> 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.
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.
> Why do people do this?
My guess is: so they can utilize the free tier for a year. After that, I agree it makes almost no sense.Add in others' comments about this basically compromising security for speed and this is a bit of an irresponsible article.