mx2-8x64 by IBM Cloud


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

  • 4K block
  • Random access
  • No filesystem (except for write access with root volume)
  • Avoidance of cache and buffer
Specifications:
CPU
8
RAM
68.0 GB
Net
16000 Mbps

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Read Write
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Average 3099 1244
Deviation 0.18 788.15
Min 3099 127