Both NVMe and SATA SSD storage use flash memory, so it's easy to assume they perform the same. In practice, the interface each one uses to talk to the rest of the server makes a significant difference.
SATA SSDs were designed around a protocol built for spinning hard drives, which limits how many commands can be queued at once. NVMe was built specifically for flash storage and communicates directly over the PCIe bus, allowing far more parallel operations. In practice, this means lower latency and higher throughput under concurrent load — the kind of load a busy website, database, or mail server generates.
All VPS For Life plans are built on NVMe storage by default, so you don't need to choose a slower tier to save money.
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