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Adobe® Experience ManagerTEST / DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTREFERENCE ARCHITECTUREThis Rackspace Cloud specific architecture fits many common test/dev requirements and contains some of our most widely used cloud products. Spin up, spin down these cloud environments quickly and efficiently for testing multiple brand or sub-brand sites.

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We find that our most successful customers are those that have a good understanding of dedicated and hybrid cloud technology and how to employ the best infrastructure to fit their business requirements. Want a custom solution? Call us at 1.210.961.2888

Rackspace Products Needed:Rackspace Cloud Servers

Cloud Servers are virtual machines running Linux or Windows® operating systems. Choose your flavor and scale up resources like CPU, memory, and storage depending on your needs. You get the persistence of a traditional server, plus the on-demand flexibility of the cloud. Deploy Adobe Experience Manager Author, Dispatcher and Publisher servers to meet your standard test/dev scenarios.

Rackspace Cloud Block Storage

Choose standard or SSD volumes to deliver reliable storage for your Abode EM applications. Standard volumes are the perfect solution to everyday needs for scalable storage. SSD volumes are designed for apps requiring high I/O and low latency. Cloud Block Storage comes with free I/O so, you only pay for the amount of block storage that you provision.

Optional Rackspace Products:Rackspace Cloud Monitoring

Proactively monitor your Adobe EM environment and send alerts to your smartphone or laptop to stay on top of your entire infrastructure, including websites, ports and protocols.

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Adobe® Experience ManagerSMALL PRODUCTION / STAGE / UAT ENVIRONMENTREFERENCE ARCHITECTUREThis Rackspace Hybrid architecture fits many common Adobe EM scenarios such as user acceptance testing, staging and/or a small, live production.


Cloud Servers are virtual machines running Linux or Windows® operating sys-tems. Choose your flavor and scale up resources like CPU, memory, and storage. Deploy Adobe Experience Manager Author, Dispatcher and Publisher servers to meet your needs.

Rackspace Cloud Block Storage

Choose standard or SSD volumes to deliver reliable storage for your Abode EM Author, Dispatcher and Publisher needs. Cloud Block Storage comes with free I/O so, you only pay for the amount of block storage that you provision.

Rackspace RackConnect®

A unique solution designed for customers who wish to connect the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud with the enhanced security and performance characteristics of traditional hosting, creating a true hybrid solution.

Rackspace Dedicated Load Balancer

Load balancing distributes workloads across two or more Adobe EM servers, network links, and other resources to maximize throughput, minimize response time and avoid overload.

Rackspace Dedicated Firewall

Dedicated firewall(s) give you the flexibility and network security you expect when managing your own Adobe EM environment within Rackspace.

Rackspace Cloud Monitoring – for Pre-Production

Proactively monitor your Adobe EM environment and send alerts to your smartphone or laptop to stay on top of your entire infrastructure, including websites, ports and protocols.

Rackspace Critical Application Services – for Production

When failure is not an option, a 100% production platform uptime guarantee provides the piece of mind for live Production sites. Not required for Staging or User Acceptance Testing (UAT).



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Adobe® Experience ManagerMEDIUM PRODUCTION / PRE-PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTThis dedicated architecture fits many common Adobe EM scenarios. Leverage the power of a Rackspace Hybrid cloud configuration.

Rackspace Products Needed:Rackspace Managed VirtualizationGet the benefits of the Rackspace cloud combined with the reliability, easy management, and advanced features of enterprise-class VMware® virtualization technology by deploying Adobe EM Author, Dispatcher and Publisher virtual machines in this private cloud environment.

Rackspace Dedicated Hypervisor ServersCombine the VMWare skills and expertise you already know with the speed of Rackspace Hosting for provisioning Adobe EM environments efficiency. Cluster your Author, Publisher and d ispatcher in a virtualized environment that you control.

Rackspace Shared SAN A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a highly available, reliable solution leveraging fully redundant architecture — a must-have for any mission-critical application. Adobe EM Author, Dispatcher and Publisher deployed in across a Shared SAN provides the power to handle medium I/O efficiently and pay-as-you-grow.

Rackspace Dedicated Load BalancerLoad balancing distributes workloads across two or more Adobe EM servers, network links, and other resources to maximize throughput, minimize response time and avoid overload. Being dedicated means having control and flexibility to optimize as you see fit. Add a secondary load balancer for medium, high availability, production environments.

Rackspace Dedicated FirewallDedicated firewall(s) give you the flexibility and network security you expect when managing your own Adobe EM environment within Rackspace. Add a secondary Firewall for medium, high availability, production environments.

Rackspace Cloud Monitoring – Pre-Production EnvironmentProactively monitor your Adobe EM environment and send alerts to your smartphone or laptop to stay on top of your entire infrastructure, including websites, ports and protocols.

Racksapce Critical Application Services – Production EnvironmentWhen failure is not an option, a 100% production platform uptime guarantee provides the piece of mind for live Production sites. Not required for Pre-Production environments.



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Adobe® Experience ManagerPRODUCTION / MULTI-GEO ENVIRONMENTREFERENCE ARCHITECTUREThis Rackspace Hybrid architecture for Adobe EM is designed to efficiently scale to meet high volume traffic (eg. 40-50 million unique visitors in 48 hour period) resulting from seasonal demand, media exposure or successful global/national brand campaigns.


Cloud Servers are virtual machines running Linux or Windows® operating systems. Choose your flavor and scale up resources like CPU, memory, and storage depending on your needs. Deploy Adobe Experience Manager Author, Dispatcher and Publisher servers to meet your needs.

Rackspace RackConnect

A unique solution designed for customers who wish to connect the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud to enhanced security and performance characteristics of traditional hosting for a true hybrid solution.

Rackspace Dedicated Load Balancer

Load balancing distributes workloads across two or more Adobe EM servers, network links, and other resources to maximize throughput, minimize response time and avoid overload. Being dedicated means having control and flexibility to optimize as you see fit.

Rackspace Dedicated Firewall

Dedicated firewall(s) give you the flexibility and network security you expect when managing your own Adobe EM environment within Rackspace.

Rackspace Dedicated Hypervisor Cluster

Combine the VMWare skills and expertise you already know with the speed of Rackspace Hosting for provisioning Adobe EM environments efficiently. Cluster your Author, Publisher and Dispatcher in a virtualized environment that you control.

Rackspace Dedicated Network Attached Storage

Designed to meet high-performance and highly secure storage requirements. Dedicated NAS provides support for file and block-access storage protocols (CIFS/NFS/Fibre Channel). Allows for data snapshots and cloning to easily meet backup and local replication requirements.

Rackspace Critical Application Services – Production Environment

When failure is not an option, a 100% production platform uptime guarantee provides the piece of mind for live Production sites. Not required for Staging or User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Disaster Recovery Site

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a holistic strategy including people, processes, policies, and technologies. It focuses on restoring the IT systems critical to supporting an Adobe EM environment. This DR site provides a base level example to get you started. Your business requirements may dictate more or less infrastructure to properly support your configuration.



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