photo by Scott Beale
On May 12th 1999 our very first server, the now retired squid1, went online at Rackspace. We’ve been leasing Linux servers in their data centers ever since. We started off using the now defunct Cobalt RaQ servers, evolving over time to our current line-up of Dell PowerEdge servers running Parallels Plesk. A couple of weeks ago we launched our new cloud hosting services on Rackspace’s cloud infrastructure.
Rackspace has been an amazing partner over the last decade and a critical component to the success of our web hosting operations. We look forward to the next 10 years working with them as we both move further into the cloud.
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As a Racker, employed by Rackspace Hosting, it’s been a pleasure working throughout the years with you guys. You might not know me, though I’ve helped build you up though the years — building servers, offering support information, tuning Apache, MySQL, PHP, whatever it may be — I’ve learned as much from the internals of your infrastructure as I’m sure you have! I’m but one of the 50 or so Rackers who have worked on your servers, I’m certain, but I assure you that we’ve learned just as much as have you from hosting large-scale web solutions. I certainly hope you continue to host with Rackspace Hosting for another 10 years, and if you have any issues throughout your tenure with my company, please contact me directly and issues will be resolved in the most timely manner as you’ve come to expect from our service. I’ve also enjoyed your content for years — I’ve read the LaughingSquid blog via RSS for years. Keep up the great work!
Cheers,
Kale Stedman
Rackspace Administrator
Scott,
We go way back. Thanks for putting your trust in us and allowing us to serve you. We treasure the relationship
Lanham Napier
CEO
Rackspace
Scott,
It’s been a pleasure working with you throughout the years and making this a true partnership – mutually benefitial and making each of our companies better. Thanks for your trust! We look forward to fanatically supporting for many, many more years to come.
Madel Robles
Rackspace Employee #8