[thegyppo]

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]

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

https://www.edis.at/en/server/colocation/austria/raspberrypi...

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

[thegyppo]

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

http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/11/ENc5kl1X2ZciF0LZ

http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/08/gcMHO1PDOY6Crq2W

Compare with the Micro performance:

http://serverbear.com/166-micro-amazon-web-services

[luser001]

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

[georgemcbay]

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).