While running some hardware benchmarks on my new Core i7 Apple MacBook Pro, I got the idea to run the same benchmarks across several Cloud hosting platforms to see how their hardware stacks up. The tool I used to perform the benchmarks is Geekbench from Primate Labs. Now, this benchmark was designed to accurately test …
Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 GeekBench Benchmarks & Review
So about a week ago I got very impulsive and dediced to upgrade from my 3.06 C2D MacBook Pro to the new Core i7 based model that was recently released. I wasn’t simply after the latest and greatest processor however, there were some other significant changes that I was eager to experience first hand, so …
Cloud / VPS Apache Performance Comparison
DISCLAIMER: I am a Rackspace employee. These tests were not sanctioned by the Rackspace Cloud and were preformed on my own time independently. If you have any questions about the testing methodology don’t hesitate to ask. —– UPDATE #1: I received several comments about the testing methodology used in these benchmarks so I wanted to …
Rackspace / Mosso Cloud Sites Demos
I’ve posted video demos for Cloud Servers and Cloud Files from The Rackspace Cloud, now lets take a look at Cloud Sites, which is the flagship cloud platform from Rackspace. Cloud Sites is a fully managed platform-as-a-service hosting architecture which makes it unbelievably easy to provision new web sites and web applications on enterprise grade hosting infrastructure. …
Mosso Cloud Sites & Media Temple GS – Put To The Test
Strong web site performance, reliability, and uptime – these are all traits you would expect from an enterprise-class Cloud hosting platform, right? That is exactly how I feel now – and exactly what I expected almost three years ago when I started looking at the very early cloud hosting platforms of the time. My name is …
