Baden Hughes wrote:
> Our process was (keeping in mind we use CNAMEs, you may or may not):
>
> - shorten the ttl for the CNAME record from 24hrs to half an hour
> - wait 24 hours for this to proagate
> - change the CNAME to the new servers
> - wait 24 hours for this to propagate
> - lengthen the ttl for the CNAME record to 24 hours

Once you make your change you don't have to wait for it to propagate
before bumping up the TTL.

The TTL says how long the DNS response may be cached.  If it's the
correct response (having just been changed) there's no reason to
have a short TTL.

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