[nvivo]

I completely agree. For some reason they're not 100% ssd and that changes everything. That is the main reason I avoid Azure. Last time I tested (about 8 months ago) I got a new windows server instance with 4gb ram and do a windows update. In my laptop takes 20 minutes, aws takes 40 minutes or so, azure takes almost an entire day! Partly this is because MS doesnt keep their images as updated as AWS, but mostly is because HDD instead of SDD as default. Not advocating anything, just my experience.

[h1d]

What is the point of using Azure if the performance is way worse than competitors?

[teddyuk]

is the performance worse than aws?

https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/aws-ebs-latency-and-iops-the-...

[nvivo]

I know what I see in my apps. Yes, Azure is worse than AWS. AWS has its flaws, but Azure is simply very slow in comparison.