Search Again: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy From: Danny Grizzle Date: Friday, May 9, 1997 Time: 8:36:00 pm A thought for increasing reliability of Mac hosting services. Problem: Redundancy improves reliability. For example, the Secondary DNS required by the InterNIC for all domain name registrations. Only, my Secondary is on the same LAN, the same router, the same ISDN, the same connection, and the same AC power as my primary. Result: the only redundancy I have is protection against a system crash on my Primary Mac server. I think many other QuickDNS Pro users are in the same boat. Rather than resorting to the cost and lack of control of contracting with a typically Mac illiterate ISP to maintain our Secondary DNS, perhaps QuickDNS users should pair off in a "buddy system" to exchange secondary services for one another. While we are at it, why not also name each other (in QuickDNS) as backup mailservers. It only stands to reason that if I were to lose AC power or suffer an ISDN cable cut for a time, I would not like to bounce my clients e-mail. Another application might be to monitor each other's equipment, using something like Maxum's PageSentry. Does such a proposal sound feasible from a technical and QuickDNS licensing standpoint? The main hassle would seem to be changing secondary assignments at the InterNIC for all the affected domains. Thanks, Danny Grizzle

Messages In This Thread: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Danny Grizzle on May 9, 1997 at 8:36:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Joseph D''Andrea on May 9, 1997 at 8:50:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Greg Hammond on May 9, 1997 at 8:54:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Anthony Cafiero on May 9, 1997 at 9:00:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Scott Kozicki on May 11, 1997 at 1:55:00 am Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Roger Clay on May 11, 1997 at 2:12:00 am Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Jim Turney on May 11, 1997 at 4:58:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Jakob Peterh?nsel on May 11, 1997 at 11:27:00 pm Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Scott Kozicki on May 12, 1997 at 1:47:00 am Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy by Scott Kozicki on May 12, 1997 at 3:23:00 pm