Cloud Files Technology
Cloud Files
Cloud Files with Akamai CDN
Hybrid Hosting
OpenStack®
Cloud Files runs on OpenStack technology. We have developers from all around the globe contributing to our feature list, helping us fix bugs, and making the product the perfect object storage solution.Powered by OpenStack, Cloud Files scales to store petabytes of data, inexpensively, through data replication and distribution across commodity hard drives. Cloud Files is well suited to handle your cloud storage needs, including backups, archives, server images, high performance media delivery, video streaming, and web-accessible storage for SaaS applications.
Global Presence
Rackspace Cloud Files has infrastructure located in several data centers worldwide, including Dallas, Chicago, and London.Uptime
With 24x7x365 monitoring and operations teams, you don't have to stay up all night worrying about uptime. We're already doing it for you!Replication
All data stored in Cloud Files is instantly written to three storage disks, all on separate nodes or locations that have dual power supplies.Private Containers
With private containers, all traffic between your application and Cloud Files uses SSL to establish a secure, encrypted channel. This ensures that any data (usernames, passwords, and content) cannot be intercepted and read by a third party.Public Containers
In public containers, your media files receive a web-ready URL that can be shared with anyone. Public files are served blazingly fast too, thanks to Cloud Files integration with the Akamai Content Delivery Network.Temporary URLs (API only)
If you are looking to share documents or data without serving it publicly, Cloud Files allows users to create temporary URLs that give direct access to your Cloud Files objects for a specified period of time.Expiring Objects (API only)
If you don't need or want to keep Cloud Files objects indefinitely (e.g. log files or recurring full backups), simply add a header while uploading the object to set when it will be automatically removed from your Cloud Files account.Large File Support (API only)
If you need to store very large files (e.g. videos, HD movies, or backups), Cloud Files accomplishes this by allowing customers to upload multiple file segments and a manifest file to map those segments together. Large files will be downloaded as a single file.Static Website Hosting (API only)
If your website contains only static content (e.g. blog, brochure website, small company website), host that static website entirely from Cloud Files and the Akamai CDN.Object Versioning (API only)
If you need the ability to save multiple versions of the same file, use object versioning to manage your evolving data more effectively.Interface Options
API
Looking for backend storage for your company's intranet or for your next big application idea? You can interface directly with the Rackspace Cloud File API.Control Panel
If you don't want to worry about API calls, Rackspace has you covered with a Cloud Control Panel for all your Cloud Files management needs. If you are using RackConnect™ to combine dedicated and cloud hosting, you can also use the MyRackspace® customer portal for Cloud Files management.3rd party tools
Want something more? Many companies have built management tools leveraging Cloud Files. Check out our 3rd Party Tools page or go to our Cloud Tools Partner page here for the solution that's right for you.iPhone, iPad, and Android
You're mobile—make sure your data is too. Easily and quickly administer your Cloud Files on the go. Download the Rackspace Cloud App for iPhone and iPad or Android.Using a Content Delivery Network
Rackspace and Akamai can deliver your content significantly faster than traditional delivery. Content delivery networks (aka CDN) speed up delivery of data objects over the internet.
CDNs work by caching content at edge locations around the globe, so that end users, or website visitors, are requesting content from servers within their region, instead of coming back to origin servers, located in Dallas, Chicago, or London.
Rackspace uses 213 of Akamai's edge locations, selected especially for our customers' typical usage patterns, and designed to cover all major areas of the globe.
"Cloud Files works great. It's really simple, and it's cheap. We're streaming 1.5-2TB a month—a huge amount of data. With Cloud Files, we don't have to worry about it, it just works."
Working with an Industry Leader
We partnered with Akamai to build the industry's simplest CDN experience. Static content served from Cloud Files is dramatically accelerated using their Dynamic Site Delivery, HTTP Streaming Delivery and Secure Delivery tools. Select features of Cloud Files with Akamai CDN include:| Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
| CNAMEs | CNAMEs allow customers to take their CDN URLs, which are usually a long mix of letters and numbers, and turn them into shorter branded URLs. With CNAMEs, your website can be fully branded exactly how you want it. |
| SSL | SSL, or secure socket layer, delivery is a way to add more security to your content delivery. Objects are encrypted as they pass all the way from the browser to the origin server. |
| Edge Purge | Edge Purge allows users to expire content on the edge server before the object's time to live (TTL) has expired. This protects customers from having outdated content cached on the edge for longer than they intended. |
| HTTP Compression | HTTP compression takes files that are not already compressed, like text files, and compresses them before sending them across the internet. This means your data objects may be smaller (think lower bandwidth fees) and have faster overall response times. |
| Streaming | HTTP streaming reduces video start time and enables random seek by streaming video directly from the server instead of downloading. Serve videos via plugins for JW Player, FlowPlayer, and OSMF, or natively on iOS devices. |
The Flexibility of Hybrid Hosting
Rackspace can alleviate the infrastructure burden of managing your ever-growing storage challenges with a flexible mix of hosting services. RackConnect™ gives you the freedom to choose the best platform for your applications by combining dedicated and cloud hosting into a single solution.Dedicated Hosting
Traditional managed, dedicated servers and appliances provide data isolation and high performance.
Cloud Hosting
The Rackspace Cloud gives you affordable flexibility and on-demand availability that scales with your traffic.
RackConnect™
This hybrid technology links your Rackspace dedicated and cloud environments, for the best of both worlds.
Enhanced Security Configuration Example
Enterprise Configuration Example
- Enhanced security infrastructure
- Easily scalable Cloud Files storage
- High performance dedicated backend and networking devices
- Proven Cisco physical firewall
- Highly available
- Enhanced security infrastructure
- Easily scalable Cloud Servers™ and Cloud Files storage
- High performance dedicated backend and networking devices
- Highly complex and customized configurations
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