Tag: Secondary DNS

DNS DNS records Network Website

Why is Secondary DNS service beneficial?

Today we will talk about the Secondary DNS service. It provides additional authoritative nameservers to domain name owners to answer domain queries. But if you want to get deep into its purpose, why it is so important, and how you can get it, you are on the right article.

Secondary DNS service purpose

Secondary DNS is a service that can be used with your Primary DNS. It adds to your name server network by storing copies of the zone file holding your domain’s DNS records. These servers can replicate your domain’s Primary DNS zone file and provide additional points of presence (PoPs). So even if your Primary DNS is down, users can resolve your domain much faster this way! Isn’t it wonderful?

Why is a Secondary DNS server important?

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What causes a DNS outage?

What exactly is a DNS outage?

A DNS outage, also known as DNS downtime, is a period of time when the DNS is not functioning correctly. This means that if you look up the domain name, you won’t see its IP address. Instead, users will make DNS requests in order to reach your domain. The DNS recursive server will request the domain’s authoritative nameserver, but it will receive an error message as a response.

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