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Month: January 2022

Load balancing: How does it handle the traffic?

Posted on January 26, 2022May 18, 2022 by Gregor

DNS load balancing is a widely used technique for optimizing the management of a hostname’s incoming traffic. It is becoming an increasingly popular method. But, as we’ll see later in the text, there’s a reason for this.

What is load balancing meaning?

Load balancing in DNS is a method of distributing client requests among server machines by configuring a domain. We can associate the domain with a website, a mail system, etc., or any other Internet-based service.

If you are the owner of a large and popular website, it means that you will have a lot of requests for it. In addition, it needs to be fast, provide up-to-date information and process the requests it receives accurately and quickly. This is where traffic balancing comes in.

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A record vs AAAA record: What is the difference?

Posted on January 10, 2022May 18, 2022 by Gregor

A and AAAA records are among the most important in the DNS system. The process of resolving a domain name to find the IP address is managed by these two types of DNS records. This is what makes them valuable and essential to access the internet easily and quickly.

What does A record mean?

A record is the most popular and simple type used in DNS servers, where “A” stands for Address. The A record uses a domain name to find the device’s IP address connected to the Internet.

Consider the following example – You are a web user and want to access www.abc123.com. This request is sent to the DNS resolver. It identifies the IP, and then the page automatically loads.

In other words, the A record uses the domain name to find the IP address (IPv4 address).

AAAA record – definition

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Everything you have to know about CDN

Posted on January 7, 2022March 8, 2024 by Gregor

We all are very related to CDN! Besides business people, we are all users, and from both sides, we interact daily with CDNs. Without them, the delivery of content wouldn’t be as efficient as it’s currently. A CDN is behind each character, each image pixel, and video frame of the content you daily offer and consume.

Are you interested now? Great! Here you have everything you have to know about CDN.

What is a CDN?

A CDN or a content delivery network is a set of servers distributed in different geographical points for accelerating web content delivery. By covering those different points on the planet, servers bring that content closer to the users’ physical location.

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