The number of VPS hosts competing for your hosting dollar is growing rapidly. How can you select the host that's right for your needs?
VPS customers often ignore crucial criteria when shopping for VPS hosting. Sure, price is important, but great support will come in handy when something goes wrong - and given time, it always does. Even something as mundane as the VPS software that the VPS host uses can make a big difference in the performance of your VPS and the influence that your account's parameters will have over your account's performance.
VPS host reputation can be helpful, but the market is far from mature. It also doesn't help that a host can put up a site under a different name, ostensibly reviewing hosts, and give themselves a glowing testimonial. Likewise, sites specializing in hosting reviews are often paid by the hosts that they review. Objectivity is hard to come by.