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We switched to DigitalOcean a month ago. The servers are 2x faster than rackspace (same RAM size) and we pay only half the price. DigitalOcean doesn't have all the features of rackspace (additional storage, private networks etc.), but the much better performance is everything we need.

https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing

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DigitalOcean doesn't have all the features of rackspace

Looks like no Windows, so no go for me.

But DO is a basic service, only VMs, with little control over network, storage, etc.

is there any benchmarking in comparison with rackspaces SSDs?

Here is a benchmark from the Rackspace site on SSD performance via Cloud Block Storage: (PDF) http://c744563d32d0468a7cf1-2fe04d8054667ffada6c4002813eccf0...

I've conducted some independent tests of various block storage options with Rackspace, EC2, HP and GCE. Here are links providing a CSV of the results (may take a few seconds to generate). A value of 100 signifies near performance parity to a baremetal SAS reference system. Overall, Rackspace SSD is performant, but lacks the consistency of EBS PIOPs or GCE persistent storage.

IOPS http://app.cloudharmony.com/cloudgrade/api/query/cloudharmon...

IO Consistency http://app.cloudharmony.com/cloudgrade/api/query/cloudharmon...

There's also an excellent writeup by GlusterFS contributor Jeff Darcy:

http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/10/rackspace-bloc...

SSD drives make a huge impact on server performance.

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