DNS负载均衡最佳实践.pdf

F5 Tech Focus DNS Load Balancing Best Practices Written by Nat Thirasuttakorn, Product Management Engineer F5 Tech Focus DNS Load Balancing Best Practices Contents Overview of DNS 3 DNS Load Balancing Confi guration Options 4 Stateless UDP with nPath Routing 4 Stateless UDP load balancing 5 Basic stateful UDP load balancing 5 Stateful UDP Datagram load balancing 6 Advanced UDP load balancing 6 Additional Confi guration Recommendations 7 2 F5 Tech Focus DNS Load Balancing Best Practices Overview of DNS At the most basic level, Domain Name System, or DNS as it is commonly known, is an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses and is an essential component of any network. There are two types of DNS servers: authoritative and non-authoritative. • Authoritative DNS The response headers returned from the origin web server. If the headers indicate that content should not be cached then it won’t be. • Non-Authoritative DNS Also referred to as a Local DNS (LDNS) or a caching DNS server -- is often located near the DNS client, caching DNS answers received from Authoritative DNS servers, speeding future resolution requests. Local DNS servers are usually provided by ISPs or an enterprise’s IT department. The following is a brief explanation of how DNS queries are handled. A client sends a DNS query to the local DNS server. If the local D