Search Again: Re: curiouser and curiouser From: Mark Palmer, Pageworks Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 Time: 8:32:00 am On Tue, Apr 20, 1999, 3:30:12 am GMT Chris Buxton wrote: >>On Mon, Apr 19, 1999, 8:47:20 am GMT Chris Buxton wrote: >> >> >>>(*never* use a.root-servers.net) >> >>Please, why should we not do that? > >The A server is the primary. All the other servers mirror off it. If/when >it goes down, bad things happen. > >Furthermore, a great many automated programs have been written to make use >of this server. Also, many name resolvers query the first name server of a >list, while many others are written to query the "nearest" server (in terms >of hops to the server). For many of us in the US, the A server is nearest. >All this results in a great deal of traffic on the A server, which puts >stress on its network stack. > >All in all, the A server gets hammered, all the time. The more traffic >offloaded to the other root servers, the better. >________________________________ >Chris Buxton >Internet and Database Consultant > > Ooops, not knowing any better at the time, I queried it a few days ago. It must be a beast of a machine... is it a single computer, where is it geographically located? I guess it must be physically very secure. Regards Mark Palmer Pageworks T: 01902 620500 F: 01902 620440

Messages In This Thread: Re: curiouser and curiouser by Donovan Watts on Apr 18, 1999 at 2:16:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Chris Buxton on Apr 19, 1999 at 8:47:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Mark Palmer, Pageworks on Apr 19, 1999 at 9:48:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Chris Buxton on Apr 20, 1999 at 3:30:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Mike on Apr 20, 1999 at 4:07:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Mark Palmer, Pageworks on Apr 20, 1999 at 8:32:00 am Re: curiouser and curiouser by Sigfus Magnusson on Apr 20, 1999 at 1:48:00 pm