Any opinions about dnsmadeeasy ? Looking for a primary/secondary dns with failover control.



Thanks

ran into a review last night comparing the two plus a few others, and the site went with dynect instead because the dnsmadeeasy response times were not as even as for dynect.

think the review was on a site called learnstream? something like that.

ran into a review last night comparing the two plus a few others, and the site went with dynect instead because the dnsmadeeasy response times were not as even as for dynect.

think the review was on a site called learnstream? something like that.

I saw that review yesterday too. Looked well thought out.

Here's the link: http://dns.learnhub.com/lesson/11620-how-to-compare-hosted-dns-providers-with-data

HTH

Very interesting.

Thanks for sharing with us that link.

There are always tons of reviews. The times can always change (depending upon who does what test).

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4336541

Another interesting thing to note:
DNS Made Easy has over 8 year history.
Ultra DNS has over 10 year history.
Dynect.... less than a year.

I saw that review yesterday too. Looked well thought out.

Here's the link: http://dns.learnhub.com/lesson/11620-how-to-compare-hosted-dns-providers-with-data

HTH

Yes it does. Alzheimers :D

There are always tons of reviews. The times can always change (depending upon who does what test).

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4336541

Another interesting thing to note:
DNS Made Easy has over 8 year history.
Ultra DNS has over 10 year history.
Dynect.... less than a year.

But, to be fair, dynect is an offshoot of dyndns ... if that makes a difference. UltraDNS is well ... ummm, interesting, if you dig into the resolution traversal sometime. Makes you shake your head sometimes.

What is common from both the WHT thread and the review is that dnsmadeeasy were found in both to be less than the fastest. YMMV.

The article at learninghub is well worth reading.

the WHT thread and the review may help you

But, to be fair, dynect is an offshoot of dyndns ... if that makes a difference.

No it really does not. And it shouldn't. :eek:
Running 4 to 5 name servers does not mean that you have the experience to run 100+ name servers in an IP anycast environment. Not for the price that they charge (close to UltraDNS pricing).

I would trust UltraDNS or DNSMadeEasy anyday of the day, week, month, or year over a new company that started less than 12 months ago.

What is common from both the WHT thread and the review is that dnsmadeeasy were found in both to be less than the fastest. YMMV.

Actually I just re-read your post about the WHT thread. And you are mistaken. DNS Made Easy was the fastest.

UltraDNS.com got C- twice and a D+ once. Average 105 to 125ms
DNSMadeEasy.com got an A+ twice, and an A- once. Average 20ms-27ms
easydns.com got B- twice, and an A- once. Average 78ms-83ms
name-services.com got A+, A- and B. Average 44ms-612ms

All of these times are so subjective though. Even the Pingdom tests are completely subjective (and appear wrong). I know personally we have systems in Chicago directly connected to XO.
Yet Pingdom says that it will take 150 ms to connect to it from their Herndon, VA monitoring location?!?!?!
What is even stranger is that we have a VPS in Asburn VA (at Equinix). I have never seen a ping time over 80 ms anywhere in the United States. Yet Pingdom (from their Herndon, VA location again) says it is 170ms....

Oh come the F on already......... :mad:

At some point you would have to assume that Pingdom is not always accurate (or really that accurate at all).

Maybe Pingdom runs on a single bandwidth network.... If you have a direct Peer with them you will see a speed performance.

Test it yourself with your own systems. Their results are all over the place. You can even create a demo account to try it out.

So in reponse to the OP. DNSMadeEasy is rock solid.
UltraDNS is another rock solid DNS company, just a little more expensive.

I've been using DNSMadeEasy for a few years now and am incredibly happy with their service.

Actually I just re-read your post about the WHT thread. And you are mistaken. DNS Made Easy was the fastest.


Then go back and read it again, in the same vein as the report at learninghub. It is the *outliers* that are the problem.


All of these times are so subjective though. Even the Pingdom tests are completely subjective (and appear wrong). I know personally we have systems in Chicago directly connected to XO.
Yet Pingdom says that it will take 150 ms to connect to it from their Herndon, VA monitoring location?!?!?!
What is even stranger is that we have a VPS in Asburn VA (at Equinix). I have never seen a ping time over 80 ms anywhere in the United States. Yet Pingdom (from their Herndon, VA location again) says it is 170ms....


In real life, this is quite possible. If you start stacking up the numbers from dns lookup + tcp connection + ttfb. Just because you don't like the numbers does not make them *subjective*. All tests have shortcomings, it is up to the provider to disclose the test methodology, and the reader to understand the implications.

