Windows Server on Rackspace Cloud

After a quick chat with Rackspace this morning, they are now saying Windows Server should go live on Cloud Servers by the end of the year.

DNS without NS?

The Rackspace Cloud DNS management tool allows A, CNAME and MX, but unfortunately no NS records :-(

Had a chat with Charles via Live Chat, who helpfully offered to add any NS records I need. I asked if this was a planned addition to the DNS management, he seemed to think so, but he couldn't give me any indication of timescales.

Getting a couple of Rackspace cloud servers is an option and running my own DNS, or maybe DNS Made Easy, as recommended by Slicehost. I notice Slicehost are now a Rackspace subsidiary.

Back to Rack

I first signed up an account with Mosso to test their Cloud Sites service in July 2008. I didn't even get to the end of the free 30 day trial before I cancelled. The control panel was soooooo slow and unresponsive, I had problems with a long subdomain, that during testing a Mosso engineer deleted by accident along with all of the content I had uploaded - fortunately I had a backup. Day 6, I quit and went back to my Debian VPS kindly hosted on a friends dedicated Rackspace server.

So, here I am, one year later, and I'm back with Mosso, or, after its reband, the Rackspace Cloud.