About

From Datacenter Racks to Modern Cloud Architecture

RackToCloud exists to help systems engineers, solutions engineers, and architects navigate the technologies that power modern infrastructure. As organizations move from traditional datacenters to hybrid and cloud-first designs, engineers are expected to understand more platforms, tools, and architectures than ever before.

This site was created to make that journey clearer.

What You’ll Find Here

RackToCloud focuses on the core building blocks of enterprise infrastructure:

  • Cloud Platforms — Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud

  • Virtualization — VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V

  • Backup & Disaster Recovery — Rubrik, Cohesity, Azure Site Recovery, and cyber resilience

  • Compute & Storage — Server platforms, clusters, performance, and modern data systems

  • Architecture & Design — Real-world patterns, trade-offs, and best practices

Everything is explained with a practical, architecture-first approach — not marketing slides or surface-level tutorials.

How RackToCloud Is Different

Most technical blogs focus on a single product or cloud provider. RackToCloud takes a vendor-agnostic, real-world view of infrastructure.

Here’s what makes it different:

  • Built from hands-on experience — Content is shaped by real production environments and design decisions.

  • Architecture-first explanations — We focus on how systems fit together, not just how to click through a wizard.

  • Whiteboard-style learning — Many guides mirror how architects explain systems in interviews and design reviews.

  • Practical depth — Enough detail to help you apply what you learn at work.

The goal is clarity, not complexity.

Who This Site Is For

RackToCloud is designed for:

  • Systems engineers expanding into cloud and architecture

  • Cloud and infrastructure engineers looking to deepen their knowledge

  • Solutions architects preparing for design discussions or interviews

  • IT professionals transitioning from on-prem to hybrid or cloud roles

  • Anyone who wants to understand why infrastructure is built the way it is

Whether you’re early in your career or designing large environments, you’ll find content that meets you where you are.

What You Won’t Find

  • Hype-driven content

  • Shallow “copy-and-paste” tutorials

  • Vendor marketing disguised as technical guidance

Recommendations are based on research, experience, and real-world relevance.

Tools, Affiliates & Transparency

Some pages may include affiliate links or sponsored mentions. When they do, it’s always disclosed.
Affiliate partnerships help support the site and keep the content free, but they never influence recommendations. Tools are chosen because they’re useful — not because they pay.

The Bigger Goal

Technology keeps changing, but the fundamentals of good architecture don’t.

RackToCloud is about helping engineers build strong foundations — understanding systems end to end, making informed design decisions, and confidently explaining architectures to others.

If that sounds useful to you, you’re in the right place.

Thanks for being here — and welcome to RackToCloud.