# GitHub is Moving to Rackspace!

DevFeed: [GitHub is Moving to Rackspace!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/github-is-moving-to-rackspace-70916.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/github-is-moving-to-rackspace/>)

Author: Tom Preston-Werner

Published: 2009-09-16T00:03:50Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-optimization.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [cloud-migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-migration.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [Plover](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/plover.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [bare-metal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bare-metal.md>), [capacity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/capacity.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [cluster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cluster.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [downtime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/downtime.md>), [failover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/failover.md>), [federated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/federated.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub describes its planned move from Engine Yard to Rackspace, citing stability and performance problems, growth, and the need for more flexible, scalable infrastructure. The new setup is intended to add redundancy, replace a shared file system that had limited expansion, and support separate horizontal scaling of frontend, backend, and other services. The company also says it is preparing a repository data migration and aiming to limit downtime to the move day.

## Source excerpt

In just a few short weeks we will be moving GitHub to a new home at Rackspace. We're aware of the current stability and performance issues, and we want to...