OpenStack Private Cloud, Delivered as a Managed Service

Let our 1000+ Experts Manage Your OpenStack Private Cloud

OpenStack^® Private Cloud can help you increase agility and lower costs while avoiding vendor lock-in. However, half of all businesses attempting to implement OpenStack fail — not just because it’s complex, but because they also lack specific platform expertise.

To succeed with OpenStack, you need assistance from certified experts who know how to architect, secure, monitor, patch and upgrade OpenStack clouds. Rackspace OpenStack Private Cloud is the answer. We blend technology and automation plus human experts to deliver ongoing architecture, security and 24x7x365 operations backed by 1,000+ OpenStack experts.

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"Rackspace is the world's leading OpenStack service provider."

451 Research

No One Knows OpenStack Better

>1 Billion

Managed server hours

All Time

Leading OpenStack code contributor

Invented OpenStack

With NASA in 2010

IT Brand Pulse™

Winner

September 2016 IT Brand Leader Survey

The Best Way to Implement a Reliable, Scalable OpenStack Cloud

A Superior Model

Remove barriers to success with OpenStack delivered as a managed service. And feel the confidence that comes with the support of more than 1,000 Rackspace-badged OpenStack experts.

Industry-Leading Reliability

We architect our clouds for scale and availability while offering advanced monitoring, operational tooling and patching with a 99.99% API Uptime Guarantee.

Unmatched Scalability

We’ve logged more than one billion server hours managing and scaling OpenStack for many of the world’s largest and most recognized companies. No one has more experience.

Choose the Software Configuration You Need

Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by OpenStack

Rackspace’s prescribed configuration of upstream OpenStack software delivered as a managed service

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Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by Red Hat

Red Hat OpenStack Platform delivered as a managed service

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Get the Highest Levels of Support and Performance

Managed Services

Eliminate the complexity of OpenStack by consuming it as a managed service from the company that invented it.

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Professional Services

Extend upstream capabilities and get the advantage of security hardening, performance tuning and environmental health checks.

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“OpenStack provides a path to innovation for our students. However, the complexity of the technology platform requires significant expertise to run at scale. Consuming OpenStack as a managed service from Rackspace and relying on them for their operational experience has been key to our success.”

Preston Smith, Director, IT Research Services and Support, Purdue University