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The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by saltcod »

growt wrote: post #76
kyrra wrote: post #55

I forgot to benchmark the disk before I upgraded but here are some simple disk benchmarks on an upgraded linode (the $20 plan, now with SSD) $ dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 1.31593 s, 816 MB/s $ hdparm -tT /dev/xvda /dev/xvda: Timing cached reads: 19872 MB in 1.98 seconds = 10020.63 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 2558…

Here is my $5 digitalocean slice (created a few months ago): # dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 3.7375 s, 287 MB/s # hdparm -tT /dev/disk/by-label/DOROOT /dev/disk/by-label/DOROOT: Timing cached reads: 16394 MB in 2.00 seconds = 8205.62 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 868 MB in 3.00 seconds = 289.17 MB/sec

Just ran this on my 1GB droplet at Digital Ocean:

$ dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 5.83509 s, 184 MB/s

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by saltcod »

growt wrote: post #76
kyrra wrote: post #55

I forgot to benchmark the disk before I upgraded but here are some simple disk benchmarks on an upgraded linode (the $20 plan, now with SSD) $ dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 1.31593 s, 816 MB/s $ hdparm -tT /dev/xvda /dev/xvda: Timing cached reads: 19872 MB in 1.98 seconds = 10020.63 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 2558…

Here is my $5 digitalocean slice (created a few months ago): # dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 3.7375 s, 287 MB/s # hdparm -tT /dev/disk/by-label/DOROOT /dev/disk/by-label/DOROOT: Timing cached reads: 16394 MB in 2.00 seconds = 8205.62 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 868 MB in 3.00 seconds = 289.17 MB/sec

And here's a run I did on a shared host at A Small Orange for fun:

1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 62.9023 s, 17.1 MB/s

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

#123

Post by kbrower »

kyrra wrote: post #55

I forgot to benchmark the disk before I upgraded but here are some simple disk benchmarks on an upgraded linode (the $20 plan, now with SSD) $ dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 1.31593 s, 816 MB/s $ hdparm -tT /dev/xvda /dev/xvda: Timing cached reads: 19872 MB in 1.98 seconds = 10020.63 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 2558…

Not a scientific benchmark, but I have a linode that has 8 cores before and after that just finished its upgrade. Previously it was consistently using just under 5/8 CPUs and is now using a ~2/8 CPUs with the same in/out traffic.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by nitrogen »

notastartup wrote: post #82
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ramnode is fantastic and cheap. http://www.ramnode.com

$2/month is enticing, but 128mb ram seems impossible. even 256mb is pushing it.

You can run a mostly static site on 64.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by dugmartin »

pavanky wrote: post #119

I wish Linode (or anyone else other than Amazon) provides a reasonable Plan[1] with GPUs on them. [1]: Amazon charges $2 an hour thats about $1500 a month.

Here is a list with five other companies:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpu-cloud-computing-services.ht...

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by zak_mc_kracken »

chc wrote: post #94
zak_mc_kracken wrote: post #59

Does any of LINode or DigitalOcean offer plans without any SSD? I couldn't find any. I just want to install some personal projects there for which even SSD's are overkill...

Overkill never hurt anybody. Would you really want to ditch the SSD even if no other numbers changed at all? Even if you don't need it, I don't see why it's a bad thing.

It's just overkill to me to pay $20 a month for this when I expect a non-SSD plan would be half as cheap, if not more.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by yogo »

vidyesh wrote: post #93

So this makes Lindode practically on par with DO's $20 plan. Up till now $20 plan at DO was better now its just the choice of the brand. But here is one thing that DO provides and I think Linode too should, you get the choice to spin up a $5 instance anytime in your account for any small project or a test instance which you cannot on Linode.

Doesn't hourly billing address that issue? Linode now offers it.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by grey-area »

jaequery wrote: post #96
SudoAlex wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upgrades/downgrades requires transferring all your data from one server to another - so that means downtime. The bigger the server, the more downtime in transferring. As for backups, Linode backups seem to get a bad reputation. They do take a snapshot of a running instance - but reports from the forums indicate that they regularly fail, leaving you with a missing backup at some points. The only way of restoring a bac…

upgrades for ram and storage does not have to have any downtime. same for snapshots, through LVM/ZFS, they can be nearly instant in most cases. it just seems like DO have not been able to figure this out for whatever reasons.

Linode does not offer pain-free upgrades - your files are physically copied to another size of box, not just allocated more resources on the existing box. The bigger your files, the longer it'll take (around 30 mins usually).

I agree it would be nice to do upgrades in place but presumably they have very good reasons for not doing so. Are you aware of any provider which does this in a seamless way? I'm not really sure how they'd do it, particularly for RAM.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

#129

Post by jeffasinger »

Karunamon wrote: post #120
mwcampbell wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Containers, e.g. through Docker, are good for that kind of thing.

Not with the tiny amounts of memory offered at that price. 2GB is very easy to burn through in short order. Anything less than 8 feels really claustrophobic. I've always needed memory more than disk. Really wish I could pay some of these providers just for a one off increase of a few extra gigs of memory without tiering up which includes an entirely higher level of storage that I will not ever use.

Some types of sites need disk more than RAM, and that market is really weird right now too.

I run a service that could get away with only 8GB of RAM, but definitely needs at least 2TB of space, plus plenty of room to grow.

Re: The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

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Post by notastartup »

jsmthrowaway wrote: post #114
notastartup wrote: post #92

These upgrades are impressive but they are a bit too late to the game. DO still has these advantages besides the cheap monthly price: - DO has excellent and easy to understand API - Step by step guides on setting up and running anything - Minimal and simple To entice me, it's no longer just a matter of price, DO has extra value added, largely due to their simplicity.

You mean like linode.com/api/ and library.linode.com?

yeah it's not as obvious and simple like DO's REST calls. shame I never discovered this while I Was with linode but it wouldn't have caught my attention any how like how DO did with their simplicity.

now I definitely don't think there's much linode can do further to entice me unless they matched digital ocean's pricing lower than 0.03/hr

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