Cloud Block Storage Benchmark Report
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01CLOUD BLOCK STORAGE BENCHMARK REPORT
Cloud Block Storage Benchmark ReportAMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS), DIGITALOCEAN, GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM (GCP), LINODE, MICROSOFT AZURE, VULTR
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Table Of Contents
Introduction 03
Key Findings 04
Testing Methodology 05
4-CPU Dedicated VM Block Storage Performance Summary 06
PlanSpecifications&Pricing 06 Block Storage IOPS Analysis 08 ReadOverallPerformance 09 WriteOverallPerformance 10 ReadPrice-Performance 12 WritePrice-Performance 13 Database Performance 14 OLTPQueriesPerSecond 14 OLTPPrice-Performance 16
1-CPU Shared VM Block Storage Performance Summary 17 PlanSpecifications&Pricing 18 Block Storage IOPS Analysis 20 ReadOverallPerformance 21 WriteOverallPerformance 24 ReadPrice-Performance 28 WritePrice-Performance 30 Database Performance 32 OLTPQueriesPerSecond 32 OLTPPrice-Performance 34
Conclusion 35
AboutLinode 35 AboutCloudSpectator 35
Appendix 36
4-CPUDedicatedVMPerformance 37 1-CPUSharedVMPerformance 40
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03CLOUD BLOCK STORAGE BENCHMARK REPORT
High-performanceandreliablecloud-basedstorageisnolongersecondarytotheperformancepowerneededtosupportvirtualmachines.Blockstorageisacrucialtooltoexpandstoragecapacitybeyondwhatisprovidedbyavirtualmachine(VM)andensureshighavailabilityforthedatathatkeepsapplicationsandbusinessesrunning.Blockstorageoperatesinvolumes,whereeachvolumeistheequivalentofaseparateharddrivethatcanbeattachedorremovedfromaVM.Thisprocessallowsdatabases,assets,andotherstoredfilestoremainindependentfromaserver,sothedataissafefromtheriskofserverdowntime,andyoucanattachyourdatatobackupsoranotherserver.Inaddition,keepingdataseparatefromyourapplication’sotheressentialunderlyinginfrastructurecanhelpimproveperformance.
Asdevelopersandorganizationsleveragemoredatainapplications,reliable,attachable,andhighly-performantstorageisessentialtoprovidingapositivecustomerexperiencewhilealsoadheringtoanapplication’snecessaryservicelevelagreement(SLA).
Ifhigh-performanceandreliableblockstorageiscriticalforyourapplication,notallcloudproviderswillmeetyourneeds.Inthisbenchmarkreport,CloudSpectatorevaluatesbothCPUperformancewithblockstoragevolumesattachedanddatabaseperformancetodeterminethefastestoverallperformanceandvalueperdollaramonglarge,well-knowncloudprovidersandpopularalternativecloudproviders.
Introduction
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Key Findings
CloudSpectatorperformedbenchmarksonbothwell-known,largecloudprovidersthatdominatethecloudmarketandalternativecloudprovidersthatofferparityintermsofcorecloudproductsandglobalavailabilitywithcompetitivepricing.ThisreportisacomprehensiveblockstorageperformanceassessmentwithageneralCPUperformanceoverviewincludedasanappendix.Overall,thisreportfocusesoneachcloudprovider’sperformancescoresandrespectivevaluewhenstackedupagainsttheircompetitors.Forthisanalysis,CloudSpectatortestedtwoblockstoragevolumesizesforeachVMtogetadetailedlookatstorageperformance,andcomparedtwopopularLinodeSharedandDedicatedplanstocomparableofferingsfromotherproviders.
Thisanalysisincludesthefollowingproviders:Linode,AmazonWebServices(AWS),MicrosoftAzure(Azure),GoogleCloudPlatform(GCP),Vultr,andDigitalOcean.AlltestingwasperformedinaNorthAmericandatacenterforeachprovider.
