Solution Configurator

Tiered Cloud - medium solution for Linux

The tiered architecture is the next step in configuring an application for the Open Cloud. This configuration allows you to scale each tier (Web, App, Caching, Database) horizontally as you grow. In this example, we are using replicated database servers instead of the Cloud Database platform which allows for more customization. This configuration also shows the power of the asynchronous processing of tasks - basically making each tier that much more modular. All this comes with Rackspace Fanatical Support.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

You want to provide the best possible experience to your end customers. By storing the images and media that make up your website or application in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Akamai Content Distribution Network. This delivers content at blazing speeds to your end customers, wherever they are in the world. Cloud Files also provides unlimited object storage for server "images" and back-ups.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£654.50/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

Web Application - medium solution for Linux

This is a typical web application configuration in the Open Cloud. In this architecture you can see the web servers utilizing Cloud Block Storage for extra disk space. Cloud Load Balancers is also used in multiple levels of the application, balancing not only web workloads but application workloads as well.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

You want to provide the best possible experience to your end customers. By storing the images and media that make up your website or application in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Akamai Content Distribution Network. This delivers content at blazing speeds to your end customers, wherever they are in the world. Cloud Files also provides unlimited object storage for server "images" and back-ups.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£545.70/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

Ecommerce - medium solution for Linux

Ecommerce is a really important use-case, and the life-blood of many businesses who run their infrastructure with Rackspace. One of the most popular ecommerce platforms is Magento, which runs well on a cloud-based solution. This solution also includes a dedicated database server for PCI compliance, and to take full advantage of dedicated computing resources. This use case should be read alongside the Web Application and RackConnect architectures for a complete understanding of this area.

Your customers expect their usage of your SaaS to be completely secure, irrespective of the fact it's on a multi-tenant platform. Give them the comfort they're looking for by running a separate Cloud Load Balancer for each of your customers, so that each has a separate IP address with their own Cloud Servers sitting behind it.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

You want to provide the best possible experience to your end customers. By storing the images and media that make up your website or application in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Akamai Content Distribution Network. This delivers content at blazing speeds to your end customers, wherever they are in the world. Cloud Files also provides unlimited object storage for server "images" and back-ups.

Email is a key component of your ecommerce application - order confirmations, updates and account verifications all rely on your email reaching your end customer as quickly as possible. The last thing you want is for emails to be delayed, or to go into your customers' spam folders. Mailgun simplifies email integration into websites and applications through a powerful set of APIs to send, receive and track email. There's no need for you to run an email server, and no need to spend valuable IT resources figuring out email operational issues.

Contact us for pricing

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£483.15/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

Content Management - medium solution for Linux

This architecture shows a way of running a content management system, such as Wordpress or Drupal, on the cloud. Typically, customers will configure the application to heavily utilise caching, both with Varnish for some static content and Memcached for database query caching. This solution also allows you to quickly scale horizontally for high traffic demands.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

You know how much traffic you've got today, and how to cope with it. But how do you deal with growth, or peaks and troughs in demand? By running your web instance on our Cloud Servers you can easily scale up or down as required - you'll always provide a great service to your customers, but only pay for the infrastructure when you need it. And by connecting Cloud Block Storage to your Cloud Servers you can massively scale your storage without paying for compute power you don't necessarily need. You'll also have the peace of mind of knowing that if a Cloud Server goes down, then your Cloud Block Storage volumes are still there holding your data.

