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Microsoft Azure Small - A1 - Basic, May 19th 2014
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We have run a full suite of performance tests on the Small - A1 - Basic VPS plan of Microsoft Azure. VPSBenchmarks bought, setup the server and started the tests.
On this page, you'll find:
- Price and specifications for the Small - A1 - Basic plan.
- The grades that summarize its performance in 5 categories based on the benchmarks results.
- Links to the detailed benchmarks results that can be compared to other providers and other plans.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | Hourly billing | Num CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk space (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure | Small - A1 - Basic |
$38.00
Copied from plan. |
Yes | 1 | 1.8 | 30 |
| Datacenter | CPU type | CPU details | OS, Kernel and Virtualization | Data transfer (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4171 HE |
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Hyper-V |
100 |
Note: the CPU details Frequency is the frequency observed at the start of the trial. It may vary as the trial progresses.
Test Results
- Web Runs: performance of a web application running on the server with locally generated load. Latencies and max request rate.
- Sysbench: CPU, disk IO and memory speed tests.
- Endurance: output over time of a long running cpu intensive application.
- Network Transfers: maximum HTTP download and upload speeds between the VPS and servers located nearby.
- Yabs: test suite that includes Geekbench CPU tests, Fio for disk IO and Iperf3 for network transfers.