Highlightsfromthisanalysisinclude:
· Linode’slatestNVMe-basedBlockStorageofferingdisplaysexcellentreadandwriteperformancecomparedtoallotherproviderstested.In performance per dollar,
Linode outperformed the next closest provider by 30% or more.
· Linode continues to offer high performance VM CPUs and storage at a lower
cost than most providers in this analysis.
· Linode’ssmall1-CPU VM offers the best CPU, storage, and database
performance in its class.
· Linode’s4-CPU dedicated VM and NVMe Block Storage significantly
outperforms dedicated or CPU optimized plans from other providers in
database performance tests,aswellasbeingatopperformerandleader inprice-performance.
Theremainderofthisreportpresentstheselectionandtestingmethodologyalongwithresultsofthebenchmarkingeffort.
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Testing Methodology
AllVMswentthroughtheexactsamesetupprocess,whichinvolvedupdatingallpackagesandthenrebooting,followedbyentirediskpartitioning(ifneeded).EachVMwasleftaloneforonehouraftermountingeachstoragedevicetoallowtheoperatingsystemtoinitializethefilesystem(viaext4lazyinit).EachVMwastested“asis”withnokerneloroperatingsystemoptimizationsapplied.
Test Design Considerations InfrastructureperformancetestingwasconductedonspecificVMandstoragetypesforeachprovider.VMconfigurationscanyielddifferentresultsbasedonunderlyinginfrastructure,timeofday,numberoftenantsrunningotherworkloadsonthesamehardware,virtualizationtechnologyandsettings(e.g.sharedresources),andotherfactors.Furthermore,issuessuchasusercontentionorphysicalhardwaremalfunctionscanalsocausesuboptimalperformance.TheVMsandstoragevolumesselectedforthisengagementweregenerallyavailablewithspecifiedofferingsfromthevariousprovidersunlessotherwisenotedinthechartedresults.
Infrastructure Testing: CPU ComputeresultswereobtainedusingtheGeekBench5benchmarks.GeekBench5wasperformedwithstandard/defaulttestingoptions.
Infrastructure Testing: Block Storage StorageresultswereobtainedusingFIO(FlexibleI/Otester)using4KBblocksizeandatotaljob/threadcountthatmatcheseachVM’svCPUcount.Multiple300-seconditerationswereconductedtocompensateforthehighvariabilityoftenseenwhenstressingstoragevolumes.ResultsweregatheredandrepresentedinIOPs(input/outputoperationspersecond).TheresultsdisplayedinthisreportarederivedfromtheaverageIOPvaluerecordedduringeachtest.
Infrastructure Testing: Database DatabaseresultswereobtainedusingtheSysbenchOLTPread/writedatabasetest.Asingledatabasewithmorethan1millionrowswasgeneratedoneachVM.ThelatestversionofMySQLwasinstalledoneachserverandthemainconfigurationfilewasreplacedonallVMstoensuretheexactsameconfigurationsettingswereused.
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Thefirstgroupconsistsof4-CPUVMsthathavededicatedorCPUoptimizedcores.The4-CPUgroupusesa500GBvolumeaswellasa1TBvolume.DedicatedCPUsarethebestchoiceforapplicationsthathavecriticalperformancerequirements,hightraffic,orotherwiseneedtoavoidpotentialnegativeimpactfrom“noisyneighbors”inasharedenvironment.Atthetimeofthisreport,someprovidersdidnothavecomparablededicatedCPUplans,andareomittedfromtheseresults.
