Managed Cluster
Managed Clusters for your business
Reliable, flexible and highly available!
In the ever-expanding digital landscape, a robust and flexible infrastructure is crucial to a business’s success. Our managed cluster solutions are the ideal answer to your business’s requirements, as we place reliability, flexibility and high availability at the heart of what we do. At recast IT, we don’t just manage your IT system – we also equip it to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
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What sets our cluster management apart?
Scalable
Thanks to state-of-the-art technology
Reliable
Guaranteed through bespoke SLAs
Cost-effective
Through modular services
Direct
Direct contact with our cluster experts
Our customers – successful together
Your customised server cluster in 3 steps
1) Free initial consultation 2) Receive a bespoke cluster proposal 3) Get started!
For over 15 years, we have been designing and optimising clusters for customers of all sizes. Tell us what you want to achieve with your cluster. We take care of the technical implementation and, if you wish, the long-term and reliable operation as well!
Your managed cluster is in safe hands!
Reliable operation by professionals and bespoke SLAs
We understand how important our customers’ cluster infrastructure is, which is why we always keep redundancy and high availability in mind, including across multiple locations where required. Take the strain off your internal IT team and benefit from our expertise and many years of experience in operating a wide range of cluster infrastructures.
Compared with individual servers, clusters can, depending on the type of cluster, increase flexibility, improve resilience and data security, and enhance the performance of your systems. Our cluster experts will, of course, also advise you on which type of cluster is best suited to your project and which software is the right choice.
Cluster solutions are particularly well suited to projects that generate high levels of traffic and depend on fast loading times, high flexibility and performance. As these solutions often involve highly complex cluster management software, we can help you select and configure the right solution and, if required, provide long-term management throughout its entire life cycle.
What types of clusters are there, actually?
How the clusters differ and what their strengths are:
High Availability (HA) Cluster
HA clusters are an effective way to increase the availability and scalability of applications and services within your IT systems.
Suitable for:
Environments where reliable operation, high availability and scalability are of critical importance. We recommend HA clusters whenever businesses have high requirements for resilience and their operations depend on minimising interruptions to IT systems.
✓ Minimise downtime
✓ High reliability
✓ Improved scalability
Load Balancing Cluster
Load balancing clusters distribute requests evenly across servers. They also improve availability through performance and health checks.
Suitable for:
Situations where a high volume of requests is expected, optimal utilisation of existing resources is required, or requests need to be selectively routed to specific systems, for example based on response times or to prevent errors. These clusters can also be combined effectively with the recast Cloud Cache and, thanks to our infrastructure, are virtually unlimited in scalability, including across city or national borders.
✓ Improved resource utilisation
✓ Better user experience through faster response times
✓ Improved availability
Application-Specific Clusters
Applications such as Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Nomad and many others can also be deployed in a cluster. Do you have a specific application in mind? Feel free to get in touch with us!
Suitable for:
Application-specific clusters are particularly recommended when businesses already have specific applications integrated into their infrastructure and want to optimise them. Even if this is not the case, setting up an application-specific cluster such as a Kubernetes cluster, Elasticsearch cluster or Nomad cluster can help tailor resources and configurations specifically to an application and take advantage of the various benefits that individual applications have to offer.
✓ High performance
✓ Automation of specific applications and processes
✓ Ability to combine different applications within a single cluster
High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster
Thanks to its enormous computing power, an HPC cluster can handle computationally intensive tasks, complex calculations and simulations.
We recommend HPC clusters whenever a company’s IT infrastructure needs to perform particularly complex and computationally intensive tasks, analyses, simulations or Big Data processing. An HPC cluster can help accelerate these processes.
✓ High computing power
✓ Algorithm optimisation
✓ Parallel processing of large volumes of data
Storage Cluster
Our storage clusters provide a highly available and scalable solution for efficiently storing large volumes of data, depending on your requirements, whether you need to optimise for storage capacity or for extremely fast access with low latency and high performance.
Suitable for:
Customers with specific storage requirements who need to store enormous volumes of data or require particularly fast response times and high transaction rates (IOPS) from their storage.
✓ Highly scalable storage capacity
✓ Data availability and monitoring
✓ Storage optimised for the specific application
Cloud-based clusters
Of course, all clusters managed by us can be combined with physical infrastructure, our Private Cloud solutions and the recast Cloud. Simply get in touch with us to discuss your requirements!
Suitable for:
Customers who do not want to compromise on managed clusters while also benefiting from the advantages of our Private Cloud and/or recast Cloud, such as rapid resource expansion and flexible vertical scaling. If required, we can also build clusters with auto-scaling and geo-redundant clusters.
✓ Combining the benefits of both clusters and cloud
✓ Rapid downscaling and upscaling
✓ Cluster and cloud management from a single source
Our customers had the following questions about server clusters:
Was ist ein Server Cluster?
A server cluster is a group of interconnected servers that work together as a single, integrated system. A server cluster can consist of two or more servers, known as nodes. These are connected to one another via a network and work together to perform a specific task effectively.
What types of server clusters are there?
Depending on the tasks the cluster is intended to perform, there are different types of server clusters to consider:
- High Availability Cluster (HA Cluster)
- High Performance Computing Cluster (HPC Cluster)
- Load Balancing Cluster
- Cloud-based Cluster
- Application-Specific Cluster (Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Nomad, …)
What is a managed cluster?
A managed server cluster is a group of several servers managed by an experienced IT team. The IT team manages and monitors the cluster to ensure that it is always available and that the user experience for customers is always optimal. It also takes care of the setup and regular maintenance of the cluster.
What are the benefits of a managed cluster?
Among other things, managed clusters offer higher availability, scalability, improved performance and data security, lower operating costs, data backup and recovery options, enhanced security and technical support.
Above all, however, they provide the necessary support and expertise from the IT team, allowing you to focus on your core business.
What is a managed cluster suitable for?
A managed cluster is suitable for a wide range of applications, including website projects, e-commerce platforms, databases and much more. Generally speaking, applications that require high availability, scalability and performance are best suited to a managed cluster.
Are managed clusters secure?
Yes, managed clusters are usually hosted in certified data centres and feature comprehensive security measures to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.
Can a managed cluster be tailored to my specific requirements?
Yes, a managed cluster can be tailored to your organisation’s specific requirements, including scalability, performance, security and compliance.
What are the costs associated with a managed cluster?
The cost of a managed cluster varies depending on the provider and your organisation’s specific requirements. There is usually a monthly fee for the management and use of the cluster, as well as additional costs for resource usage and supplementary services.
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