摘要 |
An architecture and method of operation of a server cluster is disclosed in which a virtual standby node is established for each active node of the server cluster. The virtual nodes are each housed in singly physical server. The standby cluster also includes a monitoring module for monitoring the operational status of each virtual machine of the standby node. A cloning and seeding agent is included in the standby node for creating copies of virtual machines and managing the promotion of virtual machines to an operational state.
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