SSD performance classes
For the most demanding performance requirements
Need more performance from your IONOS Cloud SSD storage? Or want to process HDD workloads even faster without excessive costs? We've developed SSD performance classes for you.
When choosing storage, it's the ratio of effective costs per IOPS that counts
What sets IONOS Cloud SSD Storage apart:
Significantly lower prices for bandwidth and IOPS than the competition- Storage volume performance increases linearly with size
- 100% guaranteed performance for Premium SSD
- Fixed price per GB of storage
- No hidden costs for IOPS
- High-performance storage for every computing instance
What are IONOS Cloud SSD performance classes?
SSD storage modules are becoming cheaper in the enterprise sector. At the same time, more and more applications in the cloud require fast responses at a reasonable price, low energy costs and high access reliability even in random mode. That's why IONOS Cloud is introducing SSD Standard in addition to SSD Premium as an alternative to HDD storage.
What this means in detail:
HDD | SSD Standard | SSD Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
Volume size | 1 GB – 4 TB | 1 GB – 4 TB | 1 GB – 4 TB |
No. of volumes per VM | Up to 24 | Up to 24 | Up to 4 |
Bandwidth in MB/s per GB | – | 0.5 MB/s | 1 MB/s |
Max bandwidth in MB/s per instance | 200 MB/s (static per instance) | 300 MB/s | 600 MB/s |
Read IOPS/GB | – | 40 | 75 |
Max read IOPS per instance | 1,100 (static per instance) | 24,000 | 45,000 |
Write IOPS/GB | – | 30 | 50 |
Max write IOPS per instance | 1,100 (static per instance) | 18,000 | 30,000 |
Performance guarantee | shared | shared | 100% guaranteed per instance |
Price per GB/30 days | $0.0533 | $0.15 / From 7-1-24: $0.08 | $0.32 / From 7-1-24: $0.17 |
Volume size | |
|---|---|
HDD | 1 GB – 4 TB |
SSD Standard | 1 GB – 4 TB |
SSD Premium | 1 GB – 4 TB |
No. of volumes per VM | |
HDD | Up to 24 |
SSD Standard | Up to 24 |
SSD Premium | Up to 4 |
Bandwidth in MB/s per GB | |
HDD | – |
SSD Standard | 0.5 MB/s |
SSD Premium | 1 MB/s |
Max bandwidth in MB/s per instance | |
HDD | 200 MB/s (static per instance) |
SSD Standard | 300 MB/s |
SSD Premium | 600 MB/s |
Read IOPS/GB | |
HDD | – |
SSD Standard | 40 |
SSD Premium | 75 |
Max read IOPS per instance | |
HDD | 1,100 (static per instance) |
SSD Standard | 24,000 |
SSD Premium | 45,000 |
Write IOPS/GB | |
HDD | – |
SSD Standard | 30 |
SSD Premium | 50 |
Max write IOPS per instance | |
HDD | 1,100 (static per instance) |
SSD Standard | 18,000 |
SSD Premium | 30,000 |
Performance guarantee | |
HDD | shared |
SSD Standard | shared |
SSD Premium | 100% guaranteed per instance |
Price per GB/30 days | |
HDD | $0.0533 |
SSD Standard | $0.15 / From 7-1-24: $0.08 |
SSD Premium | $0.32 / From 7-1-24: $0.17 |
SSD vs HDD
What makes IONOS Cloud SSD Standard a good alternative to HDD?
In contrast, workloads in web and email hosting, cloud archive and backup storage, and document management, tend to have large block sizes. However, in the event of disaster recovery, it can be essential to quickly restore even large volume applications from a backup.The decisive factor is cost. IONOS SSD costs almost the same as HDD.
SSD Performance Classes
FAQ – Frequently asked questions
Based on customer feedback IONOS continuously adapts its offering for enhanced day-to-day use in cloud operations. Rapid and reliable storage responsiveness is a must, because the requirements posed by our customers' applications are constantly shifting.IONOS Cloud SSD Premium offers you:
Ultimately, the deciding factor is the cost-effectiveness of IOPS. IONOS Cloud advantages:
For just 2.25 times the price of HDD, SSD Standard gives you up to 12 times more IOPS and greater bandwidth. Multi-threading is also supported and modern SSD memory modules in the enterprise environment are more robust. Furthermore, the resulting cost savings from lower depreciation on the part of the cloud provider mean that SSD will stay affordable well into the future. Processing costs in e-commerce or in brick and mortar retailing, for example, can be significantly reduced by using SSD storage. Last but not least, using SSD storage actively helps to reduce the ecological footprint of cloud computing by contributing to lower CO² emissions.
Take the backup and recovery environment, for example, and consider the 3-2-1 rule for a moment.