On 09/10/2008 08:54:21 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
HTTP redirects might be the least-overhead method and are usually
pretty simple to setup... add a record "www2 A 5.6.7.8", and have the
old server just redirect to www2 after the switch-over date to catch
any late queries that arrive due to over-cached DNS.
The problem with http redirects are that they are visible to the
end-user. Depending on your requirements, it can be a problem
if the user is redirected to www2, bookmarks it, and finds
at a later date that www2 no longer responds.
Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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