We have run a full suite of performance tests on the 1GB $15 VPS plan of Dreamhost. VPSBenchmarks bought, setup the server and started the tests.
On this page, you'll find:
Provider | Plan | Monthly price | Hourly billing | Num CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk space (GB) |
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Dreamhost | 1GB $15 | $15.00 | No | 16 | 1 | 30 |
Datacenter | CPU type | CPU details | OS, Kernel and Virtualization | Data transfer (GB) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown | AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4376 HE |
Frequency: 2.6 GHz |
Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 3.1.9 Unknown |
Unlimited |
Note: the CPU details Frequency is the frequency observed at the start of the trial. It may vary as the trial progresses.
Web performance is measured locally on the VPS and includes Rails app response times to live web traffic as well as system metrics.
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Dreamhost is sort of an exception for vpsbenchmarks.com since it's a managed web hosting solution. They do offer VPS though where you get full control of the VM the same way unmanaged providers do. The difference is no choice of OS and the VM comes loaded with software that may or may not be useful.
Account setup: Dreamhost accepts your payment right away and you are swiftly taken to some sort of control panel. No sign of the VM we ordered anywhere in there. We soon receive an email with this message:
We're sorry to say that we've got a bit of a backlog right now on provisioning new VPSs, but we should have one ready for you within a few...