Rackspace Cloud Files lives up to the hype according to Network World

Filed in by Angela Bartels | August 25, 2010 8:05 am

[1]In their continuing tests of cloud computing[2] services, Network World[3] recently did tests on a series of cloud storage providers, including Racksp[4]ace Clo[5]ud Files[6]. Other services tested were Amazon S3, Egnyte’s On Demand File Server, Nasuni Cloud Storage, and Nirvanix’s Storage Delivery Network.

Here’s what the tests encompassed at a glance:

• Accessed the cloud vendor’s site through their supplied APIs, where applicable.
• Moved data either from virtual machines in their cabinet at n|Frame in Indianapolis at 100Mbps, or from their lab connected via standard Comcast broadband.
• Pounded each site with a variety of file sizes ranging from 500KB to 1GB.
• Tested in two periods, daytime and nighttime, to see if Internet congestion played a role in cloud storage performance.

Network World quotes:

Rackspace delivered the best overall performance, with an average speed 2.57Mbps for uploads and roughly 650Kbps for downloads.

Click here to read the full article.[7]

Source URL: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/rackspace-cloud-files-live-ups-to-the-hype-according-to-network-world/

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