How fast is a storage VPS disk, really?
Sequential throughput and random IOPS are two different numbers. See which one a cheap storage VPS gives you, and measure your own volume with fio.
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Measure tokens per second on a local LLM
A rented GPU only beats per-token billing above a throughput floor. Measure tokens per second properly with a concurrency sweep, then decide.
NVMe vs SSD VPS: does it matter?
NVMe beats SATA SSD on IOPS and latency, but on a VPS the hypervisor and your neighbours decide what you get. Measure your own with fio.