What's the advantage of having DNS independent of the registrar?
Off the top of my head ...
1. Ability to switch domain registratars without switching DNS settings
(yes, you still have to repoint a switched domain registrar's domains
back to your dnsmadeeasy named server, but all your other dns settings
can stay the same)
Playing devil's advocate...
How often does that happen? :)
Most of my domains are paid for through 201n.... I think the probability
of needing to switch from godaddy is pretty slim.
2. Re-point subdomains to other places
You mean to point www.example.com to 1.2.3.4 and point ftp.example.com
to 5.6.7.8?
I'm not sure why you need a separate DNS service. You can do that with
godaddy - I think.
3. Support for dynamic IP for your domain
Why would you want that? Dynamic IPs are for home users. Anyone running
a webserver ought to have a fixed IP. (Curmudgeon speaking here.)
4. Fail over (if a specific service fails, automatically reroute to
another service)
Example? I'm not sure what you mean here.
5. Failure tracking (you can have various services watched and be
alerted when a specific service fails; i.e. receive an email warning
when a http, ftp, or smtp service fails)
You can do this a variety of ways, though.
Items 3, 4, and 5 are extra cost services from other vendors.
And dnsmadeeasy is free? If not, then what's the advantage of paying one
guy vs another?
dnsmadeeasy also offers backup email services as a separate set of
products.
As so a number of registrars. I'm sure godaddy does.
The way I see it, it's just one more egg in the basket to juggle. Unless
I'm missing something. :)
Whil
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