> Even on a relatively inexpensive Xen VPS (forget Virtuozzo or OpenVZ,
> they are slow), performance is really snappy.

I was actually disturbed when I saw this as my host is a VPS host that uses OpenVZ. So I did a little search and I'm not so sure this statement is accurate, not that I really care, but I'd rather be getting the best option for my money so I thought I'd point this benchmark out.

http://community.livejournal.com/openvz/14024.html

Here is the original article that I wrote (not a formal benchmark)
http://2bits.com/articles/hosting-virtualization-openvz-vs-xen-which-is-best.html

Workhabit, who do a lot of hosting (Firebright), have the same observation on
Xen vs Virtuozzo.
http://www.workhabit.org/fifteen-tips-for-capacity-planning-and-initial-deployments-for-startups

On 7/10/07, Jonas M Luster < jluster@jluster.org> wrote:
> * an infrastructure for users from fundamentalist/oppressive countries
> to communicate without fear of repercussion (Bloggers without
> Borders). BwoB is in active use inside some NGOs and would not have
> been possible with any other application or application framework in
> the extend and ease of implementation as it is with Drupal.

I should have mentioned that these are areas where "peppy" speed is
more than paramount and hardware isn't available in masses and
qualities we know in the US. Still, VERY peppy, still serving 90k
users a day, holding up well during Katherina and the Tsunami in
South-East Asia, even when Slashdotted, NPR-dotted, and CNN-dotted the
same day.