There's an excellent comparison of all the big virtual server services, with Linode recommended as a clear winner on almost all of the benchmarks (as always, YM

There's an excellent comparison of all the big virtual server services, with Linode recommended as a clear winner on almost all of the benchmarks (as always, YMMV). http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison The one thing I really dislike about Linode is they don't offer automated backups. I don't have any experience with them as a customer.