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From: wright@hsi86.hsi.com (Gary Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Multiple Primary Name Servers
Message-ID: <2726@hsi86.hsi.com>
Date: 11 Dec 90 15:30:31 GMT
Organization: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT
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Some background:

We have a class B network that is subnetted and spans two 
geographically and administratively distinct sites.
We would like to find a manageable way to update the in-addr.arpa
domain for this network without either site totally relying on
the other.

One possibility that has been suggested is to have a primary name
server for the domain at both sites and to also mark each as
a secondary for the other.  In this way, hosts could be added or
deleted from one site even while the primary name server at the
other site is un-available (network problems, administrator on
vacation etc.)

Does the DNS allow for multiple primary name servers for a zone?
If so what interaction occurs between the primaries?
Is there a better way to handle this problem?

Any tips would be appreciated.
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Gary Wright                                                 ...!uunet!hsi!wright
3M Health Information Systems					  wright@hsi.com