On Oct 14, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Carlos M. Martinez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Agreed. However, at least in my experience, it is usually easy to > achieve high availability figures running a linux box on relatively > cheap hardware, while links are much less dependable. I've seen 400-day > plus uptimes on very cheap, dubious looking, PC clones. Yup, me too -- however, "average IT talents" and "Linux" do not go together in the same sentence. You are most definitely not an average IT person…. > > Now that I think of it, rather than the recursive DNS function, the > local resolution of local resources is, IMO, a more important driver for > running your local DNS. If you cater for a 100 person office, you > probably have some printers, maybe a file server or two, some form of > backup servicea, VoIP telephone service and maybe a local intranet/wiki. > Hard-coding IPs for all these services in 100 workstations seems crazy > to me. > > The, if you run a DNS for local services, also configuring it for > recursion should be straightforward. > Yup, once agin, Windows AD and / or Bonjour type things come to the "rescue" -- "you plugs in the printer and then click browse and then something happens somehow and you can print". So, if AD counts as "DNS" then, well… W > regards, > > ~Carlos > > > On 10/14/13 4:09 PM, Wiley, Glen wrote: >> While the concern about the link to the outside world is an issue, the >> same concern holds for whatever provides your connectivity. As a matter >> of practice, when designing for availability you want to focus on the >> least reliable layers in a stack before focusing on other layers, >> otherwise your availability improvements are potentially nil. >> >> If you can run a more reliable recursive server than your provider (or >> google or whoever) then by all means, however there are probably more >> meaningful places to spend your resources if you have a small company. >> >> On the other hand, if there is a functional reason for running your own >> recursive server that is entirely different, for example filtering via >> DNS, split view zones etc. > > _______________________________________________ > dns-operations mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations > dns-jobs mailing list > https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs > -- "When it comes to glittering objects, wizards have all the taste and self-control of a deranged magpie." -- Terry Pratchett _______________________________________________ dns-operations mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations dns-jobs mailing list https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs
