Nevertheless, aren't they virtualized processors?
This is the discussion related to the wiki page Amazon uses Xeon servers for EC2 m1.large instances - please confirm.
No, processors are real. But apparently capped in some configs.
Never mind. I guess we are staying in SoftLayer — "talking to metal" is much more effective for us. Virtualization still introduces high penalty for DBs.
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