F5 and DNS

[Kevin Darcy]

We like to keep the query volume balanced between *data*centers* even 
when work is being done on one or more nameservers in a particular data 
center. So each data center gets a VIP and the traffic stays nice and 
balanced even when we're doing maintenance.

This is using Cisco CSS'es, by the way, not F5s. But the same basic idea.

- Kevin

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> If you were working on the master wouldn't it just go to your secondary
> server (or vice versa) anyway without the F5?  Do you do it to reduce
> latency for people trying to resolve the domains you host? 
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> That is to say if you've already put the two DNS servers in all your
> Registrars wouldn't that take care of it?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Kevin Darcy
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:33 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: F5 and DNS
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> We implement it so that we can do maintenance and/or lease-replacements 
> on our servers transparently and without having to change anything at 
> the registrar (which can be a pain when you host thousands of domains).
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> - Kevin
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> Jeff Lightner wrote:
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>> I believe you can so long as you have a secondary NIC in each to do
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>> However to everything on the VIP it's going to look like one server.
>> You'd have to make sure you only used the one VIP in your Registrars'
>> records.
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>> However since DNS is designed to have two servers there doesn't seem
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>> be much reason to do the Big-IP load balance and failover in the first
>> place just for DNS.   
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
>> Behalf Of Sangoi, Nehal (GE Supply, consultant)
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:11 AM
>> To: bind-users at isc.org
>> Subject: F5 and DNS
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>> Hi All
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>> Can I still have the Master/Slave configuration of DNS on servers when
>> they serve through a VIP set on Big-IP in load balance and failover
>> mode?
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>> Thanks
>> Nehal
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