If you are contemplating hosting some of your applications and data in one of the large public clouds, you are probably wondering what the performance and availability is like.
Up to now, the only way has been to trust the vendors claims or to sign-up to the services and test them yourself.
If you are considering hosting your application(s) with a cloud service provider …. read this first.
There is now a service that compares the performance and availability of some of the larger solution providers such as Rackspace, Amazon, Google and Microsoft Azure. In a future release, they plan to add the capability for you to test your preferred supplier.
The service deploys the same application to each of the service providers in their different locations. They are them tested from over 100,000 desktops, linked to over 2,500 ISPs in 168 different countries. You can see the availability percentage and the response times in a variety of views.
It’s interesting to see Microsoft Azure consistently at or near the top, with Amazon EC2 Ireland and Singapore lagging behind.
- Over a 30 day period, Microsoft Azure’s typical response time is 0.63 seconds from Chicago, 8.44 from London and 40.55 from Mumbai.
- Amazon EC2 hosted in Singapore has response times of 5.89 from Tokyo up-to 40.52 from Boston USA.
These differences in latency are a real eye-opener. If you are considering hosting your application(s) with a cloud service provider, make sure you visit this site first. If your preferred provider isn’t listed, make sure you test it yourself before making the big move.
Click here to try out the CloudSleuth service.
Also read ….
- Clouds and data jurisdiction
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
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