The PowerDNS daemon is a leading high-performing authoritative nameserver software. It boasts advanced features that enable efficient management and processing of DNS queries.
One of the key features of the PowerDNS Nameserver is its master-slave database replication. There is one master database that is replicated to two slave databases. The slave databases are read-only and are updated immediately when the master database changes. Additionally, for those without an existing database infrastructure, PowerDNS recommends using the easy-to-setup MySQL database, which handles replication well.
If your nameservers are located on different physical networks, PowerDNS takes advantage of the distributed nature of DNS by load balancing questions on your array of servers. If a server goes down, one of the other servers is queried.
PowerDNS is configured by default to serve all information directly from a database, which results in unmatched maintainability of your DNS information. Additionally, PowerDNS has developed a complete suite of technologies surrounding Internet naming and email, which are integral to all online activities and transactions.
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