VM Location CPUCount RAM Storage Storage
SizeVM
HourlyStorageHourly
TotalHourly
TotalMonthly
AWS C5.XLARGE 1TB
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 1TB $0.170 $0.137 $0.31 $224.10
AWS C5.XLARGE500GB
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 500GB $0.170 $0.068 $0.24 $174.10
AzureF4Sv2 1TB USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 1TB $0.169 $0.168 $0.34 $246.25
AzureF4Sv2500GB USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 500GB $0.169 $0.091 $0.26 $189.93
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 1TB $0.110 $0.137 $0.25 $180.00
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 500GB $0.110 $0.068 $0.18 $130.00
GCPCustom4-81TB USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage
Balanced 1TB $0.190 $0.151 $0.34 $248.35
GCPCustom4-8500GB USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage
Balanced 500GB $0.190 $0.075 $0.26 $193.35
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 1TB $0.082 $0.137 $0.22 $160.00
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe
USEAST 4 8 BlockStorage 500GB $0.082 $0.068 $0.15 $110.00
4-CPU Dedicated VMs > Plan Specifications & Pricing
4-CPU Dedicated VM & Block Storage Plans
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2000
4-CPU Dedicated VMs - Total Monthly Cost
50 250
GCPCustom4-8500GB
100
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB
GCPCustom4-81TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe$110.00
150
$130.00
$160.00
$174.10
$180.00
$189.93
$193.35
$224.10
$248.35
$246.25
4-CPU Dedicated VMs > Plan Specifications & Pricing
$
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4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG READ IOPS
2,500
5,000
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
GCPCustom4-8500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB4,501
5,209
10,190
10,641
10,911
10,000 12,5007,500FIO4KBRandomReadIOPS (HigherisBetter)
Block Storage IOPS AnalysisForboththe500GBand1TBvolumesizes,Linode’sNVMeBlockStorageofferedaveryclosesecondfastestreadperformanceforbothvolumesizesafterGCP.DigitalOceanfinishedinthirdplace.There’sasignificantdifferenceinperformancebetweentheleadersandtheotherproviders.
10,0000
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG READ IOPS
2,500
12,5005,000
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
GCPCustom4-81TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB6,246
7,500
7,571
10,196
10,649
10,903
FIO4KBRandomReadIOPS(HigherisBetter)
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ - StdDev
1,500500
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
GCPCustom4-8500GB8.60
1,000
59.98
1262.05
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
36.22
34.79
4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
GCPtendstooffermoreconsistentstorageperformancethantheotherproviders.However,theperformancevariationformostprovidersinthe500GBvolumegroupisratherlowexceptforAWS.
0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ - StdDev
6020
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
GCPCustom4-81TB8.48
40
36.59
50.80
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
16.75
36.34
Forthe1TBvolumesize,theresultsaremuchcloser.GCPstillshowedthemostconsistencyalongsidethe500GBvolumesize.DigitalOceanandLinodeendedupinthemiddleofthepackwithalmosttheexactsamescore.
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG Write IOPS
2,500
10,0005,000
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe
GCPCustom4-8500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB2,992
7,500
3,318
8,648
9,172
9,332
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS (Higher is Better)
4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
Linodeleadsinrandomwriteperformance,beatingallotherprovidersinthe4-CPUVMgroupforbothvolumesizes,beatinglastplaceAWSbymorethantriple.GCPisaclosesecond,followedbyDigitalOcean.
10,0000
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG Write IOPS
2,500
12,5005,000
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
GCPCustom4-81TB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB2,991
7,500
5,015
8,642
9,192
9,299
FIO4KBRandomWriteIOPS(HigherisBetter)
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write IOPS - StdDev
200
800400
AzureF4Sv2500GB
GCPCustom4-8500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB105.82
600
134.38
176.76
360.80
609.26
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
AWS,GCP,andAzuretakethetopspotsforrandomwriteperformanceconsistency,whileLinodedisplayedmoreinconsistentperformance.
0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write - StdDev
600200
AzureF4Sv21TB
GCPCustom4-81TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB100.36
400
136.73
146.89
407.88
598.09
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ IOPS per Dollar
25 10050
GCPCustom4-8500GB
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe96.74
75
78.39
56.43
27.43
25.85
AVG Read IOPS per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
LinodehasasignificantleadintermsofrandomreadIOPSperdollarspent,beatingDigitalOceanbymorethan18IOPsperdollarinthe500GBvolumegroup.GCPlandsinthemiddleofthepack,andAzureandAWSshowverysimilarvalueperdollar.
