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Quick Buck · 03-24-2006, 10:43 AM

we use them, have used them for years, and their service is spectacular.

DNS is one of the single largest points of failure on the internet and it is absolutely true that a significant amount of requests for your domain name are dropped.

Previously we used our host's (several of them) DNS but we found that host's primary focus is not on DNS, their dns is typically run by bind, very eploitable, typically they have a few boxes handling far too many domains, and every time a change is made to somebody else who uses you hosting service the DNS/Bind Daemon has to be restarted.

More importantly however is the fact that at any given time there are routing issues on the web and a request from one ISP's dns to another's simply may fail. A repeated request may succeed, but in a competitive market place where you are simply one of 1000 links on a web page, why would you choose anything other than guaranteeing that your page loads first and fastest?

The other reason we use ultradns is that they have a distributed network much like a good content caching network. If you are in california you can bet that you're getting your dns requests served from a location that is near to you rather than a server located on the other side of the planet.

If you're running a tgp, or it you're just submitting galleries then yeah it probably isn't a big issue.... but if you are a sponsor or a biller I see no excuse to pinch pennies on such important core issues because bottom line... ANY FAILED REQUEST IS A POTENTIAL FAILED JOIN.

Would you rather use a sponsor who's entire DNS system rests on the capabilities of one or two tired tech's at 3am or one who spends the extra money to take no chances?

Done ranting.
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03-24-2006, 10:43 AM
Quick Buck Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Free-Trials.......... Weekly-Payouts..... 100+Sites Posts: 1,026	we use them, have used them for years, and their service is spectacular. DNS is one of the single largest points of failure on the internet and it is absolutely true that a significant amount of requests for your domain name are dropped. Previously we used our host's (several of them) DNS but we found that host's primary focus is not on DNS, their dns is typically run by bind, very eploitable, typically they have a few boxes handling far too many domains, and every time a change is made to somebody else who uses you hosting service the DNS/Bind Daemon has to be restarted. More importantly however is the fact that at any given time there are routing issues on the web and a request from one ISP's dns to another's simply may fail. A repeated request may succeed, but in a competitive market place where you are simply one of 1000 links on a web page, why would you choose anything other than guaranteeing that your page loads first and fastest? The other reason we use ultradns is that they have a distributed network much like a good content caching network. If you are in california you can bet that you're getting your dns requests served from a location that is near to you rather than a server located on the other side of the planet. If you're running a tgp, or it you're just submitting galleries then yeah it probably isn't a big issue.... but if you are a sponsor or a biller I see no excuse to pinch pennies on such important core issues because bottom line... ANY FAILED REQUEST IS A POTENTIAL FAILED JOIN. Would you rather use a sponsor who's entire DNS system rests on the capabilities of one or two tired tech's at 3am or one who spends the extra money to take no chances? Done ranting. See sig. __________________ $50 FREE TRIALS! Every Day til 2008!!! Only at QuickBuck