Ask HN: What's the best solution for GeoDNS that supports failover?

[jamieweb]

I have some requirements but I'm struggling to find an affordable solution that does all of them.

I have two web servers, and would like to use GeoDNS with them, so that users are always connecting to the nearest/lowest-latency server. Additionally, if one server goes offline, all traffic should be directed to the remaining online server automatically.

Basically I'm looking for "Failover GeoDNS". There are plenty of Failover DNS services, and plenty of GeoDNS services, but not many that do both.

Does anybody have any suggestions? A do-it-yourself solution should also be fine as long as it itself is resilient.

[colmmacc]

Amazon Route 53 (https://aws.amazon.com/route53/) supports Geo DNS and failover ...

You can configure routing to be based on specific geographic boundaries/locations, or geographic proximity, or based on network latency. Either way, failover works in all cases and if an endpoint fails the "next best" will take over.

[paktek123]

Dyn have traffic director that can be used for the above.

[jamieweb → paktek123]

Ah yes looking interesting... although it looks like more of an enterprise product (very expensive). I'm guessing this isn't included in the $7 per month developer plan?

[paktek123 → jamieweb]

Yes definitely enterprise but maybe you can get it as an add on by paying a bit extra. I used it a while ago so sorry can't remember the billing details.