On 2008/09/10 12:05, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > 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.
There's no reason for www2 to no longer respond, just leave it in there...
