What's with the "real world" comment? I work in the "real world" in a corporation where we do BIND on Linux. I gather from this list that many people run their own BIND servers on various UNIX variants such as Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX and the plethora of Linux distributions and assume they too work in the "real world".
If you feel it eases your administrative burden and want to use an appliance then more power to you. It seems that a least of people in this thread have not had pleasant experiences with the one appliance that has been mentioned. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Laws Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: BIND Based Appliances. Jeff Lightner wrote: > If you're a Linux Addict why not just buy a couple of x86 servers and > install Linux with BIND on top of it? Because in the real world, it's often necessary to have "one throat to choke" and it's best if that throat is not *yours*. We're in the process of migrating to BT Diamond's IPControl. Web-based administration, ability to delegate (in the policy sense) DNS additions to others. Built on top of ISC BIND and ISC DHCP. IIRC, the DB is MySQL (don't quote me on that). Keeps track of subnets, etc, as well. This will replace "a couple of x86 servers" with "BIND on top of" them. HW is some OEMed x86 box, without a lot of redundancy, but we have multiples of them and can get a replacement NBD, which is good enough for us. They're appliances, so we don't much care what's on them (yes, they each have BIND). So far, integration has not been smooth. Many disconnects between their Prof Servs folks, their Tech Support, and (surprise) sales. Hope to have it running Real Soon Now. :-/ -- Peter Laws / N5UWY National Weather Center / Network Operations Center University of Oklahoma Information Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Feedback? Contact my director, Craig Cochell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you! ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ----------------------------------
