Submission + - Google Compute Engine aces cloud performance test (rightscale.com)
StoneLion writes: Amazon Web Services has been the 800-pound gorilla of cloud IaaS providers, but Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, and others are trying to claim market share. Last week RightScale, a cloud management provider that works with all IaaS providers, published the results of its performance test of Google Compute Engine. It had 200,000 users simultaneously hitting a test website, which was able to serve up 330,000 pageviews per minute — pretty impressive scalability. The article has test configuration details and performance graphs.