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Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd)
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:45:02 -0400
On May 4, 2005, at 12:08 AM, Edward B. Dreger wrote:
PWG> I was just talking about people setting up anycast name servers, each PWG> of which pointed at a different HTTP server (or other service), toPWG> spread load. In many cases, the two servers are the same. Ah, okay... which again helps demonstrate the lack of coupling between*cast and coherency. A single unicast DNS server can serve split viewsjust as easily.
Views and anycast serve different, although sometimes similar or overlapping, functions. (Which you know very well, Eddy.)
Think we've gone down the path enough for people to understand at least some of anycast's pros & cons. If anyone here would like a compare/contrast on views vs. anycast, let us know and we'll discuss.
But not tonight. It's late, and I wouldn't want to interrupt the flame-fest with actual operational content. :)
-- TTFN, patrick
Current thread:
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd), (continued)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited Rodney Joffe (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited Todd Vierling (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited Paul Vixie (May 04)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Patrick W. Gilmore (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Patrick W. Gilmore (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Patrick W. Gilmore (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Patrick W. Gilmore (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 03)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Tony Finch (May 04)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Edward B. Dreger (May 04)
- Re: [dnsop] DNS Anycast revisited (fwd) Joe Abley (May 04)