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by cbull 4444 days ago
Dallas data center, not upgraded, faster than London, slower than upgrade. ;)

  $> 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, 2.19598 s, 489 MB/s

  $> hdparm -tT /dev/xvda
  /dev/xvda:
  Timing cached reads:   12446 MB in  1.98 seconds = 6273.29 MB/sec
  Timing buffered disk reads: 1768 MB in  3.00 seconds = 589.00 MB/sec