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Ask HN: What's the best solution for GeoDNS that supports failover?

1 pointsby jamiewebover 6 years ago
I have some requirements but I&#x27;m struggling to find an affordable solution that does all of them.<p>I have two web servers, and would like to use GeoDNS with them, so that users are always connecting to the nearest&#x2F;lowest-latency server. Additionally, if one server goes offline, all traffic should be directed to the remaining online server automatically.<p>Basically I&#x27;m looking for &quot;Failover GeoDNS&quot;. There are plenty of Failover DNS services, and plenty of GeoDNS services, but not many that do both.<p>Does anybody have any suggestions? A do-it-yourself solution should also be fine as long as it itself is resilient.

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colmmaccover 6 years ago
Amazon Route 53 (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;route53&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;route53&#x2F;</a>) supports Geo DNS and failover ...<p>You can configure routing to be based on specific geographic boundaries&#x2F;locations, or geographic proximity, or based on network latency. Either way, failover works in all cases and if an endpoint fails the &quot;next best&quot; will take over.
paktek123over 6 years ago
Dyn have traffic director that can be used for the above.
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