Choosing Your Cloud Server Flavor
Flavors and their use cases in Rackspace Cloud
Each Rackspace Cloud Server flavor class is designed for a specific workload range. Review the following list of workloads to identify which flavor class best fits your current needs.
Rackspace Cloud Server Flavor Overview
| Flavor Type | Description | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| General Purpose | Balanced CPU and RAM | Web apps, dev/test, small databases |
| Standard | Large Disk but Slower CPU | Dev/test, storage |
| Compute Optimized | High CPU-to-RAM ratio | API servers, CI/CD, CPU-heavy workloads |
| Memory Optimized | High RAM-to-CPU ratio | In-memory DBs, caching, large databases |
| I/O Optimized | High disk throughput (region-specific) | File processing, disk-heavy apps |
| OnMetal (Bare Metal) | Single-tenant physical servers (no hypervisor) | High performance apps, private cloud, large DBs |
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