@Xeoncross A DNS with a good API may solve that I guess. Any idea?

but i came across a cheaper alternative with dns/ip fail over via dnsmadeeasy.com even with US$59/yr for 25 domains + anycast dns it's cheaper than 2x LEB like KVM/XEN VPS which would at least cost 2

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I planned to do the same, using Maxmind GeoIP javascript redirection to different pages with the same content but different streams. But finally, I decided to setup a Round Robin DNS to achieve the be

if its plain html it's quie easy with roundrobin dns, if you need to auth distribution it gets a bit more complicated but still possible.

Yep, Cloudflare wants you to set it up in such a way that they are the only DNS providers for that particular domain.

over several small servers - backup, MySQL, DNS, monitoring, redundancy, etc.

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They will refuse to serve DNS for you unless they are the only nameservers.

CloudFlare is good without the annoying cache, which doesn't speed anything up for me in the UK. The cache needs to be purged any time you change content. Just my opinon though. Thier DNS is pretty go

I've been with HE dns, and their recent outages have got me thinking that I will need a secondary/backup dns provider. How would I set this up? Would I just add the secondary dns provider's name serve

I've been using Cloudns.net since everydns announced they're stopping their service. I haven't had any issues at all, great service if you need DNS for 3 or fewer domains.

I started to use namecheap.com's free dns service for a domain I registered at internet.bs registrar - works fine with 5 nameservers (Image)

Honestly, I will continue paying for a VPS at linode or slicehost just so I can keep using their DNS services for the rest of my boxes.

There are a few differences and some advantages of splitting up your DNS from your webserver.

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isn't referring to the ISC's DNS server, it's the general function call used by all software to tell an OS that the software wants to use a specific address and port. So almost ever network daemon ma

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For DNS, I'd recommend that you get it off the VPS entirely. Host it independently with a service like DNSmadeEasy.com. When you're client base grows to a certain level, and your management skills gro