Rackspace Managed Hosting

Rackspace Managed Hosting is cloud computing company Rackspace's infrastructure-as-a-service offering. Its infrastructure options include bare metal servers, virtual single-shared servers, and cloud multi-tenant environments. Their options support general computing, databases, networking, storage, connectivity uses, and virtualized servers.

Bare Metal
A single dedicated server with a specific function, like a web server or database server. Storage, networking, and database options can be customized.

Virtualization
A single shared server that allows multiple users of the OS to each control their own network resources with the shared environment.

Private Cloud
Compute resources are shared within an organization, to offer a multi-tenant environment for (internal or external) customers.