Case Study: Major League Gaming achieves scalable, high-performance hybrid hosting and 80% performance gains with Rackspace Technology

Hybrid hosting offers MLG the scale, flexibility, and support they need to keep the gamers gaming

Major League Gaming (MLG) operates one of the world's largest online professional video game leagues, streaming competitions and supporting millions of players. MLG needed a hosting platform that could handle resource‑heavy media, support rapid game launches and development, and absorb massive traffic spikes (up to 15× during events) — all without investing in excess dedicated hardware or managing the infrastructure themselves.

Rackspace implemented a hybrid hosting solution combining Cloud Servers for instant, elastic scale with dedicated servers for I/O‑ and security‑sensitive workloads, connected via RackConnect and F5 LTM. The result: faster application launches, reduced infrastructure costs and handoffs, developers empowered to handle more tasks, and an 80% performance increase alongside significant cost savings and consolidated support.

Major League Gaming

Brian Corrigan

Chief Technical Officer