Re: Amazon High I/O instances

On 21 Aug 2012, at 13:32, Vincent Veyron <vv(dot)lists(at)wanadoo(dot)fr> wrote:

>>
>> Since Amazon has added new high I/O instance types and EBS volumes,
>> anyone has done some benchmark of PostgreSQL on them ?
>>
>
> I wonder : is there a reason why you have to go through the complexity
> of such a setup, rather than simply use bare metal and get good
> performance with simplicity?
>
> For instance, the dedibox I use for my app (visible in sig) costs 14,00
> euros/month, and sits at .03% load average with 5 active users; you can
> admin it like a home pc.

This is a general 'cloud or dedicated' question, I won't go into it but I believe cloud proponents cite management ease, scalability etc. I'm sure there's a place for every type of hosting. However I would be interested in hearing some experiences of PostgreSQL on an Amazon high I/O instance, given a client has just proposed running on one. If there are none forthcoming in the short term I may be in a position to provide some results myself in a month or two.

Oliver Kohll
www.agilebase.co.uk