ScalaHosting is rolling out a major SPanel upgrade that allows customers to combine multiple servers into a single managed cluster, putting greater emphasis on redundancy, scalability and keeping websites online when infrastructure fails.
The new Cluster Management feature allows multiple servers to operate as one SPanel environment, with dedicated roles for web, database and mail services, shared storage and built-in monitoring across the cluster.
A load balancer distributes website traffic between web nodes, while health monitoring tracks the condition of individual servers. Additional capacity can also be added to a cluster as demand increases.
The change address a major weakness of conventional hosting, where a single server failure can take multiple websites and services offline, potentially leaving businesses without access until the underlying problem is resolved.
With clustered infrastructure, workloads can be distributed across multiple machines, allowing services to continue operating when an individual node experiences problems. The approach also gives hosting operators more room to scale without replacing an entire server.
Scala is also adding DNS Cluster support to SPanel, allowing standalone DNS servers to replicate domain zones automatically. A DNS failure on one machine therefore does not necessarily stop domains from resolving.
The update extends beyond infrastructure. Git Version Control allows repositories from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and self-hosted servers to connect directly to SPanel, with deployments triggered automatically through scheduled pulls or push webhooks.
SPanel is also gaining passwordless login through passkeys, along with Google and GitHub authentication. Resellers can customise the platform with their own branding and login URL.
The upgrade includes multi-domain email forwarding and automated WordPress optimisation, including LiteSpeed Cache, Redis object caching, modern PHP and server cron on new WordPress installations.
ScalaHosting says the seven features are being rolled out across SPanel accounts over two weeks, with the new capabilities available without an additional charge or software installation.