0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ IOPS per Dollar
8020
GCPCustom4-81TB
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe66.56
40
56.64
43.90
30.75
27.87
AVG Read IOPS per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)60
$
$
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write IOPS per Dollar
25 10050
GCPCustom4-8500GB
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8500GB
AWSC5.XLARGE500GB
AzureF4Sv2500GB
LinodeDedicated4-8500GBNVMe84.84
75
66.52
47.44
17.47
17.19
Average Write IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
4-CPU Dedicated > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
Resultsforrandomwriteperformanceperdollarspentaresimilar.LinodeistheleaderandbeatsDigitalOceanby18IOPSperdollar.
0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) & 1TB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write IOPS per Dollar
6020
GCPCustom4-81TB
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AWSC5.XLARGE1TB
AzureF4Sv21TB
LinodeDedicated4-81TBNVMe58.12
40
48.01
37.01
20.36
13.35
Average Write IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
$
$
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0
Dedicated VMs (4 CPUs) - OLTP Average Queries Per Second
10,000
40,00020,000
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
GCPCustom4-8
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
AWSC5.XLARGE
AzureF4Sv223,556
30,000
24,417
25,534
27,484
30,862
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second (Higher is Better)
4-CPU Dedicated > Database Performance > OLTP Queries Per Second
Database PerformanceLinodeoffersthebestproductiondatabaseperformanceintheDedicatedgroupwithasignificantleadoverAWS.
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0
4-CPU VMs - OLTP Queries Per Second StdDev
500
2,0001,000
AWSC5.XLARGE
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
AzureF4Sv2
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
GCPCustom4-8234
1,500
321
450
1,499
1,667
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
4-CPU Dedicated > Database Performance > OLTP Queries Per Second
GCP,Linode,andAWStakethetopspotsformostconsistentdatabaseperformance.DigitalOceanandAzureshowedsimilarresultsandarebehindtheleadersinthiscategory.
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0
4-CPU VMs - OLTP Queries Per Second Per Dollar
50 200100
AWSC5.XLARGE
GCPCustom4-8
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-81TB
AzureF4Sv295.66
150
98.32
122.64
141.86
192.89
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second Per Dollar (Higher is Better)
4-CPU Dedicated > Database Performance > OLTP Queries Price-Performance
ThesecondVMsizeinthisanalysisconsistsof1-CPUVMsrunninginasharedCPUenvironment.The1-CPUgroupusestwosmallerblockstoragevolumesizes,100GBand500GB.SharedVMsareidealforsmallerworkloadsincludingwebsitesorapplicationswithlowtraffic,testenvironments,andprovisioningmultiplemachinesforserviceslikesecuritypenetrationtesting.
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1-CPU Shared VMs > Plan Specifications & Pricing
ThesecondVMsizeinthisanalysisconsistsof1-CPUVMsrunninginasharedCPUenvironment.The1-CPUgroupusestwosmallerblockstoragevolumesizes,100GBand500GB.SharedVMsareidealforsmallerworkloadsincludingwebsitesorapplicationswithlowtraffic,testenvironments,andprovisioningmultiplemachinesforserviceslikesecuritypenetrationtesting.
