IMHO, if you have 'serious business'. spend your money in rackspace, linode or a dedicated.

Linode. I don't know anyone disappointed with them :P

Linode maybe? I'm hearing a lot of good things about them.

I think 4-8 years is a better gauge. However, if you are relying on these boxes then I would stick with the top three here or spend a little more with a company like Linode.

That is a real catch 22. Everyone (most) know I am a one man show, I've had several ex-linode clients comment on faster/superior support I offer, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but the catch-22 comes i

With linode you are paying really for two things.

I have actually tried Zerigo before (quite a while ago, before 8x8 bought them) and it's actually quite good. Developer centric like Linode and Rackspace/Slicehost. Pricing is out of LEB range though.

I have no experience with Linode, but their prices are pretty high, you could spend a bit more and get a dedicated with a decent company like CalPOP.

Like what Mon5t3r said, the extra cost is not on hardware but the support and infrastructure. I have ~4 Linode at the moment running various backend tasks of my business, and the uptime was great (exc

comparison linode VPS against budget VPS (512MB of ram)

Linode...meh. Overpriced. Rock solid, yes, but you can get the same performance with better specs at 6sync.

tldr: linode..linode..linode..linode..linode..linode..linode..linode..linode..linode.. :P

Didn't think to check the Linode library first.

http://library.linode.com/troubleshooting/upgrade-to-debian-6-squeeze

I my self was a Rackvm victim. So I've learned to use Linode e.t.c. for production.

Since Debian is the lighter, more secure parent of the most used Linux OS in the world (Ubuntu), you can count it to be the most installed server OS after Ubuntu.

Linode have tutorials on how to move another VPS over to them, but it will most likely be similar for other host's.

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You're talking about $30, I am talking about $10. Linode and Futurehosting don't do budget $10 for 1GB Xen/KVM plans.

You said "It's about getting a good value" - I think that you can get pretty good value with some futureshosting or linode.. for 30$.. but this has nothing to do with low end box. Wh