Meebox vs AWS vs DigitalOcean vs V2 Running pts/aio-stress-1.1.1, pts/sqlite-1.8.0, pts/fs-mark-1.0.0, pts/dbench-1.0.0, pts/iozone-1.8.0, pts/tiobench-1.2.0, pts/compilebench-1.0.1, pts/unpack-linux-1.0.0, pts/postmark-1.1.0, pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0, pts/apache-1.6.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Meebox node9: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 3750 MB RAM, Disk: 197GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU MeeBox node9 new: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 3750 MB RAM, Disk: 197GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU AWS m3.medium mech: Processor: AWS m3.medium mech @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 50GB OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.1-031401-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor AWS m3.medium SSD: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 3840 MB RAM, Disk: 296GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-29-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon DigitalOcean 1CPU: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB RAM, Disk: 30GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Esx-v2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X7560 @ 2.26GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 7.4, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Esx-v2-1cpu: Processor: Intel Xeon X7560 @ 2.26GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 7.4, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 316.71 |================= MeeBox node9 new ... 266.55 |============== AWS m3.medium mech . 40.40 |== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 82.03 |==== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 79.36 |==== Esx-v2 ............. 810.76 |========================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 956.46 |================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 106.50 |======================================= MeeBox node9 new ... 134.88 |================================================== AWS m3.medium mech . 113.55 |========================================== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 68.88 |========================== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 16.20 |====== Esx-v2 ............. 36.91 |============== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 23.79 |========= FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 79.02 |============== MeeBox node9 new ... 45.02 |======== AWS m3.medium mech . 35.13 |====== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 35.97 |======= DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 204.20 |===================================== Esx-v2 ............. 228.58 |========================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 276.12 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 84.59 |===== MeeBox node9 new ... 95.73 |====== AWS m3.medium mech . 124.29 |======= AWS m3.medium SSD .. 246.02 |============== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 276.55 |================ Esx-v2 ............. 864.92 |================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 431.94 |========================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 103.40 |==== MeeBox node9 new ... 125.83 |===== AWS m3.medium mech . 109.25 |==== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 237.48 |========== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 214.03 |========= Esx-v2 ............. 1213.30 |================================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 450.16 |================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 69.78 |== MeeBox node9 new ... 144.94 |===== AWS m3.medium mech . 76.47 |=== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 231.31 |======== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 162.97 |====== Esx-v2 ............. 1432.59 |================================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 476.06 |================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 35.61 |====== MeeBox node9 new ... 60.77 |========== AWS m3.medium mech . 77.58 |============ AWS m3.medium SSD .. 154.00 |========================= DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 281.84 |============================================= Esx-v2 ............. 302.23 |================================================ Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 313.13 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 89.57 |======== MeeBox node9 new ... 115.09 |========== AWS m3.medium mech . 34.86 |=== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 35.69 |=== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 577.04 |================================================== Esx-v2 ............. 381.71 |================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 510.72 |============================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 105.59 |======== MeeBox node9 new ... 139.84 |========== AWS m3.medium mech . 27.59 |== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 34.47 |=== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 181.39 |============= Esx-v2 ............. 649.81 |================================================ Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 679.37 |================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 548.01 |===== MeeBox node9 new ... 745.60 |====== AWS m3.medium mech . 2.80 | AWS m3.medium SSD .. 675.51 |====== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 97.54 |= Esx-v2 ............. 5715.10 |================================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 1620.40 |============== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 4.96 |=== MeeBox node9 new ... 13.79 |======== AWS m3.medium mech . 9.84 |===== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 15.76 |========= DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 27.76 |=============== Esx-v2 ............. 93.33 |=================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 71.17 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 72.22 |===== MeeBox node9 new ... 156.07 |========== AWS m3.medium mech . 34.02 |== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 44.78 |=== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 123.90 |======== Esx-v2 ............. 746.51 |================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 602.04 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 26.38 |========== MeeBox node9 new ... 66.33 |========================== AWS m3.medium mech . 27.81 |=========== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 43.82 |================= DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 43.29 |================= Esx-v2 ............. 128.03 |================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 108.09 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 184.93 |=========================== MeeBox node9 new ... 226.22 |================================== AWS m3.medium mech . 30.47 |===== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 252.59 |====================================== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 180.16 |=========================== Esx-v2 ............. 336.57 |================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 335.44 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Meebox node9 ...... 48.27 |==================================================== MeeBox node9 new .. 30.98 |================================= AWS m3.medium SSD . 27.25 |============================= DigitalOcean 1CPU . 22.16 |======================== Esx-v2 ............ 18.87 |==================== Esx-v2-1cpu ....... 18.93 |==================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 170 |==== MeeBox node9 new ... 807 |================= AWS m3.medium mech . 319 |======= AWS m3.medium SSD .. 1651 |=================================== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 800 |================= Esx-v2 ............. 2467 |==================================================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 2449 |==================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 33.31 |================================== MeeBox node9 new ... 25.27 |========================= AWS m3.medium mech . 50.60 |=================================================== AWS m3.medium SSD .. 33.79 |================================== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 22.84 |======================= Esx-v2 ............. 21.29 |===================== Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 22.11 |====================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Meebox node9 ....... 2008.45 |============== MeeBox node9 new ... 2647.52 |================== AWS m3.medium mech . 1777.33 |============ AWS m3.medium SSD .. 3102.85 |===================== DigitalOcean 1CPU .. 3847.10 |========================== Esx-v2 ............. 7206.66 |================================================= Esx-v2-1cpu ........ 4723.11 |================================