Search Again: Re: Another Load Balancing Question From: Men & Mice Support Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 Time: 1:16:00 pm Sorry for the late reply, I've been on vacation for a week. At 6:15 AM -0500 10/14/99, Kirk Samuelson wrote: >A couple of questions actually. > >Does it make the most sense to create one load balancing record for the >machine (maui.exotype.com) and then do CNAMES to this record for the >virtual hosts that reside on this machine? > >Or should I create a load balancing record for each virtual host? If the sites are shared across the same set of servers, it is preferable to use one LB record and do the rest with CNAME records. That way, each web server communicates with each DNS server only once per response period. Keep in mind that, if the LB record ever needs to be changed, all your domains are affected. For example, if the domain that contains the LB record suddenly goes away, you have a problem. >Also, if I have a load balancing record for maui.exotype.com can there >be a secondary record for "exotype.com" and a secondary load balancing >record for "maui.exotype.com"? Or should there be only one record in >secondary? The secondary server needs to act as secondary for the domain, exotype.com, and for the LB record, maui.exotype.com. Note that these get entered in the appropriate panels of the Secondary Data window. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Another Load Balancing Question by Kirk Samuelson on Oct 14, 1999 at 11:15:00 am Re: Another Load Balancing Question by Men & Mice Support on Oct 21, 1999 at 1:16:00 pm