NS geo-distribution

[Gary L. Burnore]

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> [mailto:bind-users-bounces+gburnore=netbasix.net at lists.isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Dave Warren
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:02 AM
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> Subject: NS geo-distribution
> 
> Thoughts about how to best distribute NS servers hosting authoritative
> data for our zones? We currently host only about 300 zones so all zones
> live on all 3 servers but we're looking at replacing 1-2 of our NS
> servers due to reliability of the current servers.
> 
> My thinking is to just pick three sites in Canada/US with good
> connectivity and host there, but I'm getting some pressure to pick a
> location in EU as well.
> 
> With the vast majority of our customers being in North America
> (probably 75% of users are in Canada), would it make sense to add a
> Europe based NS or would this tend to return slower results on average
> since a potential user would have a 1/3 chance of hitting a NS with a
> higher latency?
> 
> I realize that the difference isn't very significant in the grand
> scheme of things, but it's always nice to shave a few ms off of initial
> page load times.

I would contend that fast inititial page load times is achieved through
blazing web servers and a wide data path.