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How does a Linode instance stack up against an AWS instance in computing power? I have something on AWS which pushes a c3.large instance to around 80 percent of CPU util. I am thinking of going with a different provider for that server at least, if it makes sense cost wise.

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Linode doesn't oversubscribe to the extent AWS does. This results in Linode _consistently_ beating AWS in just about every benchmark due to it being more consistent.

AWS doesn't oversubscribe at all. This is a pretty baseless rumor.

AWS is extremely expensive for cpu. I had better luck with rackspace and linode. About 5x faster per dollar on average for a cpu-bound application when I tried them 2 yrs ago. It does depend on what your neighbours are doing though.

If you are pushing a C3.large it might be worth looking into dedicated. You can even get them in the same data centre as AWS US-East which means you can still use the rest of the AWS stack.

What dedicated provider(s) do you recommend for being in the same building as AWS us-east-1?

US-East isn't a single building. Per AWS its over 10 datacenters that make up US-East(from a post they had in 2012). You aren't in the same building as their availability zones, you are probably talking about their Direct Connect POPs which is something completely different.

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https://aws.amazon.com/message/67457/

https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/details/

It depends on the host. If you're lucky enough to get a host that's mostly idle you have the CPU all to yourself most of the time because Linode doesn't have per-VM caps.

You can improve your luck by going for a more expensive plan.

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