Keep in mind there _may_ be a negative feedback loop there. If you're building your software in a way that won't be able to perform better with superior disk/d

Keep in mind there _may_ be a negative feedback loop there. If you're building your software in a way that won't be able to perform better with superior disk/db/network performance, then it isn't worthwhile to ever upgrade to a more performant disk/db/network. If it is possible, make sure your software will actually be faster on a faster disk rather than just testing on a slow disk and thinking "well we're I/O bound anyway, so no need to improve perf".