Since Amazon has added new high I/O instance types and EBS volumes,
anyone has done some benchmark of PostgreSQL on them ?
I wonder : is there a reason why you have to go through the complexity
of such a setup, rather than simply use bare metal and get good
performance with simplicity?
For instance, the dedibox I use for my app (visible in sig) costs 14,00
euros/month, and sits at .03% load average with 5 active users; you can
admin it like a home pc.
This is a general 'cloud or dedicated' question, I won't go into it but I believe cloud proponents cite management ease, scalability etc. I'm sure there's a place for every type of hosting. However I would be interested in hearing some experiences of PostgreSQL on an Amazon high I/O instance, given a client has just proposed running on one. If there are none forthcoming in the short term I may be in a position to provide some results myself in a month or two.
Oliver Kohll
