Summary
Date Instance Type Platform Fixed Variable
GET PUT GET PUT
June 2010 m1.large 64-bit 1 ms 100 ms 4 MB/s 6 MB/s
May 2010 c1.medium 32-bit 1 ms 120 ms 4 MB/s 6 MB/s
Data
We present our data for the current month using file size ranges as that best
shows how the values are determined. The first data series groups files into 1KB
ranges, the second series into 10KB ranges and so forth. There are charts showing
both the fixed and variable cost for each operation.
GET (ms)
250
200
150
100
50
0
Size
1
June
Amazon Cloud Performance Report 2010
PUT (ms)
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Size
GET (MB/s)
6
0
Size
2
June
Amazon Cloud Performance Report 2010
PUT (MB/s)
7
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Methodology
We tracked the number of milliseconds it takes to store and retrieve files using
JetS3T which in turn uses Commons HttpClient. Our data does not include failed
attempts.
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within the Amazon Web Services cloud. We have been 100% cloud since
September 2008 and provide this report for our customers and others who are
interested in the AWS cloud and how it performs over time. Visit
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