We're confident that Cloud Sites is the best cloud hosting solution for you. But before you start uploading your Websites to the Rackspace Cloud, it's a good idea to make sure that our hosting systems meet your requirements.
Here's some specifications for Rackspace Cloud Sites:
| What Cloud Sites Offers | What To Watch For |
|---|---|
| Application Frameworks: PHP 5, Perl, Python, MySQL 5, .Net 2.0, 3+3.5, ASP, MS SQL 2k8 | Java/Tomcat and ColdFusion are not available at this time |
| Access: File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) | SSH access and Remote Desktop Protocol are not available at this time (you can run cron jobs, set permissions, and uncompress files); API access is also not available at this time |
| GUI: The Rackspace Cloud has built a custom control panel to fully take advantage of our Cloud. We also offer a custom white label control panel for your clients | |
| Email: POP/IMAP, and Webmail with shared calendars | Exchange is not available at this time |
| Windows Components: Common components are available, such as AspUpload, AspJpeg, CDONTS and CDOSYS | Custom server-side components are generally not compatible |
| Name Servers: White label and private label | |
| DNS Management: Management console available or custom/private | |
| Support: 24/7 Live Tech Support is available via chat and phone. The Rackspace Cloud also offers white label tech support for your clients | |
| Contract Terms: Month-to-month | |
| Method of Payment: Credit Card |
Cloud Sites uses the best server technologies from both sides of the fence, fused together in a way that just has to be seen to be believed. Learn more about what's supported on our Cloud Sites TrueHybrid page
@elpinturrichio: I tried Rackspace Cloud recently and liked it - flexible, easy, nice customer service
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@chewbocka Go for the Rackspace Cloud .... best hosting. ever.
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YellowLlama i'm gonna be moving all my sites to RackSpace Cloud Sites... had a chat with them now.. quite impressed. good pricing. cheers
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Cloud Sites is used to quickly host very scalable and reliable websites.
Unlike traditional web hosting, this is not a massive amount of customers crammed on one server. Instead, it's a massive amount of servers that power each visit to your web site.
You'll want Cloud Sites if you're looking for web hosting without the hassles of managing a server or the poor performance and reliability common with virtual hosting.
Cloud Files is unlimited online storage for media, files, and backups.
If your web application needs a lot of storage for images or user-generated content, Cloud Files can store it all for pennies per gigabyte.
You'll want Cloud Files if you've ever asked yourself, "How are we going to store all that?" The best part is that you only pay for the online storage and bandwidth you are currently using. Cloud Files is big online storage without the big costs.
Cloud Servers allow technical users to get custom servers in minutes with full root access.
With Cloud Servers get what you want when you need it, Cloud servers are both instant and disposable. Make a new Server for staging and four new Servers for production. Delete one; create three more. You only pay for what's provisioned and Cloud Servers start at under 2 cents an hour!
