Multiple A records? 3

[Grenage]

Greetings, just a quick question.

I know it's possible to have multiple MX records, so that in the event of failure on the primary line/server, the second will be used. Is this possible with A records, too?

Thank you in advance if anyone can steer me in the right direction.

Russell.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[SjrH]

You can have multiple A records, but each alias must be configured to a different IP Address.
This is used for 'DNS Round Robin', or load sharing.

As with secondary MX records, there must be a server running on the alias IP address to receive the incoming connection.

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[Grenage]

Brilliant, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you, SjrH.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[anawrocki]

Just to make sure you did not "hear what you wanted to hear"..........

That does not provide redundancy if one of the two drop. It only provides a 50/50 shot of hitting a working IP...............

 

[Grenage]

Ah I see, thank you for correcting me this, anawrocki.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.