Re: multiple CNAMEs revisited

CS wrote:

> I need to add two more smaller servers to this cluster, so I'd like to
> alter the weighting in DNS. Again, I understand DNS is not meant to
> solve these problems, but in this case, it could solve them very well
> if the above config was legal (or if there was a config option to
> allow the "illegal" behaviour).
>
> So given the current constraints, what is a good workaround? I've
> looked at load-balancing tools, and frankly this is a better solution;
> I don't want to rely on one piece of software; DNS in this case has a
> good deal of built-in redundancy.

Assign an alias to the larger server's interface so you have two IP
addresses for the larger server, and one for the smaller.

spamd IN A 10.0.0.1 # server1
spamd IN A 10.0.0.2 # server1
spamd IN A 10.0.1.1 # small server2

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