Take #2 – Is Amazon SSD PIOPS Really Better?

Redis performance was compared to magnetic disk, EBS with SSD, and EBS with SSD PIOPS in a benchmark test. The results showed that Redis running on SSD and SSD PIOPS performed much better than it did with magnetic disk, despite the latter being optimized for random access. The use of SSD PIOPS delivered better throughput compared to regular SSD offer, indicating that AWS' service offering is worth considering for data persistence needs.