Speed up 10x & save money: the Tier Storage secret nobody knows about
By Martijn
onWhat if we told you there's a simple way to make your applications 10 times faster AND reduce your overall cloud costs?
Most businesses are stuck with standard storage that bottlenecks their entire infrastructure. But here's what they don't know: Tier-2 volume storage can accelerate your applications by up to 10x - and when used strategically, it actually saves money.
See Storage pricingThe hidden cost of slow storage
Your applications are only as fast as your slowest component. While you might have powerful compute instances, if your storage can't keep up with high read/write demands, everything slows down. The result? You end up provisioning more servers to compensate for poor I/O performance.
How Tier Storage changes everything
Storage tiering involves multiple distinct tiers, each defined by performance characteristics, cost, and reliability. At Cyso Cloud, our tier storage architecture reflects this principle:
Tier-1 Storage: Capacity first
Optimised for: Large data volumes with moderate performance requirements
Performance: Up to 25,000 IOPS with triple replication
Cost model: Lower cost per GB, higher cost per transaction
Tier-2 Storage: Performance first
Optimised for: High-frequency read/write operations
Performance: Up to 25,000 IOPS with dramatically faster access times
Cost model: Higher cost per GB, lower total cost of ownership for active workloads
Both tiers maintain enterprise-grade reliability through triple replication and automatic failover capabilities, ensuring data integrity and delivering performance-optimised solutions.
The Smart Money Move
Here's the strategy most miss: Use Tier-2 for your active, performance-critical data (databases, application files, logs) and Tier-1 for archives and backups.
Real-world example:
The performance difference translates directly into infrastructure efficiency. Consider this transformation:
Before: 4 servers with standard storage struggling with database response times exceeding 100ms, impacting user experience and requiring additional compute capacity.
After: 2 servers with Tier-2 storage achieving sub-10ms response times, superior user experience, and 50% reduction in server requirements.
This scenario demonstrates how storage optimisation can reduce total infrastructure costs whilst improving application performance, a win-win outcome that challenges traditional capacity planning approaches.
According to the 2025 Wasabi Cloud Storage Index report, 62% of companies still find themselves going over budget when using cloud storage, often due to misaligned storage strategies that don't match workload requirements.
Why This Matters for European Sovereignty
European leaders are increasingly advocating for reduced dependency on foreign technology providers, particularly in critical digital infrastructure. Cyso Cloud's approach addresses this strategic imperative through:
GDPR-by-Design Architecture
Our architecture ensures data residency controls that keep information within EU jurisdictions, provides automated compliance reporting for regulatory audits, implements privacy-preserving processing, and includes data subject rights automation for GDPR compliance.
Operational Sovereignty
Our approach features EU-resident operations teams managing infrastructure and support, operates under European legal jurisdiction for all data processing activities, maintains independent governance structures free from non-EU legal obligations, and provides transparent audit trails supporting regulatory oversight.
Ready to speed up & save?
We'll help you design the optimal storage strategy for your workloads. Our team can analyse your current setup and show you exactly how to achieve 10x performance gains while reducing overall costs.
Contact our Business Development Manager, Martijn Wokke, directly to discuss your storage optimisation strategy.
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