Subject: Re: Avoiding outages during (large) zone reload [was: Re: gTLD server losses]
Date: Sun, May 06, 2001 at 03:32:15PM +0200 Quoting bert hubert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> 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.
They do. It's a pair of big multiprocessor boxes with oodles of RAM.
M�ns, previous local maintainer of "I".
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