Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for calibrating and using a stable storage model. An embodiment operates by generating, by a central computer, an access request for a stable storage, wherein the access request comprises a plurality of page accesses; measuring a cost to execute the access request on the stable storage; amortizing the cost over the plurality of page accesses; and calibrating, by the central computer, a stable storage model based on the amortized cost.