You're right, it does make sense. I'm only using it for this one app so Heroku's Zerigo free service ought to be enough for me. I was just cranky because it looked like it was going to be another monthly charge.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 7:29:34 PM UTC-7, j_McCaffrey wrote: > > I don't think of it as heroku suggesting that you have to do it with a > CNAME, but Neil's post highlights why you might want to. > > http://neilmiddleton.com/the-**dangers-of-a-records-and-**heroku<http://neilmiddleton.com/the-dangers-of-a-records-and-heroku/> > > I think of it like apple including their 'time machine' backup software > means you'd buy a backup drive. They aren't saying you absolutely have to > do it, but its a good idea for a variety of reasons. > > You can use an A record and the ip addresses, it will work fine, but if > there is an outage and they have to bring your app up on other IPs, you'll > at least have a heads up for what you can do about it. > > Personally I like dnsimple.com, so I don't think of it as an extra thing > I have to do, but as an extra reason I like their service, like they are > helping me manage my app in a way that stays current with hosting on a > cloud solution like heroku, openshift, cloudbees, etc. > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Justin Collum <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So to use Heroku the way they'd like me to -- without an A record >> pointing to an IP address -- I'll have to use a third party paid service? >> What the heck. The fact that Heroku suggests doing this while the spec >> doesn't support it without workarounds makes me question how important it >> is. This DNS thing has been doing it the same way for quite some time. >> >> I think I'll just use the A record until we run into a problem. This app >> won't be hurt if it's offline for a half day. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/heroku/-/CppjSAAiS4QJ. To post to this group, send email to heroku@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to heroku+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
