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Cloud Files provides unlimited online storage for files and media. And, in an industry first, you can deliver that content to your users at blazing speeds over Limelight Network's content delivery network (CDN).
Store It All, Serve It Worldwide
- Use as much or as little storage as you want and pay as you grow
- Store files as small as a few bytes or as large as 5 GB
- High performance, redundant online storage starting at 25¢ / GB
- Cloud Files is built with OpenStack
- Serve media to your users around the globe – fast!
- Utilize CDN bandwidth starting at only 22¢ / GB
- Sign up with no minimum commitments or contracts
- Robust RESTful API enables developer access
How It Works
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UPLOAD FILES TO THE CLOUD
Store and manage unlimited files—each up to 5 GB in size—using our online control panel, desktop software, or programmatically via the API.
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PAY ONLY FOR WHAT YOU USE
Unlike traditional storage solutions, there's nothing to buy and no upfront costs for Cloud Files. You'll pay only for the file storage space and outgoing bandwidth that you actually use.
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KEEP DATA PRIVATE OR SHARE IT PUBLICLY – YOUR CHOICE
Each container that you create for your files can be marked as either private or public. (See "Public or Private" to the right.)
Maximize Cloud Files for Your Business
Blitzconnect Cloud Drive
Create shared drives, automatic backup, and multi-way sync for your user with Cloud Files. Have complete control over your online backup and storage solution.
Blitzconnect Server Backup
Easy-to-use software and online storage system that allows businesses with Windows or Linux based servers to back up, protect and mange data online with Cloud Files.
Pricing
With Cloud FIles, you pay simple pricing for the storage, bandwidth, and requests that you use. There are no upfront costs.
Storage Pricing
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Monthly Cost
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Unlimited Files (each up to 5 GB in size)
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25¢ / GB
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Bandwidth Pricing
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Monthly Cost
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Bandwidth Out
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22¢ / GB
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Bandwidth Out (CDN-Enabled)
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22¢ / GB
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Bandwidth In
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12¢ / GB
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Request Pricing
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Monthly Cost
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Files under 250 KB in size
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FREE
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Files over 250 KB in size
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FREE
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| HEAD, GET, & DELETE Requests |
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| Any size file |
FREE
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No-charge Bandwidth & Requests
When files are requested over the CDN, there are no request / operation charges and no bandwidth charges from Cloud Files™ to the CDN.
More Help With Pricing?
We're here around the clock and always willing to help you price out your cloud needs, even if it's just for a rough estimate
FAQ
Cloud Files is a cost-effective, internet-based, infinite-sized, redundant storage offering from The Rackspace Cloud. Cloud Files allows users to store/retrieve files via a simple Web Service (ReST: Representational State Transfer). Files can range in size from a few bytes up to 5 gigabytes and your storage grows or shrinks based on your usage. Add as much or as little as you want without worrying about over-buying/under-utilizing or running out of space. With Cloud Files, you pay for what you use and how much you use is up to you.
Cloud Files is not block level storage, so it cannot be mounted. Customers do use Cloud Files to offload static files, such as media files for example. Typically media files do not change and will not need to be written to as a database would.
Developers interested in using Cloud Files should be familiar with any of the following: ReSTful web-services, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, or C#/.NET.
Cloud Files can be an excellent storage solution for a number of reasons and is well suited for a number of applications:
- Backups/archives of your data
- Serving images/videos (streaming data to the user's browser)
- Secondary/tertiary, web-accessible storage for your data
- Developer friendly for application integration
- Well suited when amount of storage is difficult to predict
There are some applications for which Cloud Files is not an ideal solution, these include:
- Native support within your Operating System. It is not possible to "mount" or "map" the Cloud Files storage system as a virtual hard-disk on your computer.
- Disk mirroring or backup solutions that require byte/block level differences. There are no concepts of "append" or "file locking" operations within Cloud Files.
- Data can be organized into storage compartments called "Containers," but they cannot be nested. Since there is only one top-level of Containers, you will not be able to upload a nested directory/folder structure into Cloud Files unless a transformation is performed to flatten the structure.
Pricing for Cloud Files is broken down to storage usage, data transfer, and requests.
Storage:
$0.50/GB
Data Transfer:
Data Transfer In $0.40/GB
Data Transfer Out $0.60/GB
Requests:
- $0.05 per 500 PUT, POST, or LIST requests < 250KB
- FREE PUT, POST or LIST request for files > 250KB
- FREE GET, HEAD or DEL Request
Other CDN costs:
- No request/operation charges
- No bandwidth charge from Cloud Files to CDN
You can create a new account simply by visiting and selecting the "Cloud Files" product.
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