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DNS Failover Implementation for High Availability

Choudhury SBy Choudhury SJune 28, 2018Updated:April 18, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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In order to understand DNS failover, let’s first understand what is a failover, when is this used and what are the advantages of using failover architecture.

WHAT IS FAILOVER?

Failover is the operational process of switching between primary and secondary server in the event of downtime. Such downtime could be caused by either scheduled maintenance, or unpredicted system or component failure.

In either case, the object is to create fault tolerance. To ensure that mission-critical applications or systems are constantly available, regardless of the type or extent of the fault. In the larger picture, failover is a key component of business continuity plans, especially for businesses that are computer or computing-centric.

ADVANTAGES OF FAILOVER ARCHITECTURE

The main advantage of server failover implementation is High Availability (HA). In the events of the primary server failure, the failover/secondary server will serve the request coming from the end-users. Which means there will be almost zero downtime which in turn saves you from revenue loss due to downtime.

Also, failover implementation will simplify the maintenance due to the downtime caused by disaster/upgrades/updates. In case there is no failover, sudden downtime becomes a mess to handle and will cause panic to the entire team. But with failover implementation, there will be no downtime as the request will be served by the secondary server.

DNS Failover

The DNS failover is a technique where the traffic routing to secondary happens from the DNS. It is done through health-checking agents which monitor the availability of each endpoint. In the event of failure, this agent route traffic away from the failed endpoint to other healthy endpoints, using  “round robin” methodology.

It can guarantee that if a pre-defined server/site is offline, traffic is automatically routed to a secondary IP address.

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Choudhury is the founder and chief editor of ZoomTutorials Blog, a leading tutorials and technology blogging site specializing in DevOps, SysAdmin and Cloud Technologies to help IT professionals in their day to day work. He is a Senior Cloud and DevOps Solutions Engineer at a leading eCommerce development Company and has more than 10+ years of Cloud, DevOps and SysAdmin experience working with Fortune 500 companies to solve their most important IT backbones. He lives in Hyderabad with his wife and a son.

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