Hello,
Right now our dns setup is as follows:
server 1 : This server hosts our main domain, let's call it maindomain.com and this domain is also used as dns. All domains on this server point to ns1/ns2.maindomain.com. Both ns1 and ns2 point to this same server so there is no dns redundancy.
server 2: This server hosts other domains and uses the dns ns3/ns4.maindomain.com.
server 3: This server hosts other domains and uses the dns ns5/ns6.maindomain.com.
I suppose you get the picture. The problem is that if server 1 becomes unresponsive, our maindomain.com stops resolving and therefore dns can't resolve to ns3, ns4, ns5 etc. anymore causing all domains on the rest of the servers to stop responding.
Our idea is to setup an vps in a different location and run a dns server on this vps, configured with our maindomain.com and using it as a backup in case our server 1 stops responding. This way our maindomain.com should keep resolving on a dns level and resolve correctly the rest of the nameservers. Is this correct?
I hope the explanation made it clear.
Thanks guys!
Right now our dns setup is as follows:
server 1 : This server hosts our main domain, let's call it maindomain.com and this domain is also used as dns. All domains on this server point to ns1/ns2.maindomain.com. Both ns1 and ns2 point to this same server so there is no dns redundancy.
server 2: This server hosts other domains and uses the dns ns3/ns4.maindomain.com.
server 3: This server hosts other domains and uses the dns ns5/ns6.maindomain.com.
I suppose you get the picture. The problem is that if server 1 becomes unresponsive, our maindomain.com stops resolving and therefore dns can't resolve to ns3, ns4, ns5 etc. anymore causing all domains on the rest of the servers to stop responding.
Our idea is to setup an vps in a different location and run a dns server on this vps, configured with our maindomain.com and using it as a backup in case our server 1 stops responding. This way our maindomain.com should keep resolving on a dns level and resolve correctly the rest of the nameservers. Is this correct?
I hope the explanation made it clear.
Thanks guys!
