https://evan.wtf/tags/paravirtual/Recent content in Paravirtual on Evan HoffmanHugoen-USEvan HoffmanTue, 12 Aug 2014 13:51:08 +0000https://evan.wtf/2014/08/12/the-m3-medium-is-terrible/Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:51:08 +0000https://evan.wtf/2014/08/12/the-m3-medium-is-terrible/<p>I&rsquo;ve been doing some testing of various instance types in our staging environment, originally just to see if Amazon&rsquo;s t2.* line of instances is usable in a real-world scenario. In the end, I found that not only are the t2.mediums viable for what I want them to do, but they&rsquo;re far better suited than the m3.medium, which I wouldn&rsquo;t use for anything that you ever expect to reach any load.</p>