I recently made the switch from shared hosting to a non-managed VPS from a great company called Slicehost. I came across Slicehost back in September, and after reading over their website and searching through a few testimonials floating around the web, I was convinced that I needed to have a ’slice’.
The term ’slice’ is how Slicehost refers to their Virtual Private Server offering. It’s similar to a shared hosting environment, where there are multiple users hosted on a single dedicated server; however, with a VPS, you get dedicated resources for your applications to use, so that you do not have to worry about overselling causing performance and stability issues. As well, Slicehost uses Xen virtualization software to make every slice appear as though it is it’s own dedicated server, including root access and a fresh OS install. Read the rest of this entry »
