Domain Name System (DNS) is a system used to convert a computer’s IP address(s) into a readable host name (domain name). The IP address is a long string of numbers and it’s difficult for people to remember those long strings. So DNS helps by converting those strings of numbers into easy to read text (domain names) that you see when you look up a website. DNS management can help sort the servers for the DNS and other services for a website.
DNS servers work like a phone book, you can think of and IP address as the phone number and the domain name as the contact’s name. So, whenever you click on a website’s domain, you are clicking on the “contact’s name” and then that name is connected to a “phone number” and it calls that number to get information from it.
DNS management controls the DNS server clusters. Moreover, these server clusters are a group of nameservers that share records. It allows you to separate nameservers that handle the DNS requests from your web servers. The main purpose of DNS management is to reduce human error when editing complex and repetitive DNS data.
Do I need DNS management and why would I need it?
DNS management is essential today. You can have several servers managing services for just a single website. Thus, many hosting companies have separated their control panels, one for dedicated to domain management and billing and the other for management of the website content.
DNS is an important part of the internet. It provides a way to map names (website) to numbers (website’s address). Without DNS, everyone would have to remember random strings of numbers to access different websites. Which can make it difficult for people to remember or know what the website is.
What is Premium and Dynamic DNS?
Premium DNS offer more power and flexibility than the standard DNS functions. They also provide faster lookup speed, increased security, more room for personalized DNS configuration just to name a few!
Every commercial website should be using premium DNS to guarantee they are both safe and available to their customers. The more distinct advantages of premium DNS helps improved site availability, faster performance, and minimal security gaps.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a method of automatically updating a name server in the DNS, most often real time. It is very useful if you need to access internal network services from across the Internet. You can access your website or server from anywhere in the world without worrying about changes to the IP address.
Dynamic DNS changes every time for a particular domain, whereas DNS is static, meaning it remains fixed.
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