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I am curious if there are any IOPS comparisons between DigitalOcean and real hardware (spinning disks)? Currently we run our Postgres instances on EC2, but are looking to move to get better IOPS. The question is: SSD-based VMs or real hardware? Cost is also a factor which is why DigitalOcean is a contender.



Check these out:

http://stevenyue.com/2013/04/15/linode-vs-digital-ocean-perf...

http://bigjocker.com/wordpress/?p=121


Thanks but those are not what I am looking for. Linode and AWS run on VMs just like DO. The question is not SSD VM vs disk VM. It is SSD VM vs disk non-VM (real hardware).


Depending on the size of your existing DB and the workload getting a larger sized VM - 16+GB you should see significant performance improvement.

Because it's hourly you can spin up and test and if it doesn't suit your needs will be a minimal charge.

We also made a promo code : NEWSYC10 - so you can get a $10 credit to test with before incurring any charges.


iops are available on serverbear http://serverbear.com/9806/digitalocean


Thanks. This helps!




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