Moving dns off site

Re: Moving dns off site

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Aaron-

Right now, we have servers in FL and Seattle. We have separate DNS servers
at each location. What I want to do is re appropriate the dns server in
Seattle for a different use.

Here's the situation:

Florida location has 2 dns servers, serving information for the Florida
machines.

Seattle has 2 dns servers, serving information for the Seattle machines.

I want Florida to serve information for both machines.
Latency IS what I'm concerned about.

Right now, if I try to connect to the server in Seattle, I will be directed
to the dns server in Seattle, then to the server at the same location- no
latency between the dns server and the actual server.

If I move all dns to Florida, and If I'm on the west coast and go to one of
the Seattle servers, I would essentially be directed to the dns server in
Florida, which would then redirect me to the server in Seattle- two cross
country trips.

I'm wondering how much of an issue this will be for the Seattle servers
latency wise.
I understand it all depends on where the servers are, ie how far off the
backbones, etc, but I'm trying to assess the move of DNS servers BEFORE I do
it.

Thanks for your reply.

Jim Sheffer,

OmniPilot Software http://www.omnipilot.com
Systems Administrator jimsheffer@omnipilot.com

On 12/17/04 11:14 AM, "Aaron Lynch" <a.list@ninewire.com> wrote:

> You connection speed should decrease for people on the east coast. Most of
> the delay in looking up a website is because of the time it taks to do
> lookups, not the actual connection to the webserver. And so for people on
> the east coast, those lookups should be shorter.
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> And should stay the same for westies.
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> The 'connection' speed is not really the same thing as latentcy,
> Which is what people tend to percieve as the 'speed' of a site.
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> If your site transfers files at 100 Mbits a second, but it takes 45 sec to
> make the initial connection ppl will perceive it as 'slow'
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> On 12/17/04 10:51 AM, jimsheffer mashed the following keys :
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>> Hi all-
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>> We have servers in 2 locations. I want to move the dns to another server
>> that is across the country.
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>> But here's my concern:
>> Won't the connection speed drop, as one has to hit the dns server on the
>> east coast, then get to the specified server on the west coast?
>> Seems that's a lot of hops...
>>
>> Jim Sheffer,
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>> OmniPilot Software http://www.omnipilot.com
>> Systems Administrator jimsheffer@omnipilot.com
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