Since cloud hosting has become very popular today :) I have decided to try creating windows cluster for plain old hosting service. Since we are already using WebSitePanel as our main control panel for windows server, the goal is to leave everything running the way it is now, but with the possiblity to add new servers to the server pool without affecting current customers and “fooling” WebSitePanel that it thinks its running on a single machine, so that it isnt aware of the cluster at all.

How did it all start?

Well, to be honest, I was very interested to migrate all of our customers from WebSitePanel to Enkompass when I saw that they are offering cluster based hosting. By going a bit deeper into the scheme of their solution I saw that its basically very simple;  ARR and a big hog of a storage server which even doesnt have to run on windows!!!

Ofcourse, I would LOVE to try Windows Storage Server and give Microsoft money for it, but…since I’m not an OEM manufacturer, I can only dream about it :(

Since I work at a hosting company which offers linux and windows hosting, we got to an idea to serve all clients from a cluster of storage servers, rather than having 2 separate clusters of storage servers, one for each hosting type ( Windows and Linux ) .

I have the entire thing “visualized” in my head…and some paper, so  I’m hoping that in month-two I will have a WORKING solution of my idea :)

Im already seeing some blade servers :) hihihihi…