Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Advantage of Running DNS on RAQ4i

["Charles Williams \( CEO ACNS \)" <cwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>From: "Jens Kristian Søgaard" <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>I disagree completely. If you do not know about DNS, it is _much_
>better to let another firm run your dns (they usually have more
>expertise, and will make it work more smoothly - especially when you
>move sites or change ip's).

Not a garauntee.  Just look at Deutsche Telekom.  The largest network in
Germany and they can't even map thier IP's right. hehe.  And they DNS for a
large portion of Germany.  We just recently got a new C block and it was a
joke.  We finally had to have them release SOA to us.

>If you however have the necessary dns knowledge yourself, or need to
>perform dns changes very often, it would be better to host it
>yourself.

I would only recommend it if you have the necessary dns knowledge yourself,
or if you have the necessary dns knowledge yourself AND need to perform dns
changes very often.  Don't but out a production dns box without knowing what
your doing.  You'll end up learning the hard way (normally).

>Remember however, that to host DNS you need two servers, each
>connected with different line providers (this is ofcourse not strictly
>necessary, but this is how it's done right).

Actually, I have found it best to have a primary and secondary in your
domain ( doesn't matter your line out ) and then have another domain provide
secondary for these.  There are plenty of folks that have no problems doing
something such as this, and provides for some serious redundancy.