Comments on: The Wisdom of Separation Between Systems http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/ Just a nublet SysAdmin Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wesley.Nonapeptide http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Wesley.Nonapeptide Fri, 07 May 2010 19:37:38 +0000 http://www.thenubbyadmin.com/?p=35#comment-18 Thanks for the tips Mike! NetSol gets DDoS'd? Wow, I hadn't heard that. Guess I haven't been paying attention because a simple search brought back some fairly recent stories. DNSMadeEasy looks nice. 100% uptime SLA? That's bold. I'll research them further. Thanks again! Thanks for the tips Mike! NetSol gets DDoS’d? Wow, I hadn’t heard that. Guess I haven’t been paying attention because a simple search brought back some fairly recent stories.

DNSMadeEasy looks nice. 100% uptime SLA? That’s bold. I’ll research them further. Thanks again!

]]> By: Mike Clark http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Mike Clark Fri, 07 May 2010 19:23:41 +0000 http://www.thenubbyadmin.com/?p=35#comment-17 I am all for separating DNS from other service providers, just because DNS is so critical to all functions. Now I know you took a shot at NetSol, but other than their prices, I've had mostly good luck with them. The only downside is when they get DDoS'd once or twice a year. The only comparable DNS provider I've ever come across in terms of stability has been DNSMadeEasy. They're cheap, reliable, and don't get picked for DDoS attacks. I am all for separating DNS from other service providers, just because DNS is so critical to all functions. Now I know you took a shot at NetSol, but other than their prices, I’ve had mostly good luck with them. The only downside is when they get DDoS’d once or twice a year. The only comparable DNS provider I’ve ever come across in terms of stability has been DNSMadeEasy. They’re cheap, reliable, and don’t get picked for DDoS attacks.

]]> By: The Geekery » The importance of up verses alive… http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-9 The Geekery » The importance of up verses alive… Sat, 01 May 2010 05:02:05 +0000 http://www.thenubbyadmin.com/?p=35#comment-9 [...] of monitoring. The post, titled The Wisdom of Specificity in Monitoring and Alerting. After an outage was caused due to his service provider making some DNS changes due to disk usage issues, Wesley [...] [...] of monitoring. The post, titled The Wisdom of Specificity in Monitoring and Alerting. After an outage was caused due to his service provider making some DNS changes due to disk usage issues, Wesley [...]

]]> By: Wesley.Nonapeptide http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Wesley.Nonapeptide Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.thenubbyadmin.com/?p=35#comment-5 @Brandon: This office used Network Solutions as their registrar, but uses their webhost for DNS. I think I'll simply start using NetSol as my DNS provider since that's the easiest and doesn't require any outlay of money. However, in searching around I found a few managed DNS providers that interested me, namely UltraDNS (as you mentioned) and Zonomi. DynDNS puts me off with their prices... for everything. I had reason to look into their SMTP services and was disgusted at the prices. You intrigue me with your mention of an API. Do you have an example of a service that provides this? How have you used it yourself? Can I just whip up a PowerShell / Python / [awesome scripting language here] script to pull my zones down? I've actually thought about hosting my own secondary DNS servers onsite just in case. @Brandon: This office used Network Solutions as their registrar, but uses their webhost for DNS. I think I’ll simply start using NetSol as my DNS provider since that’s the easiest and doesn’t require any outlay of money.

However, in searching around I found a few managed DNS providers that interested me, namely UltraDNS (as you mentioned) and Zonomi. DynDNS puts me off with their prices… for everything. I had reason to look into their SMTP services and was disgusted at the prices.

You intrigue me with your mention of an API. Do you have an example of a service that provides this? How have you used it yourself? Can I just whip up a PowerShell / Python / [awesome scripting language here] script to pull my zones down? I’ve actually thought about hosting my own secondary DNS servers onsite just in case.

]]> By: Brandon Burton http://thenubbyadmin.com/2010/04/29/the-wisdom-of-separating-who-hosts-your-dns-and-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Brandon Burton Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:47:39 +0000 http://www.thenubbyadmin.com/?p=35#comment-3 I would suggest you try to drum up the budget and use a wholly separate provider for your DNS hosting, such as UltraDNS, DynDNS, or even get a cheap hosting account with Dreamhost and put your DNS on them. Ideally a provider with an API so you can automate stuff. If you can swing it, the DynECT stuff is pretty sweet. Hope that helps, Brandon I would suggest you try to drum up the budget and use a wholly separate provider for your DNS hosting, such as UltraDNS, DynDNS, or even get a cheap hosting account with Dreamhost and put your DNS on them.

Ideally a provider with an API so you can automate stuff.

If you can swing it, the DynECT stuff is pretty sweet.

Hope that helps,

Brandon

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