Why does NVMe matter on a VPS?
Short answer
NVMe SSDs connect over PCIe and handle far more random reads and writes per second than SATA SSDs, which matters for databases and anything that touches many small files.
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In more detail
Providers that say only 'SSD' may be using SATA drives. Even on NVMe, IOPS are often capped per VPS, so a benchmark (fio, or sysbench) tells you more than the label.