How sound is your cloud? Good luck measuring it

Every public cloud likes to proclaim it's the cheapest, fastest, and most convenient to use, but obviously not everyone can be fastest. Hence the need for good, comprehensive public cloud benchmarks -- and not only to use when making buying decisions, but also to keep cloud vendors straight about their claims.

However, cloud resources are tough to benchmark with their notoriously fickle and inconsistent performance. The question then: how best to attempt it?

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