[kapilvt]

Rackspace did an evaluation of the various mongodb hosted solutions before buying out objectrocket.. Its worth a read http://developer.rackspace.com/blog/benchmarking-hosted-mong...

TLDR, for hosted mongodb its pretty awesome (ssd hardware in direct connect locations, tuned and managed).

[mason55]

That's an awesome link, thanks. Does a lot to clarify where the pricing disconnect is between spinning up my own servers in the RS cloud and using ObjectRocket.

IMO RS's ObjectRocket pages should do a better job showing what you're getting on top just deploying to a bunch of RS cloud servers with SSD's in them.

[jrarredondo]

Mason55, I work for Rackspace. The ObjectRocket service does not run on the cloud servers you get from RS. It's actually a different architecture just for MongoDB: flash drives all over, containers, pretty much tuned for MongoDB across the stack. While we don't describe the full details of the architecture, you have a very valid recommendation that we will take into consideration to make sure it is clear what you are getting for your money. Thanks.

[mason55]

Thanks for the additional info, great to have someone from RS chime in!