How Upgrading EBS Volumes Boosted etcd Write Performance by 30%

A technical deep‑dive shows how a team managing dozens of Kubernetes clusters diagnosed a write‑ahead‑log bottleneck in etcd, measured IOPS and latency with etcdctl and fio, upgraded gp2 volumes to gp3, and discovered diminishing returns beyond 3000 IOPS while explaining the role of fdatasync in storage performance.

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How Upgrading EBS Volumes Boosted etcd Write Performance by 30%

MaGe Linux Operations

Jan 27, 2024 · Operations

Why Upgrading EBS Volumes Boosted etcd Write Performance—and What Still Limits It

This article details how upgrading AWS EBS volumes from gp2 to GP3 and adjusting instance types improved etcd cluster write throughput, analyzes IOPS bottlenecks using iostat and fio, and explains why further IOPS gains remain constrained by storage and OS caching.

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Why Upgrading EBS Volumes Boosted etcd Write Performance—and What Still Limits It

GrowingIO Tech Team

Aug 27, 2020 · Cloud Computing

How GrowingIO Cut AWS Costs: Practical Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies

This article details GrowingIO's systematic approach to reducing AWS expenses by analyzing billing data, tagging resources, visualizing usage, and applying targeted optimizations across EC2 instances, EBS volumes, HDFS storage, network traffic, and S3, while outlining future automation and scaling plans.

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How GrowingIO Cut AWS Costs: Practical Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies