Rackspace® provides a portfolio of compute platforms, ranging from traditional dedicated server hosting to cloud hosting. Since the best solution for your business may span more than one platform, we can help you mix-and-match, to create the optimal compute environment for your business.

Link managed hosting and cloud hosting configurations using RackConnect™

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated infrastructure for maximum security, reliability, performance and customization

Ideal for mission critical sites, apps and databases

Often required for security/compliance

Cloud Hosting

Runs from shared server farms within our world-class datacenters

Rapid scalability for sites with bursty usage patterns

High flexibility for development environments

Cost effective storage with content delivery via CDN

What is RackConnect?

With RackConnect, you have the option to connect dedicated and cloud platforms to build a scalable, flexible compute solution that offers the performance of dedicated servers with the flexibility and scalability of cloud.

The Advantages of Hybrid Hosting

Fully customizable environment

Security, reliability and performance of managed physical infrastructure

Scale into the Cloud for capacity on demand

Take advantage of Cloud technology where it makes sense

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"A Decision-Marker's Guide to Hybrid and Cloud Computing"

"Hybrid and the ability to scale on demand becomes the new ‘table stakes’ in the online world. You’re at a disadvantage if you don’t have it."

Brian Corrigan
CTO, Major League Gaming

"We needed pricing that made sense, and reliability and support that we could count on. As we have grown, we have moved to a hybrid configuration of both Cloud and Dedicated servers."

Dups Wijayawardhana
CEO and Co-founder, Empire Avenue