A quick review / speed test of my EukHost dedicated server and my Linode.
I set up a page with one image on a simple Drupal 7 core site to compare my new Linode and my old EukHost dedicated server.
Linode: Debian 1.5GB RAM 64 bit Centos, with Virtualmin, quickly tweaked mysql 5.5 & php 5.3 & APC
Dedicated: E5200 2GB RAM, 64 bit Debian, with cPanel, tuned mysql 5.5 & php 5.3 & APC
On apache bench tests the Linode was about 5% behind in speed and failed requests, but when running 10000 requests with 30 concurrent Linode was marginally ahead.
With warm cache on single page load page generation times shown by Devel module:
Linode: Executed 48 queries in 6.84 ms.
Dedicated: Executed 47 queries in 19.94 ms (often more)
Eukhost give phone support, engineers vary in quality a lot, you can get a good one if you insist. Linode: no phone support, quality & attitude get the thumbs up so far. In theory the Eukhost is a managed server though at the cheap end of managed; network and network maintenance OK, price includes detailed monitoring and backup (which I have not needed to try). I have no real complaints about EukHost, for a server with a certain degree of management their prices are great, but the Linode is better value for those doing their own management. EukHost have one big plus: they say their backup is off-site, Linode's is on-site.