\begin{Bernhard L�der}
> How would I need to set up my DNS zone file in order to have the name
> www.xyz.com.au resolved to multiple (2 in this case) IP addresses?
just give two A records:
www IN A 10.0.0.1
A 10.0.0.2
> Would this setup lead to, if www server 1 is down, that the browser would
> look at the next IP address and requests the web pages from there?
yes, however you would get a noticable delay before the browser gave
up on the first address.
this setup is normally used for load balancing rather than redundancy.
eg nslookup www.hotmail.com
> Will such a setup also work for ftp or proxy servers?
yes, with the same delay issue
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