Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:19:24 +1100 From: "Chris Knight" <chris@aims.com.au> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Cc: <jblists@nobaloney.net> Subject: RE: Using DNAT and DNS round-robin Message-ID: <020c01c1867f$b885ce70$020aa8c0@aims.private> In-Reply-To: <3C1C270F.164076BA@nobaloney.net>
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Howdy, > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman > Sent: Sunday, 16 December 2001 15:46 > To: Dmitry Koltsov; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Using DNAT and DNS round-robin > > [snip] > And how about failure rollover? We'd like to offer clients > geographically dispersed hosting; there's a call for it since > September 11th showed everyone of the hazards of hosting at > only one location. > But I don't think we can rely on short TTL; too many large > ISPs seem to ignore it <frown>. > > Is there a way to handle high-availability strictly in DNS? > You might want to look at Eddieware. It's in the ports tree - www/eddie. It contains a load-balancing DNS engine, plus a swag of other tools to create highly available sites with geopgraphic distribution of servers in mind. Also in the ports tree is net/dns_balance. This may also meet your needs. > Thanks. > > Jeff Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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