Hard disk performance (I/O) of VPSs such as BuyVM, Hostigation, eNetSouth, WhyNOTaVPS, etc.

BuyVM OpenVZ (256/512 MB RAM, 30 GB HDD, 1 TB B/W)

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 5.78672 s, 186 MB/s

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 5.93356 s, 181 MB/s

Hosting KVM (128 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD, 500 GB B/W)

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 6.29459 s, 171 MB/s

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 11.1185 s, 96.6 MB/s

eNetSouth OpenVZ (786/1024 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD, 1000 GB B/W)

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 31.4363 s, 34.2 MB/s

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.1464 s, 81.7 MB/s

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.4436 s, 79.9 MB/s

WhyNOTaVPS OpenVZ (786/1024 MB RAM, 33 GB HDD, 444 GB B/W)

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 24.3903 s, 44.0 MB/s

KiloServe 1GB RAM Low End Box special

 dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/output.img bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 4.27653 seconds, 251 MB/s

RapidoVPS 256MB RAM $2.50 month special

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 33.215 s, 32.1 MB/s

not too fast : dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync

 16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 18.7822 seconds, 57.2 MB/s
LoomHosts VPS Servers

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 18.2208 seconds, 58.9 MB/s

A fresh BuyVM OpenVZ-128MB:

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 6.10176 seconds, 176 MB/s

Hosting 64 MB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync

 16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 9.86716 s, 109 MB/s

TurnKey Internet

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 64.3875 s, 16.7 MB/s

Hetzner

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 112.157 s, 9.6 MB/s

A little over a week later, the same BuyVM OpenVZ-128MB:

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 43.9629 seconds, 24.4 MB/s

Chicago VPS 1GB Ram

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 15.1019 s, 71.1 MB/s

A fresh Rackspace VPS lol

 # dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=20k
20480+0 records in
20480+0 records out
1342177280 bytes (1.3 GB) copied, 4.39452 s, 305 MB/s

My buyvm is starting to degrade xD but still the fastest of all my LEBs

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=10k
10240+0 records in
10240+0 records out
671088640 bytes (671 MB) copied, 7.91368 s, 84.8 MB/s

Criperz Prodigy 128meg annual:

 ~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 114.226 s, 9.4 MB/s

Oversold much?! Very variable, same test reported 1.9 MB/sa minute later.
BuyVM 256meg:

 :~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 7.92439 s, 135 MB/s

BuyVM 128meg annual:

 ~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 7.06734 s, 152 MB/s

QualityServers 128meg annual (from the recent deal):

 ~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 39.2065 s, 27.4 MB/s

bHosts 1.5gb:

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 36.7724 s, 29.2 MB/s

evorack 128 xen (not as impressive as other but very stable, no complain):

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=20k 20480+0 records in 2 0480+0 records out 1342177280 bytes (1.3 GB) copied, 24.7226 s, 54.3 MB/s

vooserver 128 xen (just like evorack, no complain):

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=20k 20480+0 records in 20480+0 records out 1342177280 bytes (1.3 GB) copied, 22.2575 s, 60.3 MB/s

edis 128 kvm (always have great io, I wish they have better billing/support panel):

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=6k 6144+0 records in 6144+0 records out 402653184 bytes (403 MB) copied, 2.20145 s, 183 MB/s

bitcable 256 kvm (new, for test):

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=20k 20480+0 records in 20480+0 records out 1342177280 bytes (1.3 GB) copied, 11.8234 s, 114 MB/s

securedragon 96 xen:

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k conv=fdatasync count=20k 20480+0 records in 20480+0 records out 1342177280 bytes (1.3 GB) copied, 24.0986 s, 55.7 MB/s

CripperZ 64 MB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 71.2935 s, 15.1 MB/s

CripperZ 128 MB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 73.2753 s, 14.7 MB/s

123Systems 192 MB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 25.0444 s, 42.9 MB/s

123Systems 512 MB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 36.6829 seconds, 29.3 MB/s

SpotVPS 1 GB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 24.0437 seconds, 44.7 MB/s

Up2VPS 1 GB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 17.3729 s, 61.8 MB/s

IPAPco SuperVPS 4 GB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 14.8628 s, 72.2 MB/s

IPAPco SuperVPS 2GB

 dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 26.5291 s, 40.5 MB/s

 There are many, you can check them out for yourself and search directly if you need them.
via: http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/42/test-the-disk-io-of-your-vps