Network: This is what enables the transfer of data between the storage servers and the application servers. In this case, the VNB happens when a user requests to open or search for an email in their inbox. The application server retrieves data from the storage server, transferring it between...
GCP does roughly 7x better for the comparison of 4-core machines, but for the largest machine sizes networking performance is roughly equivalent. This chart shows our observed results on an iperf performance test between nodes of the same type and same zone in AWS (with the appropriate network...
Gmail is not my brother. But he is careful not to bring that fact to my attention. (Is this trustworthy?) He may or may not have the US Marines on his side, but he does have legions of lawyers. In any case he, and my data, are half a continent away. I need to be very caref...