Common reference architectures
Our wide range of products and services lets you run your ideal ecommerce infrastructure at Rackspace. View these reference architectures below to see some popular configurations, and read our blog post to learn more.
Configuration notes:
- 2-tier, cloud-based architecture
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
- Can add servers to scale horizontally
Configuration notes:
- 3-tier, cloud-based architecture
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
- Web tier containing product catalog logic built on Cloud Servers
- Application tier built on Cloud Servers stores shopping cart and checkout logic
- Transactional data stored either in Cloud Databases or a database running on a Cloud Server in the same Cloud Network
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
Configuration notes:
- 3-tier, hybrid (cloud + dedicated) architecture
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
- Web tier containing product catalog logic built on Cloud Servers
- Application tier built on Cloud Servers stores shopping cart and checkout logic
- Transactional data stored in dedicated servers
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
Configuration notes:
- 3-tier, self-contained, PCI-capable hybrid (cloud + dedicated) architecture
- Customer credit card information stored in dedicated servers
- Web tier containing product catalog logic built on dedicated servers — can burst into Cloud Servers during high demand
- Application tier built on dedicated servers stores shopping cart and checkout logic
- Transactional data stored in dedicated servers
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
- Select Critical Application Services for a super-aggressive SLA with a 100% production platform uptime guarantee and a 2x service level credit
- Work with our Advisory Services team to plan your seamless journey to the cloud
Configuration notes:
- Ideal for 0-100 concurrent visitors (fewer than 6 Admin users, fewer than 150,000 products)
- Pure cloud configuration (web server and database reside in the cloud)
- Cloud network segmentation between web and database servers
- Ability to add web and database servers for scalability
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
Configuration notes:
- Ideal for sites with 100-200 concurrent visitors (fewer than 6 Admin users, fewer than 150,000 products)
- Pure dedicated configuration
- Single web and database server segmented behind physical firewall
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
- We manage your infrastructure, saving you time
Configuration notes:
- Ideal for sites with 200-400 concurrent visitors (fewer than 6 Admin users, fewer than 150,000 products)
- Hybrid (cloud + dedicated) configuration
- Dual web and database servers segmented behind physical firewall
- Web tier containing product catalog logic built on dedicated servers — can burst into Cloud Servers during high demand with Magento Peak Demand Licenses
- Customer credit card information stored in third-party payment gateway
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
- Work with our Advisory Services team to plan your seamless journey to the cloud
Configuration notes:
- Ideal for sites with 400-600+ concurrent visitors (fewer than 6 Admin users, fewer than 150,000 products)
- Hybrid (cloud + dedicated) configuration
- Customer credit card information stored in dedicated servers
- Cloud Servers provide scalability
- Transactional data stored in dedicated servers for security
- For multi-master replication in an active/passive setup, 2 billable DBA hours are required
Service recommendations:
- Choose a managed cloud account to save time by letting us manage your infrastructure
- Select Critical Application Services for a super-aggressive SLA with a 100% production platform uptime guarantee and a 2x service level credit
- Work with our Advisory Services team to plan your seamless journey to the cloud
The Rackspace Toolbox
- Rackspace Email
- Microsoft Applications
- Databases
- Hosted Virtual Desktops
- Cloud Servers

- Cloud Sites (PaaS)
- Managed Dedicated Servers
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Private Clouds
- Rackspace Private Cloud

- Managed Virtualization
- Cloud Files

- Cloud Block Storage
- Cloud Databases

- Managed Storage
(NAS, SAN, DAS)
Rackspace Email
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Microsoft Applications
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Databases
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Hosted Virtual Desktops
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Cloud Sites
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Managed Dedicated Servers
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Rackspace Private Cloud
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Managed Virtualization
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Cloud Files
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Cloud Block Storage
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Managed Storage
Whatever your data storage needs, we'll help you implement the right solution.
Monitoring (Cloud & Dedicated)
Our new Cloud Monitoring solution lets you keep track of your infrastructure availability.
Load Balancers (Cloud & Dedicated)
Get reliable failover for high-traffic sites and applications with Cloud Load Balancers.
Networks (Cloud & Dedicated)
Provision private, software-defined networks within the Rackspace Cloud.
Content Delivery Network
To deliver your data at lightning-fast speeds, we integrate with Akamai's CDN.
Backup & Replication
Prevent downtime with our disaster recovery services.
DNS (Cloud & Dedicated)
Easily manage domains, subdomains, and DNS records using our API-based Cloud DNS platform.
Control Panel
We've built our new Cloud Control Panel from the ground-up for ease of use.
RackConnect™
Get the elasticity of cloud hosting, combined with the security and control of traditional hosting in our data center.
Let us help architect your store’s hosted environment
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