DNS servers


what is/are benefits of having 1 external/backup dns server (server b) , internal dns (server a) server?


hi sara,

do mean benefits of having secondary dns server?

the major benefits of having secondary dns server follows:

firstly, when primary dns server unavailable, secondary dns server can provide name resolution, client query won’t affected.

secondly, secondary server can used offload dns query traffic dns zone heavily queried client.

for more information dns server, may refer following documents:

adding secondary dns server:

 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776953(v=ws.10).aspx

best practices configuring , administering dns:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959288.aspx

best regards,

anne


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