Best Amazon server instance to use for Java web apps

I want to try out the Amazon hosting service. I want to deploy a Java web application. There are man开发者_如何学Goy server images, and I am trying to determine which one I should use.

My requirements are simple:

• Should allow me to use Tomcat and Java and preferably MySQL
• Other related software is good too

Is there a) an instance you recommend b) a way to see ratings/reviews/comments about instances

I have used the basic Fedora 8 install to run a tomcat system. I chose that because it gives me a clean slate to start with and I'm pretty happy with that. It works reasonably well, but I did find uploading to the server really slow. If possible, get the server to pull down what it needs rather than trying to send packages/installs etc to it. On the basic (low end) platform performance is reasonable and it's easy to switch up to a faster system and try it out.

If you're not super happy with command line administration, it's probably a good idea to set up a windowing environment (ie choose an image that has a desktop manager configured), or use a Windows image and Remote Desktop to it.

I'm not aware of any ratings systems for the available images.