Comments on: Why You Can’t Trust Your DNS Records To The Planet http://www.jasondunn.com/why-you-cant-trust-your-dns-records-to-the-planet-788 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Horn http://www.jasondunn.com/why-you-cant-trust-your-dns-records-to-the-planet-788#comment-10802 David Horn Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:21:57 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=788#comment-10802 That looks like it might solve some headaches - thanks! Obviously, we only have the one server so my reasoning was that it didn't really matter if the nameserver and sites were on the same machine, because if one was down the other was down too. I originally set ours up to use our server as the primary DNS, and EV1 as the secondary for the PocketGamer domain. It did seem a bit complicated originally, but I haven't needed to touch it for a couple of years now. That looks like it might solve some headaches - thanks! Obviously, we only have the one server so my reasoning was that it didn’t really matter if the nameserver and sites were on the same machine, because if one was down the other was down too.

I originally set ours up to use our server as the primary DNS, and EV1 as the secondary for the PocketGamer domain. It did seem a bit complicated originally, but I haven’t needed to touch it for a couple of years now.

]]> By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/why-you-cant-trust-your-dns-records-to-the-planet-788#comment-10801 Jason Dunn Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:50:31 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=788#comment-10801 David, Thanks for the input. I don't think I want to run my own DNS, but I know there are DNS service providers out there. This place is $15/year per domain for secondary DNS: http://www.easydns.com/secondarydns.php3 Seems like a pretty cheap way of ensuring this doesn't happen again (or greatly lessens the chance). David,
Thanks for the input. I don’t think I want to run my own DNS, but I know there are DNS service providers out there. This place is $15/year per domain for secondary DNS:

http://www.easydns.com/secondarydns.php3

Seems like a pretty cheap way of ensuring this doesn’t happen again (or greatly lessens the chance).

]]> By: David Horn http://www.jasondunn.com/why-you-cant-trust-your-dns-records-to-the-planet-788#comment-10799 David Horn Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:57:59 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=788#comment-10799 Their DNS service was always a bit dodgy, even back in the Rackshack days. We took to running our own nameserver, which solved the problem. It might be a nightmare to set up though - we did ours through Plesk and it wasn't too bad, but I'm moving to a Windows 2003 server with no control panel in the next few weeks and I'm not looking forward to setting it up from scratch. *gulp* Their DNS service was always a bit dodgy, even back in the Rackshack days. We took to running our own nameserver, which solved the problem. It might be a nightmare to set up though - we did ours through Plesk and it wasn’t too bad, but I’m moving to a Windows 2003 server with no control panel in the next few weeks and I’m not looking forward to setting it up from scratch. *gulp*

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