Linode and Xen
One of my favorite VPS providers I’ve come across so far has been making the switch to the Xen system for their virtualization platform. Xen is reportedly faster in most aspects compared to other solutions out there.
Xen has less overhead compared to UML. Xen Linodes have 4 processors. We’re running the latest Xen version (3.2.1) which means we can support paravirt_ops kernels (pv_ops), which means we can have kernels newer than 2.6.1 (…..) In short, Linodes will be much, much faster under Xen.
Here’s hoping Xen brings for happier times at Linode!