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24.20.1 ProblemYou have redundant mail, FTP, or web servers, and you would like to configure them to automatically share the load during times of heavy traffic. 24.20.2 SolutionJust give them all A records, using the same server alias for each IP address: ftp IN A 192.168.0.4 IN A 192.168.0.5 IN A 192.168.0.6 www IN A 192.168.0.7 IN A 192.168.0.8 IN A 192.168.0.9 mail IN A 192.168.0.10 IN A 192.168.0.11 IN A 192.168.0.12 An alternate trick with mail servers is to give them all the same priority: IN MX 10 mail.mydomain.com. IN MX 10 mail1.mydomain.com. IN MX 10 mail2.mydomain.com. .... mail IN A 192.168.0.4 mail1 IN A 192.168.0.5 mail2 IN A 192.168.0.6 24.20.3 DiscussionBecause of caching, you'll never get a perfect balance, but it's simple to set up, and works pretty well. 24.20.4 See Also
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