Here are some simple stats from the new block storage available over at DigitalOcean. Tested on a 1gb droplet.
[raw]hdparm -t /dev/sda[/raw] Reads
Timing buffered disk reads: 536 MB in 3.01 seconds = 178.15 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 586 MB in 3.01 seconds = 194.63 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 574 MB in 3.00 seconds = 191.32 MB/sec
[raw]hdparm -T /dev/sda[/raw] Cached Reads
Timing cached reads: 15090 MB in 2.00 seconds = 7551.96 MB/sec
Timing cached reads: 15056 MB in 2.00 seconds = 7535.53 MB/sec
Timing cached reads: 14810 MB in 2.00 seconds = 7411.46 MB/sec
[raw]time sh -c “dd if=/dev/sda of=ddfile bs=8k count=1000000 && sync”; rm ddfile[/raw] Writes
8192000000 bytes (8.2 GB) copied, 49.4442 s, 166 MB/s
real 0m49.523s
user 0m0.348s
sys 0m12.384s
DigitalOcean has really made it convenient by providing features like block storage and managed hosting. You can now easily scale up your DigitalOcean server by adding block storage to it in just one click using Cloudways Managed Hosting provider for DigitalOcean.