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Re: Secondary DNS & Systems Redundancy
From: Anthony Cafiero
Date: Friday, May 9, 1997
Time: 9:00:00 pm
Anthony Cafiero
At 03:36 PM 5/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
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