5It all started when Eivind Uggedal posted his performance comparison of various Xen VPS providers — Linode, SliceHost/Rackspace, Prgmr and Amazon EC2. Here’s the summary:
Summarizing the benchmarks gives us one clear winner: Linode. 32-bit gave the best results on the Unixbench runs while 64-bit was fastest on the Django and database tests. Since Linode also [...]
More on SliceHost vs. Linode
Running xBSD on Linode a Reality with pv-grub
1 I reckon the logo on Linode Wiki needs a change. Via Linode’s latest blog post, it is now possible to roll your own operating system with Linode’s pv-grub support. There’s even a tutorial on wiki on how to install NetBSD, although it’s far from “click and deploy” like its Linux Xen VPS offerings.
Besides a [...]
Moved from Web24 to Linode
(Note: This is a review of VPS hosting services provided by Web24 and Linode, and a migration of one of my sites from one to the other at the end of March 2008. Web24 may have improved their service since but I have no way nor intend to verify it.)
Web24 — Virtuozzo VPS in Australia
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Linode.com Xen Virtual Server Review
Update September 2008
Expecting UML, Got Xen
Linode Platform Manager
Initialisation and Booting up
Disk Images
Configuration Profiles
Finnix Recovery Distro
Linode Shell
Linode Community
But, What About Reviewing the Actual VPS?!
Conclusion
When I first went shopping around for VPS hosting back in early 2006, Linode was high on my list. There were only a few Linux VPS providers back then but I knew Linode [...]