Re:695k TPS with Node.js and VoltDB
by jhugg on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @12:25PM
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You might get a better number on bare metal, and you certainly won't get a worse one, so in a sense it's not ideal.
On the other hand, a big chunk of the web is run from AWS. Demonstrating performance there implies performance in many places. It's also an easily reproducible environment, which is helpful for benchmarking.
On the other hand, a big chunk of the web is run from AWS. Demonstrating performance there implies performance in many places. It's also an easily reproducible environment, which is helpful for benchmarking.