Zero-Downtime Network
The Rackspace network has been engineered from the
ground up to accommodate the high-availability demands
of our customers' mission-critical Web applications.
Our Cisco-powered, Zero-Downtime Network™ has
unique self-healing attributes that allow us to deliver
on our 100% infrastructure availability guarantee.
Rackspace doesn’t rely on any single connectivity
provider. Instead, we employ a multi-provider strategy.
This offers benefits over simply partnering with one
network carrier. Working with multiple network carriers
creates natural redundancy in our network architecture
and ensures that packets can leave our network from
multiple points. Additionally, if one or more providers
experience congestion or downtime, traffic can be
rerouted through other network partners until the
issue is solved.
Beyond simply providing redundancy in case a particular
provider experiences downtime, our proprietary networking
technology allows our network operations team to actively
probe the public Internet for packet loss and latency
and automatically reroutes traffic around these areas.
This ensures that traffic leaving the Rackspace network
is not bound for a part of the public Internet that
is heavily congested.
Guaranteed Packet Delivery
Our providers are paid to make sure that packets of
information are delivered quickly and efficiently
to your end users. This offers significant advantages
over simply peering with the major backbones. Peering
agreements rarely include Service Level Agreements
(SLAs) so no one is accountable for lost packets at
congested exchange points. Because Rackspace has SLAs
with all of our network partners, we are able to guarantee
that all packets will leave our network at full speed.
Bandwidth Utilization
Rackspace substantial bandwidth capacity allows us
to accommodate even the largest spikes in traffic.
To ensure rapid delivery of content, we continuously
add network connectivity and new routes. Low bandwidth
utilization allows for maximum uptime, even if multiple
transit partners experience simultaneous outages.
Network Providers
We work closely with leading telecommunications providers
to build and maintain our world-class network.
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