SliceHost
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.1)
System -- Linux sparta.dillio.net 2.6.18-xen #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 06:40:50 UTC 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/dev/sda1 9805144 3825344 5481728 42% /

Start Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 17 16:00:53 EDT 2008
16:00:53 up 36 days, 23:01, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

End Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 17 16:11:41 EDT 2008
16:11:42 up 36 days, 23:12, 2 users, load average: 14.76, 6.36, 2.82


INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX

Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 9345690.3 248.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 2060.5 248.0
Execl Throughput 188.3 1385.8 73.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 47061.0 176.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 15932.0 147.9
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 390576.0 253.9
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 499706.2 44.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 118041.6 76.4
Process Creation 569.3 2205.0 38.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 410.5 91.6
System Call Overhead 114433.5 421841.5 36.9
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FINAL SCORE 102.7

Linode
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.1)
System -- Linux rome.dillio.net 2.6.18.8-domU-linode7 #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 13:45:54 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
/dev/xvda 11936416 1897552 10038864 16% /

Start Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 17 16:00:30 EDT 2008
16:00:30 up 12:46, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

End Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 17 16:10:43 EDT 2008
16:10:43 up 12:56, 1 user, load average: 14.29, 6.09, 2.66


INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX

Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 38725011.7 1027.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 1992.8 239.8
Execl Throughput 188.3 3079.5 163.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 132814.0 497.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 37258.0 345.9
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 1219939.0 793.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 361016.5 233.7
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 2418718.5 216.3
Process Creation 569.3 4223.0 74.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 965.7 215.6
System Call Overhead 114433.5 1959239.5 171.2
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FINAL SCORE 277.8

Either the host node are setup differently to manage performance or Linode is just using better hardware hands down....This can also play out opteron (slicehost) vs xeon (linode)....

Thanks for the post Ross. I'd just like to add that the host your Linode is on has 36 other Linodes on it, some of them are pretty active too. Amazing.

-Chris

Nice to see, I was doubting about going to Slicehost first but I found out about linode before it was too late. Also I didn't have the money to pay in advance for 3 months at the moment I started with my VPS, but I'm still happy here!

same here... and as such signed up for linode that evening and got a pro-rated account for $15 that first month.