mx2-4x32 by IBM Cloud


Bandwidth testing are conducted with local and block storages attached to the instance. We use the well-known open-source tool FIO. To express bandwidth the following parameters are used:

  • 1M block
  • Sequential access
  • No filesystem (except for write access with root volume)
  • Avoidance of cache and buffer
Specifications:
CPU
4
RAM
34.0 GB
Net
8000 Mbps

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Max 12400 10481
Average 12398 4744
Deviation 0.55 3274.76
Min 12395 434