I know from some random checking that most of you have your dns
servers in the same IP block, and have no remote dns secondary.
I may have a way for you to get a remote secondary, at a flat monthly
rate, for up to several thousand unique zones.
Essentially it is a dedicated machine for pretty much dns only. It
would start with 256MB ram, but I would add more as usage goes up.
Essentially I am looking for 6 people to share the costs, in return
you would get a control panel for adding master or slave zones to the
bind configuration, and the capacity for at least 4,000 zones each, on
a this machine that will be used for this purpose only.
I would set the reload to every 2 hours to start, but enabled sudo for
you to ssh in and and do a manual reload if necessary.
I could also add remote MX hosting to this box if the 6 people were
interested, but that might lower the maximum zone capacity some if it
is going to be doing that as well.
The costs would be $75/mo each. A setup fee of $175 each will cover
the initial costs of the box (it's an existing 1U a colleague is
trying to sell at cost, under a month old, P3-800Mhz), and would also
cover the first month service.
The machine would have a unique IP address for each of you, which you
can register as a nameserver host so that the hostname will match your
existing nameserver naming structure.
Payment would be monthly, recurring by CC, or quarterly if paying by
check.
If there is enough interest, I can setup more of these kinds of
dedicated dns boxes, but I'm really only looking to get this one
setup.
I would let the number of users go up to as high as 10, and the cost
per user will go down to $50/mo if there are 10. I want at least 6
to get it rolling. If there are initially more than 6, I'll lower the
setup cost also. The server can be setup within 2 days of getting
everyone signed on.
Call me at 877-291-3339 if interested, or email me offlist.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
