Meebox vs AWS vs DigitalOcean vs V2 2 x Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge) testing with a OpenStack Foundation Nova v2014.2.3 and Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on Ubuntu 14.04 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 OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge) @ 3.09GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2014.2.3, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 7000 MB RAM, Disk: 197GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 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 |========================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 557.31 |======================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 462.06 |==================== 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 |==== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 266.15 |========================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 248.90 |======================================= 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 |========================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 46.30 |======= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 30.92 |===== 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 |===================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 281.25 |============== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 303.24 |=============== 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 |=============== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 453.76 |=============== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 437.29 |=============== 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 |============== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 447.23 |============= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 393.76 |=========== 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 |========================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 54.40 |======= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 57.08 |======== 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 |===================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 90.63 |======= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 91.01 |======= 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 |========================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 71.48 |==== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 65.58 |==== 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 |============ OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 2222.42 |================ OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 2278.71 |================ 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 |================================= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 3.23 |= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 3.18 |= 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 |================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 147.61 |======== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 141.46 |======== 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 |=================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 105.41 |=================================== 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 |========================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 546.74 |========================================== 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 |================= OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 12.49 |=========== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 13.00 |============ 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 |======================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 4464 |============================================ OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 4310 |========================================== 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 |=================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 13.89 |============ OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 13.69 |============ 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 |=========== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 16827.44 |======================================== OVH Public Cloud EG-7 Ceph . 15753.08 |=====================================