I use a PowerDNS setup with mysql backend. It works really well for our 5 dns server setup. Things to watch out for are replication breaks in the mysql database.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Israel Lopez - Lists < ilopezli...@sandboxitsolutions.com> wrote: > At the last place I worked at we had an installation of NicTool v1.2. We > pushed out DNS updates for our hosting company over 4 servers, two local and > two off-site. It was very nice to work with, but I havent used it in the > 2.x iteration. > > http://www.nictool.com/ - Give it a look-over. Supports BIND, TinyDNS, > and PowerDNS. > > -Israel > > Ross Dmochowski wrote: > >> Dear NANOG: >> >> I hope I can solicit some feedback from this venerable group. :-) >> >> Currently, my group operates 16 BIND servers across 5 datacenters, >> handling internal and external namespace duties. These servers are >> responsible for both internal and external forward and reverse >> name and IP spaces. >> >> There are also a number of Windows AD servers that hold their own >> namespaces, >> that the BIND servers slave from this info from, so names resolve between >> these domains. Windows AD forwards queries for internal zones it does not >> own >> to the appropriate namespace holder. >> So Windows DNS server interoperability is a business requirement. >> >> Some of these zones are dynamic, some are static. None of the dynamic >> zones are populated via DHCP, but by self-registration. >> >> We have heretofore used some in-house scripts for managing this, but >> obviously, the thought of keeping and managing this data in something >> other than its current form has caught on in our minds, and so therefore >> we are looking at a proposal put forth, to replace all of our BIND servers >> with a PowerDNS infrastructure. >> >> BIND has been the backbone of the Internet, and so many of us are wary of >> replacing BIND, when in essence, BIND itself is not the issue, nor is it >> broken. >> >> Has anyone done any in house comparance of PowerDNS versus BIND-DLZ? >> Googling has led to some useful info but no useful side by side >> comparances that are not obviously partisan. >> >> I favor something like ProBIND2, that keeps the data in the DB, but does >> not >> tie the serving of the data, etc to anything other than BIND. >> >> Any success/horror stories from implementing BIND management solutions is >> very welcome. >> >> If anyone has any success/horror stories about PowerDNS, BIND-DLZ, or a >> system like ProBind2 or NetDB (from Stanford) to manage BIND and its >> configurations >> in a DB, I would be very interested in hearing them. :-) >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best Regards, >> Ross S. Dmochowski >> Sr. Linux Administrator >> IGN/Gamespy/Fox Interactive Media >> r...@ign.com >> >> > > >