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Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.
From: David Reader <david.reader () zeninternet co uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:55:25 +0000
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:28:16 -0800 Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson () esri com> wrote:
Hopefully not too far off topic for this list. Am looking for options to deploy DNS caching resolvers at remote locations
We're BIND-based and leaning to stick that way, but open to other options if they present themselves.
I've found that "unbound" is lighter on the machine, but it does depends what you require feature-wise and/or operationally, of course.
Am considering the Soekris net6501-50. I can dump a Linux image on there with our DNS config, indudstrial grade design, and OK performance. If the thing fails, clients will hopefully not notice due to anycast which will just hit another DNS server somewhere else on the network albeit with additional latency. We ship out a replacement device rather than mucking with trying to repair.
If you're looking at Soekris, you might also find the PCEngines products interesting. The "APU" series appears similar at a glance - and they do offer a case (not rackmount, sadly - although 3rd parties might) to suit. http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm At the lower end, the "ALIX" boards are available in a standard 100mm x 160mm "eurocard" format which makes them very easy to rack up.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/81p75pyz1ngsvm6/DSCN0916.JPG?dl=0 Whichever way you do it, a small low-power box running entirely from flash or ssd is likely to be a good "fit and forget" (security updates aside!) solution. If you want to run from a cheap flash card, and are a linux shop, http://linux.voyage.hk/ is a debian-derived system targetting the PCEngines boards which runs with a read-only filesystem. d.
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- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Rob Seastrom (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Mel Beckman (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Chris Adams (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Anders Löwinger (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. William Herrin (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Rob Seastrom (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Maxwell Cole (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Peter Loron (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Nick Ellermann (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Colin Johnston (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Michael R. Wayne (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. David Reader (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Glenn Robuck (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Michael Bubb (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Justin Wilson - MTIN (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Rob Seastrom (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Joe Hamelin (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Justin Wilson - MTIN (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Baldur Norddahl (Feb 18)
- Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Peter Loron (Feb 18)
- RE: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices. Joshua Riesenweber (Feb 19)