6 Sep
2007
6 Sep
'07
4:03 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 03:59:04PM +0200, Jørgen Hovland <jorgen@hovland.cx> wrote a message of 35 lines which said:
but why do you need a maintenance window to upgrade the DNS server? You can for example reroute the IP to another server while you perform the upgrade.
It is not worth it, specially for fifteen minutes of maintenance. The DNS protocol can handle the lack of response from a server, without any problem. There is no need for the RIPE-NCC to bother with "Five nines" reliability, not only because this is a "best effort" and gratis service, but also because the DNS does not require it.