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On the recordRead 8 Oct 202619 facts
Rackspace Cloud Files
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Plans and prices
Cloud Files storage
$0.16usage-based
5 GB maximum object size for a single-request upload
Read 21 Sep 2026 · docs.rackspace.com
Pay-as-you-go Cloud Files with CDN
Priced on request
No total storage limit stated · CDN delivery has no per-request fee · CDN cannot serve files larger than 10 GB
Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.rackspace.com
On the record
- Authentication and transport
- Clients authenticate with a Rackspace username and API access key, and Cloud Files requests use HTTPS; session tokens expire after 24 hours.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Business admin controls
- Yesdocs.rackspace.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Company history
- Rackspace says it helped create the managed hosting industry in 1998.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Container limit
- An account can have up to 500,000 containers, and performance may degrade when a container approaches one million objects.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Control panel
- The browser-based Cloud Control Panel lets users upload files and distribute them through the CDN without writing code.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Developer access
- Developers can use REST APIs and SDKs for PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, and C# .NET.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Device platforms
- Linuxdocs.rackspace.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- File size limit
- 5docs.rackspace.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Rackspace documentation describes managing Cloud Files with Cyberduck and Transmit 5, including CDN configuration.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Large file limit
- The Control Panel supports uploads smaller than 5 GB, segmented uploads can handle larger files, and CDN delivery does not support files larger than 10 GB.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Public access
- Objects become publicly readable when their container is published to the CDN; otherwise requests require authentication.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Cloud Files is OpenStack-powered online storage for files and media that can be delivered globally over Akamai’s CDN.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Redundancy
- Rackspace describes Cloud Files as providing built-in redundancy.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Storage model
- Cloud Files is object storage rather than a traditional file system, and its containers cannot be nested.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Stored data encryption
- Cloud Files does not encrypt data at rest by default; customers can encrypt data before sending it.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Cloud Files FAQ lists email support Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and excludes code-related questions.docs.rackspace.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Zero-knowledge encryption
- Nodocs.rackspace.com · read 21 Sep 2026