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VM Location CPUCount RAM Storage Storage
SizeVM
HourlyStorageHourly
TotalHourly
TotalMonthly
AWST2.SMALL100GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.023 $0.014 $0.04 $26.79
AWS T2.SMALL 500GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.023 $0.068 $0.09 $66.79
AzureB1MS100GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.021 $0.025 $0.05 $33.10
AzureB1MS500GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.021 $0.091 $0.11 $81.74
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.016 $0.014 $0.03 $22.00
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.016 $0.068 $0.08 $62.00
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.016 $0.014 $0.03 $22.00
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.016 $0.068 $0.08 $62.00
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.014 $0.014 $0.03 $20.00
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.014 $0.068 $0.08 $60.00
GCPCustom1-2100GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage
Balanced 100GB $0.047 $0.015 $0.06 $45.59
GCPCustom1-2500GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage
Balanced 500GB $0.047 $0.075 $0.12 $89.59
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.014 $0.014 $0.03 $20.00
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe
USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.014 $0.068 $0.08 $60.00
VultrShared1-2100GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 100GB $0.014 $0.014 $0.03 $20.00
VultrShared1-2500GB USEAST 1 2 BlockStorage 500GB $0.014 $0.068 $0.08 $60.00
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe USEAST 1 2 NVMeBlock
Storage(Beta) 100GB $0.014 $0.014 $0.03 $20.00
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe USEAST 1 2 NVMeBlock
Storage(Beta) 500GB $0.014 $0.068 $0.08 $60.00
1-CPU VM & Block Storage Plans
1-CPU Shared VMs > Plan Specifications & Pricing
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0
AWST2.SMALL500GB
1-CPU Shared VMs - Total Monthly Cost
25
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
100
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
GCPCustom1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB
AzureB1MS100GB
50
VultrShared1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
AWST2.SMALL100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB$20.00
75
$20.00
$20.00
$22.00
$22.00
$26.79
$33.10
$45.59
$60.00
$60.00
$60.00
$62.00
$62.00
$66.79
$81.74
$89.59
$
1-CPU Shared VMs > Plan Specifications & Pricing
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10,0000
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG READ IOPS
2,500
12,5005,000
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
AzureB1MS100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe10,646
7,500
8,130
8,110
8,053
7,594
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS (Higher is Better)
VultrShared1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
AWST2.SMALL100GB
6,956
5,080
1,497
941
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
Block Storage IOPS AnalysisLinode’s latest NVMe Block Storage beats all other offerings by a significant amount in readperformance.Inthiscase,Linodeoffers30%betterrandomreadperformancethanDigitalOceanandover10xbetterreadperformancethanAWSEBSwhenusingthe100GBvolumesize.
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10,0000
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG READ IOPS
2,500
12,5005,000
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
AWST2.SMALL500GB
GCPCustom1-2500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe10,651
7,500
8,155
8,148
8,063
7,567
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS (Higher is Better)
VultrShared1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
6,990
5,046
4,334
2,012
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
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400
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ - Std Dev
10
5020
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB15.42
30
24.25
30.03
39.05
39.54
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
AzureB1MS100GB
AWST2.SMALL100GB
Lookingatrandomreadperformanceconsistency,GCPandLinodeofferthemostconsistentrandomreadperformanceforbothvolumesizegroups.Vultr’sbetaNVMeblockstorageshowedtheworstperformanceinthe100GBvolumesizegroup,butperformedsignificantlybetterinthe500GBvolumegroup.
41.29
45.04
49.79
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
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1000
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ - Std Dev
25
12550
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
GCPCustom1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe18.87
75
20.85
22.12
22.46
26.67
FIO 4KB Random Read IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
AzureB1MS500GB
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
41.72
43.28
114.28
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Read
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG Write IOPS
2,500
10,0005,000
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
AWST2.SMALL100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe9,305
7,500
5,667
5,660
5,634
4,665
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS (Higher is Better)
AzureB1MS100GB
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GB
3,525
2,228
2,048
440
Linodealsooffersthebestrandomwriteperformanceoutofallthe1-CPUconfigurationstested,offering64%fasterrandomwriteperformancethanDigitalOceanandover4xbetterperformancethanAWS’s100GBvolume.Inthisroundoftests,DigitalOcean’spremiumsharedDropletsperformalongsideitsregularIntel-basedoffering.
