Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?

[Thomas Huth <THUTH at de.ibm.com>]

Niall.oReilly+lists at ucd.ie wrote on 20/10/2009 10:11:55:
>
> Ted Lemon wrote:
>  > [...] DNS already
>  > specifies a load balancing mechanism for names that return multiple
>  > A or AAAA records.
>
>    The online version of the (4th edition of the) "Cricket book"
>    points out, "Note that this is really load distribution, not
>    load balancing [...]".
>
>    I'm not aware of any DNS-related RFC which "specifies a
>    load-balancing mechanism".
>

There is maybe no standard for this available, but according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS :

"Methods exist to overcome such limitations. For example, modified DNS
servers (such as lbnamed) can routinely poll mirrored servers for
availability and load factor. If a server does not reply as required, the
server can be temporarily removed from the DNS pool, until it reports that
it is once again operating within specifications. "

That sounds like real load-balancing to me.


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