[clug] Linux VPS hosting recommendation

[Anshul Gupta]

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for a Linux VPS hosting provider and I am just wondering if people have any recommendation and/or any disaster story. 

What is your experience with the provider you recommend or hate in the following areas:
1. Performance - ratio of VMs, steal time etc
2. Latency - Australian (~50ms - local peering arrangement, muti-homed etc) vs US (~250ms?)
3. Availability - downtime scheduled and unscheduled 
4. Usability - bundled tools, cpanel, restrictions etc
5. Access - full root access, firewall etc
6. Features - Any other feature / functionality

Thanks, 

Anshul