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

You want to provide the best possible experience to your end customers. By storing the images and media that make up your website or application in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Akamai Content Distribution Network. This delivers content at blazing speeds to your end customers, wherever they are in the world. Cloud Files also provides unlimited object storage for server "images" and back-ups.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£443.50/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

Facebook Application - medium solution for Linux

This architecture shows how customers can use the Rackspace open cloud to host a Facebook app, which can often have a short shelf-life but occasionally achieve huge popularity. Facebook require the use of SSL encryption to secure applications running on their platform - this can be achieved using a Rackspace Cloud Load Balancer with SSL termination.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

You know how much traffic you've got today, and how to cope with it. But how do you deal with growth, or peaks and troughs in demand? By running your web instance on our Cloud Servers you can easily scale up or down as required - you'll always provide a great service to your customers, but only pay for the infrastructure when you need it. And by connecting Cloud Block Storage to your Cloud Servers you can massively scale your storage without paying for compute power you don't necessarily need. You'll also have the peace of mind of knowing that if a Cloud Server goes down, then your Cloud Block Storage volumes are still there holding your data.

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

You want to provide the best possible experience to your end customers. By storing the images and media that make up your website or application in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Akamai Content Distribution Network. This delivers content at blazing speeds to your end customers, wherever they are in the world. Cloud Files also provides unlimited object storage for server "images" and back-ups.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£443.50/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

SaaS - medium solution for Linux

This architecture shows how a company providing Software as a Service (SaaS) to it's customers can run on the Rackspace open cloud. By using a separate Cloud Load Balancer for each of it's customers, SaaS providers can scale quickly whilst maintaining the level of security customers expect.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£340.10/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501

Reverse Proxy - medium solution for Linux

This architecture uses Cloud Servers acting as reverse proxies for specialised workloads. This could be used for caching, SSL termination, or other use cases. It's also a good example of Cloud Networks in action, where you can create isolated layer 2 networks between application servers, limiting their accessibility for better security.

You need to make sure your website or application can cope with demand, whether it's predictable or not. By putting a Cloud Load Balancer in front of your Cloud Servers, you'll be set up to provide a great experience to your end customers, both now and in the future. Adding more servers as you grow is easy;you don't even need to worry about new IP addresses as you spin servers up and down. Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers have multiple balancing options, and support SSL termination for secure sites and applications. The flexibility provided by Cloud Load Balancers makes them an essential part of any cloud-based solution.

If you're used to running your IT infrastructure using dedicated hardware or using "traditional" web hosting, you'll be familiar with a tiered architecture. Well you can replicate that set-up in the Rackspace cloud, making it quick and easy to scale each tier as needed. Whether it's for your full production environment or test and development, you can set things up just as you need them.

Security is vital for many use cases. You can't afford a security slip;at the very least it could bring down your site and lose you revenue, but worst case it could cost your entire reputation. Cloud Networks enables you to build isolated layer two networks between your Cloud Servers, and remove them from the Public Network (the Internet) and Rackspace Service Network completely. The only way into your infrastructure will be through the paths you control.

No charge

Setting up and running your own database can be a hassle. Maybe you don't have the expertise in-house. Even if you do, you probably want it working on activities that will actually drive your business forwards, not tied up with the day-to-day admin that databases require. Cloud Databases can free up your IT resources, by providing a highly available MySQL database purpose-built and optimized for high performance and scalability. It reduces your operational costs by automating tasks related to deployment, configuration, and patching.

Cloud Monitoring allows you to define a series of "checks" on your infrastructure, including resources outside of Rackspace (you can check anything with an IP address or URL). By choosing when and how alerts should be triggered, you can get on with more important things, safe in the knowledge that we're watching your infrastructure around the clock. If something goes wrong, you'll know about it. And importantly we will too;with our Managed Service level you can use Cloud Monitoring to automatically raise a support ticket to Rackspace, so we can start working on the problem right away.

No matter what your business is, preparing for the unexpected is vital. Cloud Backup protects the important files powering your website or application, ensuring your business is safeguarded. If something goes wrong, or you lose files, you'll have the ability to rapidly restore data and get back on track quickly.

Estimated monthly total

Please note that all figures are an indication only. The figures are not a formal quotation nor a contractual offer. The figures shown are exclusive of VAT, which shall be charged at the prevailing rate.

£368.90/mo

or call us on: +44 (0)20 8712 6501