HDD for VPS to trade Latency Arbitrage

[JULIAFISCHER]

How important is a type of HDD for VPS to trade Latency Arbitrage? SSD vs HDD, what's the difference?

 

[f2calv]

I think you'll find the answer here...
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/hdd-for-vps-to-trade-latency-arbitrage.309773/

 

[JULIAFISCHER]

I think you'll find the answer here...
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/hdd-for-vps-to-trade-latency-arbitrage.309773/

I want to hear different opinions
Also what about cpu?

 

[Quantt]

I want to hear different opinions
Also what about cpu?

For the average single trader like you and me trading algos with 6-7-8 digit accounts it doesn't matter, you simply cannot compete with the high frequency shops hosting next to the stock exchange and having 100s of millions in infrastructure - for you the weak link is always going to be your network connection speed...