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How would you ensure that an instance launched on hardware bought 6 months ago is identical to the hardware under an instance launched N years ago and still running? Buy old hardwa…

True. EC2 for example has 17 different instance types, but only one was benchmarked in the post. http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/instance-details/

If performance is the primary concern you wouldn't pick such small server/instance types to benchmark. It's like organizing a drag race between a scooter, a moped and a kid on a bi…