> The web server is running on an EC2 t1.micro instance. Why do people do this?! t1.micros run beautifully at load for 30 seconds then essentially stop entirely for a while... not to mention having much slower internet than even a m1.small.
After the testing, you will see that we upgraded to a c1.medium instance.
OK, but initially trying to benchmark on a t1.micro indicates a lack of experience with EC2 that colors any other benchmarking you might be doing.
Add in others' comments about this basically compromising security for speed and this is a bit of an irresponsible article.