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage AVG Write IOPS
2,500
10,0005,000
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
GCPCustom1-2500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe9,316
7,500
5,638
5,632
5,628
4,719
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS (Higher is Better)
AWST2.SMALL500GB
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB
3,503
2,998
2,097
445
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write - Std Dev
500
1,5001,000
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
AWST2.SMALL100GB
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GB
110.11
259.13
275.58
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB
AzureB1MS100GB
277.14
1,344.89
1,364.25
VultrandGCPdidextremelywellwhenmeasuringconsistencyforwriteperformance.Linodefallstowardstheback,buthasdoubletheconsistencyofAWSandAzure.
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
93.33
108.46
584.10
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write - Std Dev
500
1,5001,000
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
GCPCustom1-2500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB73.01
111.54
112.19
131.84
277.28
FIO 4KB Random Write IOPS Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
AWST2.SMALL500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
283.08
287.70
474.18
1,340.93
1-CPU Shared > Block Storage IOPS Analysis > Write
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0
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage READ IOPS Per Dollar
200 600400
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
AzureB1MS100GB
VultrShared1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe532.30
405.52
379.70
369.56
366.05
AVG Read IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
GCPCustom1-2100GB
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
AWST2.SMALL100GB
253.99
152.27
45.23
35.14
LookingattheReadIOPsperdollarspent, Linode offers the best random read value comparedtoallotherprovidersforboththe500GBand100GBvolumecategories,beating the
next closest options by more than 30%.AWS,GCP,andAzuretrailbehindwhenitcomestostoragevalue.
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write READ IOPS Per Dollar
50 200150
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
AWST2.SMALL500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe177.52
135.91
131.42
130.04
126.12
AVG Read IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
GCPCustom1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
84.10
78.02
64.89
24.61
100
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 100GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write IOPS Per Dollar
200 500
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2100GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2100GB
AzureB1MS100GB
GCPCustom1-2100GB
LinodeShared1-2100GBNVMe465.27
283.36
257.27
256.09
233.24
AVG Write IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
AWST2.SMALL100GB
VultrShared1-2100GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2100GB
VultrShared1-2100GB
77.32
76.44
67.32
21.98
100 400300
Linodeoffersthebestrandomwritevaluecomparedtoallotherproviderswithits100GBNVMeBlockStoragevolumeforWriteIOPsperdollarspent,andsignificantlybeatsthenextclosestoptionbymorethan64%.Thethreelarge,well-knowncloudproviderstrailbehindwhenitcomestostoragevalue.
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0
Shared VMs (1 CPU) & 500GB Block Storage - 4K Storage Write IOPS Per Dollar
50 200150
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2500GB
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2500GB
AzureB1MS500GB
AWST2.SMALL500GB
LinodeShared1-2500GBNVMe155.26
93.79
90.93
90.84
78.66
AVG Write IOPS Per Dollar Spent (Higher Means Better Value)
GCPCustom1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GBNVMe
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2500GB
VultrShared1-2500GB
44.89
39.10
25.65
100
7.42
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10,0000
Shared VMs (1 CPU) - OLTP Average Queries Per Second
2,500
12,5007,500
GCPCustom1-2
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2
VultrShared1-2NVMe
AWST2.SMALL
VultrShared1-22,234
5,250
5,445
5,561
5,686
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second (Higher is Better)
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
AzureB1MS
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
6,668
7,789
8,869
5,000
11,544
Database Performance
Linode continues to lead when it comes to database performance with the highest queries
per second compared to all other 1-CPU VMs.LinodeoffersthebestCPUandstorageperformanceinthisclassofVMs,beatingthenextclosestprovider,Vultr,bymorethan30%.
