AMAZON S3 & EC2

PERFORMANCE REPORT

OVERVIEW
A frequently asked question regarding the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing
platform is how well their storage system (S3) performs with their computing platform (EC2).
As an FTP service that runs entirely within the AWS cloud, HostedFTP.com has, based on our
internal performance data, created this report to discuss the performance you can expect
when storing and retrieving files between an EC2 instance and S3.
This report covers May 2009 and builds upon the methodology as outlined in our first
report. For more information please see the February 2009 report.

ANALYSIS
Our analysis focuses on the data presented in Appendix A and B

STORING FILES (SEE APPENDIX A)

The performance when storing files starts at 0.23 MB/s for small (< 100 KB) files and
reaches up to 12 MB/s for large files. This gives a fixed cost of 80ms along with a variable
cost of 10 MB/s per storage operation.

RETRIEVING FILES (SEE APPENDIX B )

The performance when retrieving files stays relatively constant at around 11 MB/s for
files of any size. This gives a fixed cost of 0ms and a variable cost of 11 MB/s per retrieval
operation.

MONTHLY COMPARISON
OPERATION FEB. 2009 MAR. 2009 APR. 2009 MAY 2009

STORAGE Fixed cost 140ms 120ms 230ms 80ms

Variable cost 10 MB/s 10 MB/s 10 MB/s 10 MB/s
RETRIEVAL Fixed cost 0ms 10ms 0ms 0ms
Variable cost 10 MB/s 8 MB/s 15 MB/s 11 MB/s

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CONCLUSION
From our analysis we can conclude the following:

1. The fixed cost when storing a file has decreased to its lowest level yet while the variable
cost performance has remained the same.

2. The fixed cost when retrieving a file remains negligible while the variable cost performance
has decreased to 11 MB/s from 15 MB/s.

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APPENDIX A
STORING A FILE

Sample size Average file Average Performance

File size range
size time (ms) (MB/s)
FROM TO
0 KB 100 KB 10735 20 KB 82 0.23
100 KB 200 KB 1426 151 KB 111 1.33
200 KB 300 KB 1147 248 KB 114 2.13
300 KB 400 KB 648 346 KB 123 2.75
400 KB 500 KB 511 449 KB 137 3.21
500 KB 600 KB 345 547 KB 131 4.09
600 KB 700 KB 244 653 KB 146 4.36
700 KB 800 KB 157 752 KB 168 4.38
800 KB 900 KB 87 843 KB 177 4.64
900 KB 1.0 MB 94 953 KB 202 4.62
1.0 MB 1.1 MB 87 1.02 MB 198 5.14
1.1 MB 1.2 MB 131 1.13 MB 210 5.38
1.2 MB 1.3 MB 122 1.21 MB 240 5.05
1.3 MB 1.4 MB 76 1.32 MB 212 6.22
1.4 MB 1.5 MB 76 1.42 MB 211 6.72
1.5 MB 1.6 MB 63 1.51 MB 248 6.11
1.6 MB 3.2 MB 755 2.34 MB 302 7.75
3.2 MB 6.4 MB 459 4.20 MB 444 9.46
6.4 MB 12.8 MB 238 8.68 MB 794 10.93
12.8 MB 25.6 MB 196 18.85 MB 1563 12.06
25.6 MB 51.2 MB 225 36.59 MB 3064 11.94
51.2 MB 102.4 MB 90 66.05 MB 6033 10.95
102.4 MB 5 GB 76 211.99 MB 19184 11.05

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APPENDIX B
RETRIEVING A FILE

Sample size Average file Average Performance

File size range
size time (ms) (MB/s)
FROM TO
0 KB 100 KB 21104 26 KB 2 11.48
100 KB 200 KB 2733 150 KB 14 10.74
200 KB 300 KB 1406 242 KB 29 8.06
300 KB 400 KB 1112 346 KB 32 10.49
400 KB 500 KB 668 449 KB 45 9.84
500 KB 600 KB 466 551 KB 49 10.95
600 KB 700 KB 472 653 KB 54 11.74
700 KB 800 KB 336 735 KB 51 14.14
800 KB 900 KB 114 847 KB 70 11.85
900 KB 1.0 MB 104 953 KB 70 13.21
1.0 MB 1.1 MB 97 1.02 MB 79 12.92
1.1 MB 1.2 MB 90 1.13 MB 92 12.28
1.2 MB 1.3 MB 112 1.22 MB 117 10.47
1.3 MB 1.4 MB 77 1.32 MB 100 13.25
1.4 MB 1.5 MB 67 1.42 MB 115 12.38
1.5 MB 1.6 MB 64 1.51 MB 150 10.09
1.6 MB 3.2 MB 801 2.37 MB 211 11.23
3.2 MB 6.4 MB 648 4.32 MB 378 11.42
6.4 MB 12.8 MB 369 8.78 MB 729 12.04
12.8 MB 25.6 MB 337 19.59 MB 1658 11.82
25.6 MB 51.2 MB 525 37.75 MB 2918 12.94
51.2 MB 102.4 MB 204 70.79 MB 6301 11.24
102.4 MB 5 GB 106 214.38 MB 21260 10.08

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