On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 02:46:55PM +0200, Simon Leinen wrote:
> * Have a dual/cluster setup, and while one box is reloading its
> zone(s), the IP address is routed to the other one. This seems easy
> enough and improves robustness in other areas as well.
As the GTLD servers are, reportedly, behind Alteon Acedirectors, this seems
likely. I would be hesistant to assume that the GTLD servers consist of only
two boxes each, though.
> * Implement authoritative servers as front-ends to the registry
> database. Seems challenging to implement well with traditional
> slave servers. And moving to non-traditional slaves (e.g. multiple
> front-ends to (mirrored versions of) a single database) doesn't
> sound trivial either.
If you have the right software, it is trivial.
Regards,
bert
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