The Problem with Benchmarks
Following a highly successful Black Friday/Cyber Monday on LowEndTalk/LowEndBox, providers endured a round of YABS (Yet Another Benchmark Script). Users signed up for cheap VPSes - sometimes many more than they really needed - and proceeded to excitedly run YABS and post the results. Amusingly, this usually means that performance on BF/CM nodes is worse for the 24-48 hours after purchase because there is so much of this a...
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