Multiple www record entries, just like mx records??

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Joe M

Is it possible to create multiple www records just like multiple mx records
with priority of 5, 10, 15, 20. Because I have multiple web servers and
would like to fail over to the next one if the high priority one is
unavailable. Normally what's the best method to enter multiple www
records(web servers) into DNS. Thanks in advance.
 
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Joe M said:
Is it possible to create multiple www records just like multiple mx
records with priority of 5, 10, 15, 20. Because I have multiple web
servers and would like to fail over to the next one if the high
priority one is unavailable. Normally what's the best method to enter
multiple www records(web servers) into DNS. Thanks in advance.
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You can create multiple www records but you cannot assign them a priority,
Round Robin will be used to give them out. Fo ra discription of how round
robin works look in the DNS help file.
 
JM> Is it possible to create multiple www records just like
JM> multiple mx records with priority of 5, 10, 15, 20.

(Inferring that "www records" really means "'A' resource records":)

No.

JM> I have multiple web servers and would like to fail over
JM> to the next one if the high priority one is unavailable.

DNS service is not the tool for this job.
 
JM> I have multiple web servers and would like to fail over
JM> to the next one if the high priority one is unavailable.

JdeBP> DNS service is not the tool for this job.

JM> [...] then what is the tool for this job???

One tool would be an intelligent IP router of some kind.
 
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Jonathan de Boyne Pollard said:
I have multiple web servers and would like to fail over
to the next one if the high priority one is unavailable.
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JdeBP> DNS service is not the tool for this job.
[...] then what is the tool for this job???
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One tool would be an intelligent IP router of some kind.
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Big IP from Dell is one such tool. A couple other companies make similar
tools. I believe Microsoft's App Center will also do it.

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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