XName free DNS hosting service
Stumbled upon a free DNS hosting service today. XName provides free DNS to all and in return only expects a donation if you like the service. However, if you plan to use XName for commercial purpose then a donation is mandatory.
From a infrastructure standpoint XName provides 3 DNS servers. 1 primary and 2 secondary servers. All DNS records are replicated across all servers so it’s best practice to use all 3 servers when possible to archive the best redundancy possible.
I’m currently working on a mini ISP setup for a client myself. The primary DNS server is in place but for my secondary servers I’m thinking of using XName instead as it’s going to save me a few dollars.
I’ll tell you how it goes.
Arstan | June 13th, 2008 at 10:14 am #
Another good option will be EveryDNS, but it limits a free account to a certain limit(17 domains I suspect) after that you need to make a donation and all the limits are taken off. EveryDNS is another project of the same guy behind OpenDNS
Danny | June 13th, 2008 at 11:10 am #
Thanks Arstan. I’ll give it a go too.