Prioritising replys
James A Griffin
agriffin at cpcug.org
Fri May 4 15:05:18 UTC 2001
Russell,
Just add a second RR "IN A 192.168.0.1"
Regards,
Jim
Russell Foster wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> Can any of you tell me if the following is possible. I have a
> requirement to load balance 2 outgoing mail servers. At the moment I have
>
> post.domain.com IN A 192.168.0.1
> IN A 192.168.0.2
>
> and this work fine with both getting equal mail. However what would be
> nice is if I could get 192.168.0.1 to handle more of the requests due to
> it being a bigger box. I know that I can't actually say one has a higher
> priority in the zone file (like MX records) but is their a way of getting
> bind to favour one over the other so that for say every 2/3 request it
> answers .1 I am aware that should .1 die then there will be issues but I
> can get round that myself...
>
> TIA
>
> Rus
>
> Russell Foster
> EMEA IT Unix Systems Administrator
> Art Technology Group (www.atg.com)
>
> "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas"
> - Ace Rimmer Red Dwarf Season VII Episode II
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