Lots of CNAME's

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Holdsworth, Matthew <Matthew.Holdsworth at cwcom.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear All,

> Is there anyone out there who has DNS records containing many many CNAM=
E's?

> We are thinking of creating host records in our DNS system which potent=
ially
> will have around 1000 CNAME's attached. I need to make sure this will n=
ot
> have an effect on performance of DNS etc.. Eg. If you're trying to reso=
lve a
> CNAME to an IP address which, in the record has tons of other CNAME's, =
will
> this slow the response down and affect performance?

> Regards

> Matt

If you mean that lot's of CNAMES will 'point to' an A RR that's ok. It wi=
ll
affect performance the day your nameservers start swapping.



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