Out of curiosity; wouldn't a Raspberry Pi be sufficient for the lower levels if ...

thegyppo · on Nov 28, 2012

From my testing the Raspberry Pi benchmarks similar to the Amazon Micro instance. Happy to post some results if you want to see them.

graue · on Nov 28, 2012

That would be interesting. This offer to colo a RasPi for free (which was on HN awhile back) is apparently still valid:

I've got two Raspberry Pis coming to me in the mail, so I'm thinking I might do it.

thegyppo · on Nov 28, 2012

Here's two Rasbperry Pi Benchmarks (these are also pre 512mb model), bear in mind these are both just run from home networks:

Compare with the Micro performance:

luser001 · on Nov 28, 2012

Please do. I would have thought the micro would be faster than the Pi (I have a Pi)!!!

georgemcbay · on Nov 28, 2012

In my limited experience with Amazon micro instances, the I/O throughput on them is surprisingly abysmal.

I'm not surprised that a Pi is similar in overall performance (I have a Pi as well).