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More info?)
So does dns caching put much loads on the server ? Currently it have
to resolve 2 remote hosts under same domain, mail.kobaytech.com and
prpo.kobaytech.com , and i create a zone and under it i create the 2
host records. Is this ok ?
Rgds
Daniel
"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in message news:<uxvMwkcjEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> In news:6a6a9040.0408282016.532f992a@posting.google.com,
> Daniel Tan <danieltan@time.net.my> wrote their comments
> Then Kevin replied below:
> > Kevin, what you mean is i can create multiple zones for
> > each host to
> > resolve or either create an A record named mail or other
> > records under
> > example.com zone ?
>
> You have to make the decision based on how many records need to resolve to
> local addresses and how many are in the public domain. If only one or two
> need to resolve to local addresses, I'd create them as zones. If however,
> all the sites are hosted locally, you might create the zone name for the
> domain and create records for mail, www, ftp, etc.
>
> > Does creating too many zones can slow
> > down dns
> > server ?
>
> No, if it did there are a lot of DNS servers in trouble with thousands of
> zones. You have to set up the machine based on how many hits it is going to
> get and the amount of data it needs to transfer on each hit, just like any
> other server.
> DNS doesn't put much load on a server per hit, as long as the query is
> answered from its own zones, if it has to go find the answer it slows DNS
> down considerably.
>
>
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> Best regards,
> Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This Helps
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