DNS/BIND Question

[Odhiambo Washington]

* Eric Crist <ecrist at secure-computing.net> [20040612 10:07]: wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I was wondering how to make one subdomain resolve to multiple IP addresses?  I 
> have www.mydomain.com which has only had 1 IP address for a long time.  Now, 
> I want to create a second server with a mirror of that web server.  I'd like 
> lookups of www.mydomain.com to resolve to two different IP addresses.

www.mydomain.com	IN	A	1.2.3.4
www.mydomain.com	IN	A	3.4.5.6


> Also, what is your recommendation of how to maintain the correct mirror data?  
> One server is the primary, which has ftp access for the web designers.  I'm 
> thinking of either, real-time, or once every 24 hours, updating that 
> information so that both servers have all the correct web sites.  What is the 
> best way to accomplish this?

I am not experienced in that, but if it is possible to put your web data
in a DB, then that would be sleek! Dynamic pages ;)


-Wash

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