Sam and the Startup Adventure: Will Cloud Files Solve Sam's Problem?
Sam’s startup adventure has been filled with ups and downs. After all the hardwork his developers put into Barronbook, he didn’t take home the prize for the King of the Apps contest. Sam faces new challenges including an upset investor. He goes back to the drawing board and thinks about what he can do to take it to the next level. Before he starts, he thinks about the Cloud Files features he needs to continue. Follow Sam’s story below to see what he is up to next.
To read about Sam’s adventure starting from the beginning, click the respective links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Are you developing an app using Cloud Files? Make sure to enter Round 2 of our King of the Apps Contest to be held on May 10th. Entries are due by May 2nd.
Artwork by Klaus Shmidheiser
About the Author
This is a post written and contributed by Angela Bartels.
Angela is a Racker that started in 2003, left in 2005 and returned in 2009 because she missed Rackspace so much. She is a content marketer that enjoys working on content to help educate the world about cloud computing. She's worked directly with customers in technical support, account management, product and now in marketing, she's passionate about finding new customers through compelling stories.
Hello,
I have just tried the CNAMEs and they are working 
Maybe it is time to bring CDN back to rackspace.
Will you be providing a similar way to setup static websites like Amazon does with S3? So we can choose the root document and error document?
Thanks,
Scott
Scott McArthur on April 27, 2011
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You guessed it. CNAMEs are here!
Megan Wohlford on April 27, 2011
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Scott- Sorry I missed your question. While we know that CNAMEs enable a better website experience for our objects, we do not have plans to go all the way to hosting full static-only sites. At this time, we feel that our partners can do this much better than us, and we have chosen to focus on our core competency of object storage and delivery and stay out of the website hosting game (at least via Cloud Files).
Megan Wohlford on April 28, 2011
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Hmmm. Not wanting to use those cdn urls … Major new feature … A tantalizingly teasing lone “c” left there (methinks on purpose) … Could it possibly be …
CDATA SUPPORT??
Please oh please let it be so.
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Ahem … That’s embarrassing … I meant CNAME support.
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