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1,0000
Shared VMs (1 CPU) - OLTP Queries Per Second Std Dev
250
1,250750
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
AWST2.SMALL
VultrShared1-2
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
GCPCustom1-253
69
87
131
155
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
VultrShared1-2NVMe
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2
AzureB1MS
229
511
1,183
500
Lookingatdatabaseperformanceconsistency,thethreelarge,well-knownprovidersofferthemostconsistentdatabaseperformancecomparedtotheothervendors..
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Shared VMs (1 CPU) - OLTP Queries Per Second Per Dollar
50 200150
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2
GCPCustom1-2
VultrShared1-2NVMe
AWST2.SMALL
VultrShared1-237.24
62.08
69.56
87.51
87.83
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second Per Dollar (Higher is Better)
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2
AzureB1MS
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
99.84
125.62
147.82
100
192.40
Lookingatdatabaseperformanceperdollarspent,Linode’ssharedplanoffersthemostqueriesperdollarspentduetoitsextremelylowcost.
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Conclusion
NVMe-basedblockstorageprovidedthebestprice-performanceratioacrossawiderangeofinfrastructureproviderswhencomparedtotraditionalSSD-basedblockstorage.Someofthesmaller,alternativeprovidersdeliverednearlydoubletheperformanceperdollarcomparedtothelarger,well-knownclouds,withLinodeandDigitalOceandelivering200%betterdatabaseperformanceperdollarspentthanAWS,Azure,andGCP.AmazonandMicrosoftblockstorageofferingsconsistentlyunderperformedallothersinthisbenchmarkcohort. About Linode Linodeacceleratesinnovationbymakingcloudcomputingsimple,accessible,andaffordabletoall.Linodeispartofaselectgroupofhyperscalecloudinfrastructureprovidersgivingindividualdevelopers,smallbusinessownersandenterpriseinnovationteamsanalternativetothecostly,complex,andcompetitivechoicestheycurrentlyhaveinthemarket.Foundedin2003,Linodehelpedpioneerthecloudcomputingindustryandistodaythelargestindependentcloudproviderintheworld.Morethanamilliondevelopersandbusinessesacross196countriesservedbyaglobalnetworkof11datacenterstrustLinodewiththeircloudcomputingbusiness. About Cloud Spectator CloudSpectatorisacloudbenchmarkingandconsultingfirmfocusedontheperformanceofIaaSandapplicationsintheCloud.
CloudSpectatorprovidesafullspectrumofcloudconsultingservices,includingstrategyandplanning,architectureandtechnologyselection,deployment,andimplementation,aswellasCloudmigrationservices.CloudSpectatoralsohelpscloudprovidersunderstandtheirmarketpositionandhelpsbusinessesmakeintelligentdecisionsrelatedtocloudstrategy,cloudreadiness,costreduction,andvendoranalysis.
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Inadditiontothisreport’scomprehensiveblockstorageperformanceassessment,thefollowingappendicesprovidemoregeneralCPUperformancebasedon1-CPUand4-CPUVMsizes.TheblockstorageperformanceanalysisintheprimarybenchmarkreportisbrokendownintotwogroupsbasedontheVMs’CPUcounts.AllVMshavethesameamountofRAMineachgroupalongwithmatchingblockstoragevolumesizes.TheLinodeplansusedinthistesthavethelatestgenerationofAMD7542processors.TestingtwodifferentVMtypes(sharedvs.dedicated)andsizesallowsustodetermineifblockstorageperformancescaleswithCPUcountsand/orexclusiveaccesstoCPUresourcesbytestingthe500GBvolumeinbothgroups.Additionally,thisselectionallowsustoseewhichprovidersscaleblockstorageperformancebasedonthesizeprovisioned.Eachprovider’smostreadilyavailableblockstorageofferingwasincludedinallofthesetests,withtheexceptionofVultr.Toensurebenchmarkswereasfairaspossible,CloudSpectatortestedbothfirstgenerationblockstorageandNVMeblockstoragefromVultr,whichwasinbetaatthetimeofthisreport.
