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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



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