ioping . -c 5
4096 bytes from . (simfs /vz/private/112): request=1 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (simfs /vz/private/112): request=2 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (simfs /vz/private/112): request=3 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (simfs /vz/private/112): request=4 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (simfs /vz/private/112): request=5 time=0.6 ms
— . (simfs /vz/private/112) ioping statistics —
5 requests completed in 4001.5 ms, 5230 iops, 20.4 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.2/0.6/0.2 ms
+ ioping -RD ioping-0.6
— ioping-0.6 (simfs /vz/private/112) ioping statistics —
21207 requests completed in 3000.1 ms, 12156 iops, 47.5 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.0/0.1/6.6/0.1 ms
+ ioping -RL ioping-0.6
— ioping-0.6 (simfs /vz/private/112) ioping statistics —
7659 requests completed in 3000.2 ms, 3269 iops, 817.3 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.2/0.3/1.7/0.1 ms
+ ioping -RC ioping-0.6
— ioping-0.6 (simfs /vz/private/112) ioping statistics —
53935 requests completed in 3000.0 ms, 653045 iops, 2551.0 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.0/0.0/0.1/0.0 ms
+ ioping -R ioping-0.6
— ioping-0.6 (simfs /vz/private/112) ioping statistics —
21115 requests completed in 3000.1 ms, 12055 iops, 47.1 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.0/0.1/16.2/0.1 ms
[root@test005 ~]#
Benchmark Run: Tue Jan 27 2009 22:42:12 – 23:10:14
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 39655162.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4287.5 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 5540.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1110417.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 306060.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2912924.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2153003.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 241782.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 18872.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 9070.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1336.0 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2749573.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 39655162.7 3398.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4287.5 779.6
Execl Throughput 43.0 5540.3 1288.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1110417.9 2804.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 306060.7 1849.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2912924.4 5022.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2153003.2 1730.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 241782.6 604.5
Process Creation 126.0 18872.9 1497.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 9070.7 2139.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1336.0 2226.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2749573.7 1833.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1807.5
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Benchmark Run: Tue Jan 27 2009 23:10:14 – 23:38:16
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 79212571.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 8577.0 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 11627.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1456193.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 394080.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 4375350.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4274188.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 346855.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 32293.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12695.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1246.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 4684413.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 79212571.8 6787.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 8577.0 1559.5
Execl Throughput 43.0 11627.7 2704.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1456193.2 3677.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 394080.2 2381.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 4375350.2 7543.7
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4274188.4 3435.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 346855.2 867.1
Process Creation 126.0 32293.7 2563.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12695.5 2994.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1246.0 2076.7
System Call Overhead 15000.0 4684413.6 3122.9
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2844.3