When Should You Have Backup Dns
8 Answers. the Major Point in Having a Secondary Dns Server Is as Backup in the Event the Primary Dns Server Handling Your Domain Goes Down. in This Case, Your...
8 Answers. The major point in having a secondary DNS server is as backup in the event the primary DNS server handling your domain goes down. In this case, your server would be still up, and so without having a backup, nobody could get to your server possibly costing you lots of lost customers (i.e. REAL MONEY).
Why it is important to have a backup or secondary DNS?
Backup DNS, also known as Secondary DNS or alternative DNS is a system of one or more DNS servers, who have a copy of the zone data (DNS records) of the Master (Primary) DNS server. It adds resilience, reduce the outage periods by answering requests even if the Master is down.
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Do I need a secondary DNS server?
Secondary DNS servers are not mandatory—the DNS system can work even if only a primary server is available. But it is standard, and often required by domain registrars, to have at least one secondary server.
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