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Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation
Agile Delivery and Management of VMware Private Clouds
Embrace the benefits of the cloud. Rackspace Private Cloud powered by VMware®, built on VMware Cloud Foundation, is a single-tenant private cloud that enables you to conveniently transition or extend your on-premises VMware workloads into a hosted VMware environment in the cloud.
Our private cloud uses the same VMware virtualization and software-defined technologies that you use in your own data centers, including VMware vSphere®, NSX®, vSAN™ and the vRealize® Suite. That means our VMware Certified Professionals can handle the day-to-day management of the VMware software and the underlying hardware, so your teams can focus on higher value activities such as automating deployment and creating true hybrid cloud capabilities.
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Use Cases
Datacenter Migration
Wondering how to keep up with growing demand for infrastructure while facing pressures to reduce costs? You are likely looking to the cloud to increase efficiency, boost productivity and lower costs, and realizing that not all applications are suitable for the public cloud.
Our hosted private clouds offer the benefits of the cloud combined with single-tenant customization and performance. This allows you to grow physical compute, network and storage capacity as needed, without significant investments in data center buildouts and physical hardware.
- Easily extend VMware workloads from your on-premises data centers to off-premises environments.
- Partner with Rackspace Professional Services to create a highly customized workload extension and migration strategy.
- Take advantage of RackConnect Global® — the ultimate in hybrid and multi-cloud flexibility. We provide highly available, secure network connectivity between Rackspace and your on-premises data center, as well as other cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure® and Amazon Web Services.
Test & Dev
Moving workloads to the cloud to support rapid application development and testing requires agility, scalability and security not typically available in public clouds. You also need a testing environment that runs on technology similar to your production infrastructure.
- Get total control over your physical-to-virtual resource commitment ratios with our hosted private clouds — a capability not available in public clouds.
- Leverage the latest VMware SDDC technology to manage the lifecycle of your agile, on-demand development environments.
- Realize potentially significant per-VM cost savings for many development scenarios, when compared with public cloud platforms.
Application Hosting
Not all applications are cloud-native or cloud-ready, and the benefits don’t always justify the costs involved for you to make them work. Our hosted private clouds offer an agile hosting platform for these types of applications, combining stability and predictability with the control you need.
- Legacy applications do not have to run on legacy infrastructure. Leverage the latest VMware software-defined infrastructure to deliver application lifecycle automation and enhanced business agility.
- When applications can’t be easily refactored for the cloud, customizable single-tenant hosting can be a viable solution.
Data Replication
It’s not easy to find innovative ways to replicate data and maintain business continuity in the event of a disaster, often in the face of shrinking IT budgets. Our hosted private clouds offer a compelling, lower TCO approach to hosting DR infrastructure, when compared with building out a data center or colocation facility.
- Recreate network topologies in software, rather than hardware, with VMware NSX. Lower your overall costs for DR target infrastructure.
- Leverage Rackspace Fanatical Support® and our ability to rapidly deploy hardware in a crisis, 24x7x365.
- Benefit from customizable architectures and our deep portfolio of storage and networking technologies from vendors such as Brocade®, Cisco®, EMC®, F5® and NetApp®. Rackspace can accommodate a wide variety of technology dependencies commonly associated with data replication and DR scenarios.
"Anytime you’re moving a datacenter, it’s a daunting proposition which takes a lot of planning. Rackspace really came in and managed the project for us, helped us with technical expertise on the details, and helped us move 350 servers and over a petabyte of storage into the Rackspace Cloud."
Steven Carlberg
Managing Director of Infrastructure and Security, Feeding America
Features
Dedicated Hardware
Hardware is not shared with other customers, so you get predictable performance and security, while simplifying software licensing. Support demanding applications with up to 72 Intel® processor cores and 3TB of RAM per server.
Expert Support for VMware Technology
Expert support for VMware NSX software-defined networking and VMware vSAN software-defined storage technologies. 150+ VMware Certified Professionals available to help put this technology to work for your business.
Control Without Headaches
Manage your virtual infrastructure using the same tools you use to manage VMware infrastructure in your own datacenter, such as VMware vSphere® and native VMware APIs.
Hardware On Demand
Grow your physical compute, network, and storage capacity in timeframes measured in hours and days, rather than the weeks, months, or quarters typical of DIY deployments in on-premises datacenters.
Security and Compliance
Layer on value-added services like Rackspace Managed Security to provide deep expertise and advanced threat intelligence for help protecting your business.
Cloud Management Platform
Automate service delivery using VMware vRealize Automation™. VMware vRealize Suite provides comprehensive automation, lifecycle management and policy-based governance for hybrid cloud environments.