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| Provider | Plan | Cost per month | Disk space (GB) | Memory (GB) | Num Cores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 | m1-small | $44.00 | 10 | 1.7 | 1 |
Test Results
The Web performance test lasts for the whole duration of the trial (several days) and reports the response time and system metrics of a popular website running a Ruby on Rails application backed by a Postgres database.
Web Performance
Daily Web Metrics
Response time
CPU utilization
| Day | Num requests | Average Total ms | P95 Total ms | P99 Total ms | Average Db ms | Cpu idle | Cpu steal | Iowait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 02 2014 | 110755 | 123 | 300 | 500 | 14 | 73.59% | 8.14% | 0.21% |
| Jun 03 2014 | 134557 | 120 | 290 | 500 | 13 | 69.30% | 9.48% | 0.20% |
| Jun 04 2014 | 87314 | 133 | 320 | 550 | 16 | 76.09% | 7.38% | 0.19% |
| Jun 05 2014 | 156948 | 136 | 320 | 550 | 16 | 63.30% | 11.47% | 0.16% |
| Jun 06 2014 | 151086 | 130 | 320 | 500 | 15 | 65.14% | 10.87% | 0.17% |
| Jun 07 2014 | 118891 | 129 | 320 | 500 | 14 | 70.50% | 9.17% | 0.18% |
| Jun 08 2014 | 189776 | 129 | 320 | 500 | 13 | 59.78% | 12.49% | 0.26% |
Weekly Web Metrics
| Day | Num requests | Average Total ms | P95 Total ms | P99 Total ms | Average Db ms | Cpu idle | Cpu steal | Iowait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 02 2014 | 949327 | 129 | 320 | 500 | 14 | 68.24% | 9.86% | 0.20% |
Web Performance comparison
Web performance is measured locally on the VPS and includes Rails app response times as well as system metrics.
Compare Amazon EC2 - m1-small web performance with other VPS providers or review the daily and weekly web metrics below.
