On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > I have had access to VMs at both slicehost and linode. Between the two > slicehost out-performs linode in terms of disk IO throughput and network > performance. Linode has more management and automation features. > Slicehost tends to be more expensive. Both organizations offer good > support from my perspective. I think both are good solutions.
This comparison shows Linode to give more consistent performance, while Slicehost varies more, presumably depending on what other VMs are doing on the same host: http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison And here's a higher-level comparison between the two: http://dodgydev.net/post/85536330/vps-showdown Jon -- Jon Jensen End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