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4-CPU Dedicated VMs - CPU Performance
2,500500
AWSC5.XLARGE
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
AzureF4Sv2
GCPCustom4-82,178
1,000
2,298
GeekBench5 Multi Core Score (Higher is Better)
2,222
2,226
1,500 2,000
2,445
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4-CPU Dedicated VM CPU PerformanceForthededicatedCPUperformance,theresultsareprettyclose,butLinodetakesthetopspot.
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4-CPU Dedicated VMs - CPU Performance Std Dev
205
GCPCustom4-8
AWSC5.XLARGE
AzureF4Sv2
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-82.84
10
11.68
GeekBench5 Multi Core Score Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
6.18
9.76
15
16.06
MeasuringCPUperformanceconsistencyshowsthatDigitalOceanhadthemostconsistentresults.Linodecamefourthinthiscase,butisstillmuchclosertothetopthreethanAzure.
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4-CPU Dedicated VMs - CPU Performance Per Dollar
255
AWSC5.XLARGE
AzureF4Sv2
LinodeDedicated4-8AMDEpyc7542
DigitalOceanCPUOptimized4-8
GCPCustom4-811.27
10
17.09
Average GeekBench5 Score Divided By Monthly Price (Higher Means Better Value)
12.10
12.79
15 20
22.22
WhenlookingattheCPUperformanceperdollarspentinthe4-CPUVMgroup,Linode
continues to lead the pack by a substantial marginwithDigitalOceancominginsecondplace.Thethreehyperscaleprovidersshowverysimilarresultswithclosetodoublethecost intermsofCPUperformanceperdollarcomparedtoLinode.(PerformancePerDollaruses thepriceofthesmallestblockstoragedrive.)
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1-CPU Shared VMs - CPU Performance
250
1,000750
GCPCustom1-2
AWST2.SMALL
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2589
694
702
708
744
SysBench OLTP R/W 32 Thread Queries Per Second Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
VultrShared1-2
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2
AzureB1MS
784
870
929
500
1-CPU Shared VM PerformanceTheresultsinthesectionbelowarefocusedonthe1-CPUVMswith100GBand500GBblockstoragevolumes.Linode’s1-CPU2GBRAMVMtakesthetopspotwhenitcomestoGeekBench5multi-coreCPUperformance,beating the next closest competitor (Vultr) by 7%.Linode’sshared2GBVMisusingoneofthelatestAMDEPYCCPUs,whichoffersincredibleperformancecomparedtobotholderAMDmodelsandIntelCPUsusedbyDigitalOcean’spremiumsharedplans.
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1-CPU VMs - CPU Performance
10
4030
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
AWST2.SMALL
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2
AzureB1MS
GCPCustom1-24.47
5.76
8.00
10.99
11.41
GeekBench5 Scores Standard Deviation (Lower Means More Consistency)
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
VultrShared1-2
11.45
21.04
34.66
20
Lookingatperformanceconsistency,GCPtakesthetopspot,followedbyAWSandVultr.Linodefallsinthemiddleofthepack,butinterestingly,DigitalOceanfallsfarbehindwithboththeirRegularandPremiumIntelprocessors.TheirPremiumAMDplanissignificantlymorecompetitiveintermsofperformanceconsistencycomparedtootherproviders.
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400
1-CPU Shared VMs - CPU Performance Per Dollar
10 5030
DigitalOceanRegularIntel1-2
AzureB1MS
LinodeShared1-2AMDEpyc7542
DigitalOceanPremiumAMD1-2
GCPCustom1-215.51
21.15
25.87
29.84
34.01
Average GeekBench5 Score Divided By Monthly Price (Higher Means Better Value)
VultrShared1-2
DigitalOceanPremiumIntel1-2
AWST2.SMALL
35.56
43.35
46.58
20
Again,LinodetakesthetopspotforCPUperformanceperdollarspentforthe1-CPUgroup,providingtripletheCPUperformancevalueofGCP.
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