19 https://www.oracle.com/cloud/economics/ 6K IOPS 38K - 375K IOPS If the cloud provider offered multiple options, including the need to purchase “performance credits,” the cheapest option was selected. Additional options, such as replication, were declined. For AWS, the choice was gp3. For Azure, it was Premium SSD v2. For Google Cloud, it was balanced Persistent Disk. The cheapest option was selected for each cloud provider and any additional options were declined. For AWS, the choice was io2 as gp3 tops out at just 256K IOPS. For Azure, it was Premium SSD v2. For Google Cloud, it was extreme Persistent Disk.