Re:Performance comparison between EC2, Slicehost, Linode, Ra...
by cadwag on Sunday November 29, 2009 @11:55PM
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I signed up with Slicehost a few months ago. It was my first experience with VPS hosting and Unix.
As a beginner, Slicehost was really great. The control panel is really straight forward and easy to use, their support is quick and helpful, and their how-to articles are really great for beginners.
So they both have articles for the absolute beginners, but it still seems like Linode slightly favors the more intermediate to advanced users in their how-to's. Purely subjective, but Slicehost's seem a bit easier to read / follow.
That being said, this article was incredibly interesting. Now that I have a bit more experience with VPS's and Unix, I am very tempted to head over to Linode.
I am still developing my web app on Slicehost but I have not seen any performance problems since I have very little traffic. I am now considering setting up the production server over at Linode when I'm ready to go live.
As a beginner, Slicehost was really great. The control panel is really straight forward and easy to use, their support is quick and helpful, and their how-to articles are really great for beginners.
To quickly compare the how-to's in a similar category: http://articles.slicehost.com/ubuntu-hardy vs http://library.linode.com/lamp-guides/
So they both have articles for the absolute beginners, but it still seems like Linode slightly favors the more intermediate to advanced users in their how-to's. Purely subjective, but Slicehost's seem a bit easier to read / follow.
That being said, this article was incredibly interesting. Now that I have a bit more experience with VPS's and Unix, I am very tempted to head over to Linode.
I am still developing my web app on Slicehost but I have not seen any performance problems since I have very little traffic. I am now considering setting up the production server over at Linode when I'm ready to go live.
Thanks for the great article.