Looking for geo-directional DNS service

Tue Jan 15 11:21:13 UTC 2008

At 12:14 AM 16-01-08 +1300, jamie baddeley wrote:

Yes, but that would require them to run a DNS server at each of their 4 
locations.  They do not want to run their own DNS.  They want it outsourced.

Thanks,
-Hank

>Thought about anycasting? Broad as a barn door, but if you add health
>checking of the services and  integrate that into what your DC router
>announces you get closer to what you want.
>
>jamie
>
>On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 12:55 +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> > I am looking for a commercial DNS service that provides
> > geo-directionality.  Suppose I have 4 data centers scattered thruout the
> > world and want users to hit the closest data center based on proximity
> > checks (pings, TTLs, latency, load, etc.).  I know one can "roll their
> > own", using various geo-locational data from companies like Maxmind.  I am
> > *not* interested in that.  I am *not* interested in applicances like the
> > Cisco ACE GSS 4400 either (that do this as well):
> > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/
> >
> > What I am looking for is a commercial DNS service.
> >
> > Is the Akamai Edgescape service the closest to what I want:
> > http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/products/edgescape.html
> > Is anyone using it?  Can you recommend it?
> >
> > Another service I know about is the Ultradns (now Neustar) Directional DNS:
> > http://www.neustarultraservices.biz/solutions/directionaldns.html
> > But this service is based on statically defined IP responses at each of
> > their 14 sites so there is no proximity checking done.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hank
> >