Multiple IP in Zone file

[Barry Margolin]

In article <93qv2u$9s3 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Gerald Waugh <gerald at waugh.com> wrote:
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>"Vik Heyndrickx" <vik.heyndrickx at pandora.be@telenet-ops.be> wrote in message
>news:93qtaq$9dq at pub3.rc.vix.com...
>> "Gerald Waugh" <gerald at waugh.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:93qh4q$7e2 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
>> > Would I or could I use one IP for these servers?
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>> No. Different hosts get different IP addresses. However, you can have a
>> single domain name pointing to different IP addresses. In that case the
>> remote DNS server will randomly pick one of your server hosts.
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>> Gerald, your question is very unclear. I barely understand what you are
>> asking.
>> Vik
>Vik,
>Please accept my apologies for not being more descriptive.
>I have several servers (machines) and I was studying the options.
>I don't want to give each server (machine) a domain name.
>I want to use one domain name "frontstreetnetworks.com"
>for all the servers (machines).
>fsn2.frontstreetnetworks.com - fsn4.frontstreetnetworks.com
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>Also, I was wondering what the implications were of using one IP address.
>I really think that each server (machine) should have a discrete IP.
>Gerald

If all the servers are equivalent, you can simply map one name to multiple
IP's:

frontstreetnetworks.com. IN A  1.2.3.4
frontstreetnetworks.com. IN A  1.2.3.5
frontstreetnetworks.com. IN A  1.2.3.6

Round-robin DNS should result in load sharing among the servers.

If you also want fault tolerance in case some of the servers fail, look
into solutions like Cisco Local Director.

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