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 HG-7-SSD: 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: 99GB, 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 HG-7-SSD . 785.48 |============================ OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 1188.14 |========================================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 50.81 |================ OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 52.04 |================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 121.57 |=================== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 140.18 |====================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 573.98 |============================= OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 575.64 |============================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 652.74 |======================= OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 673.79 |======================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 567.99 |================= OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 572.15 |================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 222.17 |=============================== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 216.88 |============================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 246.96 |================== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 250.62 |=================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 379.04 |======================== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 397.13 |========================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 2126.15 |================ OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 2287.75 |================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 6.98 |=== 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 HG-7-SSD . 372.25 |===================== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 373.66 |====================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 120.76 |========================================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 620.89 |=========================================== 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 HG-7-SSD . 11.88 |=========== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 11.79 |=========== 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 HG-7-SSD . 4491 |============================================= OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 4492 |============================================= 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 HG-7-SSD . 12.93 |=========== OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 13.02 |=========== 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 HG-7-SSD . 16918.75 |========================================= OVH Public Cloud HG-7-SSD . 16324.91 |========================================