If you're lucky enough to have a server with rackspace, I've never had a problem with their DNS servers which are highly redundant (as are the rest of their networks).
I've also used the registrar's DNS servers with fairly good success. Some places (I believe it's register.com and networksolutions) have a retarded set up that might wipe out your dns record until their system's catch up, but other then that I don't remember having issues with them. You can also go to www.x-registrar.com and set up an account, and I believe you can host DNS even for domains registered elsewhere. It uses the godaddy technology under the hood, and I've never had a problem with their dns servers. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bryant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: DNS Redundancy > > Jordan, > > Sorry, I should have been more clear in my question. I have been using > Crystal Tech to handle the DNS for sites I host with them. They provide me > two DSN servers. In the most recent DDOS attack, both were affected. > > I would like to have more DSN servers - some provided by someone else - > for additional redundancy, if it is feasible. > > For example, I have been looking into the service provided by no-ip.com > for this. > http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/secondary_dns_backup.html > > I don't know if other providers would be a better deal or offer better > service because I have always had the host handle the DSN in the past. I > am really looking for recommendations on which company/service I should > use for this purpose. > > Thanks, > > Steve > > >Steve Bryant wrote: > > > >If you're running more then one DNS server, DNS is inherently redundant. > > If the first server times out, then your computer will ask the next DNS > >server on the list, and so on. That's the way DNS works on it's own. > > > >So... the answer to redundancy is to have several different DNS servers > >located on different networks. > > > >HTH > > > >-- > >Warm regards, > >Jordan Michaels > >Vivio Technologies > >http://www.viviotech.net/ > >Blue Dragon Alliance Member > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
