Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware
Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware(RPC-VMware) provides a single-tenant
hosted private cloud, designed with server, storage, and networking
hardware from trusted vendors such as Dell®, EMC®, and
Cisco®, that's proactively managed 24x7x365 by our VMware
Certified Professionals. For more information, see the following resources:
- Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware product page
- Rackspace Private Cloud powered by VMware Customer Handbook
Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware versus Server Virtualization
| Feature | VMware Server Virtualization | Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware |
|---|---|---|
| Managed support for VMware stack and underlying hardware | Yes | Yes |
| Managed guest OS-layer support (for example, OS patching) | Yes | No |
| Hosted catalogs | No | - Customer-provided OS - Rackspace-provided OS with host-based licensing (optional) |
| Self-service portal | No | Yes |
| Access via API | None | - vSphere® API - vCloud® API (optional) - NSX™ API (optional) - vSAN API (optional) - vRealize API (optional) |
| Access via GUI | MyRackspace® Web Portal | - vSphere Web Interface - vCloud Web Portal (optional) - vRealize Operations Web Portal (optional) - vRealize Web Portal (optional) |
| Single-tenant vSphere hypervisors | Yes | Yes |
| Storage options | - Local disk - DAS - SAN - Dedicated EMC SAN - NetApp NAS | - SAN - Dedicated EMC SAN - NetApp NAS - VMware vSAN |
| Networking options | - Brocade® - F5® - Cisco | - Brocade - F5 - Cisco - NSX Software-Defined Networking |
| Service level options | - Managed SLA - Intensive SLA | - Intensive SLA |
| Compatible with VMware vRA | No | Yes |
| Capacity planning | Rackspace assistance provided | VMware vROps Included |
| Automation tools | No | - vApp Deployment Automation (optional vCloud Director) - vRealize Automation (optional) - Chef® / Ansible® / Puppet plug-in Ecosystem |
Updated over 1 year ago