Rackspace Cloud Tech Podcast – Linux Kernel & Xen

// February 5th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Community

In this Rackspace Cloud Tech Podcast, Major Hayden (aka @rackerhacker) talks about the future of the Linux kernel and Xen and how they go together. Tune in to learn more.

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Optimizing Your Drupal Site

// February 2nd, 2010 // 6 Comments » // Development

Chad Keck, Cloud Guru

Drupal is a widely used open-source CMS platform that is becoming increasingly popular by the day. I have personally used Drupal on/off since v4 and have seen it mature over the years into my preferred content management system. Here at the Rackspace Cloud we speak to hundreds if not thousands of new customers and prospects that are either wanting to migrate their existing Drupal sites into the Cloud or start fresh with Drupal.

Improving performance is always a … Read More >

The Big Game Contest Results Are In!

// January 28th, 2010 // 5 Comments » // Community, Events

The Big Game Contest results are in. We asked customers to send us a video of why they have the coolest business on the Rackspace Cloud. We received 24 very creative and quirky videos from some of our very talented customers.

Thanks to all that participated! It was a long week and a half as we waited patiently to see who would be the winner of 2 tickets to the Big Game in Miami, Florida. With over 1000 voter entries, it … Read More >

CloudKick Now Offers Premium Edition for Better Server Monitoring

// January 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // In the news

Michelle Greer, Sr. Mgr. Corporate Development

CloudKick’s new version has been highly anticipated by many in the startup community.  We are happy to announce that a bigger, badder version of CloudKick is now available to our customers.

According to the CloudKick blog, new, premium features include:

Monitoring Upgrades: Now, users can easily track a wide array of performance metrics, sending alerts at custom thresholds to different addresses. Paid subscriptions support sending SMS alerts – allowing users to instantly respond to infrastructure problems.

The … Read More >

Nested Folders in Rackspace Cloud Files

// January 26th, 2010 // 5 Comments » // Development

By John Dickinson, Cloud Files Developer

Rackspace Cloud Files is a cloud storage system that is great for storing large amounts of information. A common misconception is that this storage system behaves like a traditional file system, complete with byte-level manipulation and nested folders. It is the second of these that I want to talk about: how to simulate a nested directory (or folder) structure in Rackspace Cloud Files.

Cloud Files is better understood as a storage system, not a file system … Read More >