On 7/9/13 2:53 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> FWIW, the other experiment I've been meaning to try but haven't found >>time >> is to get a new laptop with an SSD and try mustella on it. I'm >>convinced >> Mustella is disk-bound and would get a significant boost from an SSD. >> >> -Alex >> > >Some articles I have been reading suggest that Azure is all SSD [1] Maybe >we already are running at top speed. > >-Om > >[1] >http://gigaom.com/2012/06/05/new-windows-azure-goes-all-ssd-to-one-up-amaz >on-in-the-cloud/ >[2] >http://www.nethosting.com/buzz/blog/microsoft-azure-cloud-service-updated- >today-with-all-ssd-storage-and-a-new-api/
Hmm, that would disprove my theory since the full main run still takes 9 hours. I don't know much about these VMs. How do they compare in CPU performance against my 2-year-old Dell laptop (I3 processor)? -Alex
