> We were also worried that propagation of new DNS entries will take a > while. But as you've said, there would indeed be tradeoffs. The
Propagation delay will not be a problem, if your DNS TLL is low. You just consume more bandwith for DNS traffic. > alternative would be to purchase application-specific load balancers > -- not really a far out idea as we were contemplating this, but we > want to make the costs as minimal as possible. I'm not sure how these network appliances will work unless you have some network infra support like BGP. > Multihomed DNS is the way to go, then? Guess we'd have to ask for an > increase in IP address allocation. If all you have from your provider is one public IP, that's all you need. Just port forward the ports of your application from your multi-homed gateway/firewall. > How about my other idea (one IP block routable through both links -- > no need to change DNS, etc.)? Is this feasible? Such an animal needs a portable IP subnet from APNIC. And if you're there already BGP would be your friend. :) -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
