Re: [Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-23 Thread Hongyi Zhao
Which forward-rules do you meant to by saying "without forward-rules"? Are these forward rules can all be setted or controlled by using config file fo pdns_recurrsor? Why these rules cann't be treated combinedly into the inner optimizing algrithems for determining the maybe-best servers? Regard

Re: [Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-23 Thread Peter van Dijk
Hello, On 23 Feb 2015, at 11:49 , Hongyi Zhao wrote: > Why not let the process run parallely and then picked out the one which is > retured firstly to the client? In general (without forward-rules), we do something better - we try the servers and remember which one was faster. That way you g

Re: [Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-23 Thread Hongyi Zhao
Considering that the backend/forwarder IPs are always NOT owned by the authoritive servers of the queryer. It wil be difficult to ensure all of them online all the time. So, if we can let the process run parallely and then picked out the one which is retured firstly to the client. At least the

Re: [Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-23 Thread Hongyi Zhao
Why not let the process run parallely and then picked out the one which is retured firstly to the client? Regards 2015-02-23 18:28 GMT+08:00 Peter van Dijk : > Hello, > > On 23 Feb 2015, at 6:09 , Hongyi Zhao wrote: > > > forward-zones Comma separated list of ’zonename=IP’ pairs. Queries for >

Re: [Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-23 Thread Peter van Dijk
Hello, On 23 Feb 2015, at 6:09 , Hongyi Zhao wrote: > forward-zones Comma separated list of ’zonename=IP’ pairs. Queries for zones > listed here will be forwarded to the IP address listed. Since version 3.1.5, > multiple IP addresses can be specified. Additionally, port numbers other than > 5

[Pdns-users] About the mechanism of forward-zones when using multiple ips for one zonename.

2015-02-22 Thread Hongyi Zhao
Hi all, >From the manual of PowerDNS Recursor, learned the following settings can be used in its config file: forward-zones Comma separated list of ’zonename=IP’ pairs. Queries for zones listed here will be forwarded to the IP address listed. Since version 3.1.5, multiple IP addresses can be spec