Cloud Computing Uses

To date, hundreds of thousands of deployments have been launched with RightScale Cloud Management, running everything from scalable websites to complex grid applications. Because RightScale as a platform enables a wide variety of application scenarios, customer deployments encompass a broad range of use cases. In response we have built “cloud-ready” solutions for some of the most popular cloud use cases:

• Scalable Website — Many websites experience fluctuations in demand — some can predict that demand, some cannot. Either way, the cloud’s virtually infinite resources paired with RightScale auto-scaling make a perfect solution.
• Grid Computing — Media transcoding, fraud detection, statistical research — all require batches of multiple “jobs” to process. The more servers, the faster the result. The cloud can be used to spread a workload over many more servers than you would be able to access in your own data center.
• Development and Test — Given the trend toward iterative, agile development, the ability to test and roll out fast can be a competitive differentiator. With the cloud, developers can deploy and test complete production-scale systems — saving time and expense over traditional testing scenarios and enabling faster handoff from development to operations.
• Social Gaming Applications — Building your own infrastructure to handle peak volume requires capital investments — and no matter how big you build it, it still may not be enough. Cloud-based compute resources and sophisticated management platforms, on the other hand, can deliver increased flexibility and lower costs for large traffic events and ongoing life cycle management.
• Windows in the Cloud — Running Microsoft stacks in the cloud is easier than ever with powerful Windows-based ServerTemplates™. High availability SQL Server, IIS, and Active Directory are some of the solutions RightScale has tailored for the cloud environment.