TrueHybrid™ technology is one of the most unique features of the Avalanche Hosting Cloud. It’s a seamless blend of Windows and Linux technologies that dedicated server solutions just can’t touch.

Native Habitats
Here’s the best part: it’s not just that both files work. It’s that both files work natively and automatically. Sure, it’s possible for Linux and Windows servers to sort of act like each other through clunky and unreliable emulation, but we have strong feelings about that: it’s a hack and it’s cheating. The fact is, any technology always works best in its native environment. And providing multiple, native environments is one area where the enterprise cluster powering The Hosting Cloud really shines. No matter what technologies you use to build your site--ASP.net, PHP, Perl, Python or a combination of all of them--rest assured that your site will have impressive, reliable, and native performance.

An Impressive Balancing Act
So how does it all happen? Right behind our firewalls (which keep your files ultra secure), we’ve employed quite possibly the most advanced load-balancing technologies ever. Going a step beyond traditional approaches, Avalanche Hosting Cloud actually checks the type of each file, sending files to the native clusters where they will perform the best. So every Windows-based page is served from a cluster built and optimized especially for Windows, and every Linux-based page is served from a cluster built and optimized especially for Linux.

Cloud Technology
You can only guarantee the uptime on a redundant web cluster if the network and datacenters you’re using are world-class. In our case, we’re only able to offer the aggressive SLAs that we do because we’re using Rackspace’s Superstructure.

It starts with the Datacenter
The first piece of the Superstructure platform is the data center. Rackspace data centers are known as being the best in the business. They’re owned and operated by Rackspace and have redundancy in all the critical systems (like power systems, HVAC systems, etc.) They’re built for exceptional uptime and are all SAS-70 compliant.

Add in an Ultra-Redundant Network
Next up the Superstructure stack is the Rackspace Network. To provide multiple redundancies in the flow of information to and from the data centers, Rackspace partners with nine separate network providers and utilizes only high-performance bandwidth. The network’s configuration, co-developed with Cisco, guards against any single point of failure at the network layer. Finally, to ensure the fastest and most reliable network connections possible, the entire network is closely monitored for efficiency and end-user performance, and the network’s topology and configuration automatically adjust in response to traffic pattern changes. The advanced and meticulous engineering of Rackspace’s data centers and networks provide a perfect complement for the Avalanche clustered infrastructure, allowing us to offer a no-nonsense, industry-leading SLA.