The importance of numbers is not the absolute numbers, but rather the trend.


Oh come the F on already......... :mad:


Yeah, ok.


At some point you would have to assume that Pingdom is not always accurate (or really that accurate at all).

Maybe Pingdom runs on a single bandwidth network.... If you have a direct Peer with them you will see a speed performance.


Well, that's the internet. Not everyone is equally connected. That's a fact of life.



So in reponse to the OP. DNSMadeEasy is rock solid.
UltraDNS is another rock solid DNS company, just a little more expensive.

learninghub decided differently.


http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=753074

So if you are reselling their services.... You get 70% off of their price, and then you give it to your client at 50% off.... You can make an easy $10,000 per year by doing nothing. The trick of course is to get your client to believe the UltraDNS jargon.


Would this be influencing your viewpoint?

Well, that's the internet. Not everyone is equally connected. That's a fact of life.


Equally connected is one thing. Equally connected to "Pingdom" is something else. If you sit back and look at Pingdom for a few minutes (like I did last night) you will realize that Pingdom does NOT show you any statistic that would be similar to what your users have.

Pingdom does their monitoring very very cheaply. They purchased a bunch of dedicated servers at providers like RackSpace and The Planet. Confirmed by where their monitoring is coming from.

So logically if you throw systems up at The Planet or Rackspace you will get a closer response time. But if you know anything about networking you know that your users ARE NOT coming from low cost hosting facilities. They are tied into their ISPs (DSL connection, cable connections, etc..) and will switch peering points at a carrier-neutral facility like a Equinix. So if Pingdom actually did their monitoring accurately they would have systems at the Equinix facilities of the world.

THIS is where UltraDNS and other good quality IP anycast providers have their systems.

So Pingdom is NOT the best tool to use to see what your end user sees. I confirmed this last night when my VPS at Equinix in Ashburn VA was getting horrible ping times from Herndon VA (on the cheap dedicated server that Pindgom operates).


Would this be influencing your viewpoint?


Of course I make GREAT money with UltraDNS. But do you honestly think that Amazon.com uses UltraDNS because they are slow????

Oh please....

The learnhub misses many points and clearly does not either understand how networking works or did not spend the time to research on where Pingdom does their monitoring from.

I have use DNSMADEEASY for DNS / Failover for 5 consecutive years with an Inc 500 company where our website IS our $$$. 150 empolyees, 90 servers, and we have never had an issue with the service. It works, it works well, and it is VERY nicely priced.

You can't loose. We even use the MX backup, it works very well too.

So in reponse to the OP. DNSMadeEasy is rock solid.
UltraDNS is another rock solid DNS company, just a little more expensive.
How about a ton more. :D

DNS Provider

Cost / yearly*
DNS Made Easy www.dnsmadeeasy.com
Plus DNS Made Easy has the 100% uptime guarantee!
Plus DNS Made Easy has an IP anycasted network!
$14.95

The following providers do offer IP anycasted DNS networks which is similar to what DNS Made Easy provides. Read more about IP anycast here.

Ultra DNS www.ultradns.com
more than $7,000

http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/price/compare.html

Also, DME have a 500% SLA. :D Do they plan to add more nodes? They need more in Europe and Asia.

One thing I noticed when using UltraDNS was that everytime I added an a-record, it would many times not work immediately after in my browser.
I was used to adding a-records via namecheap's control panel, and they would always work immediately after, but not UltraDNS.
This was so frustrating in the end I ended up leaving UDNS..

Now I run my own DNS with backup DNS from dns made easy. Very happy with the results.

I do the opposite, run DNSME as my primary, and pull secondaries to my DNS (just in case...I never rely completely on one company), but even using 90 sec TTLS, I have yet to have a DNS server not honor my DNSME TTLs. Even RoadRunner. Go figger.

UltraDNS came sniffing around a few times wanting our business...I actually talked to them once, then saw the price. I almost laughed out loud at the guy.
I could build my own similar infrastructure for what they are asking!

Yeah I ended up paying 150USD per month with UDNS.. I wasn't really paying attention for a few months, I thought it was around 15$ still (the signup price)
I had a shock when I checked..

Yeah I ended up paying 150USD per month with UDNS.. I wasn't really paying attention for a few months, I thought it was around 15$ still (the signup price)
I had a shock when I checked..

Oh.. Wow.. Thanks for sharing about the pricing. At first, I thought of using UDNS but luckily you mention about the price.

EasyDNS is great! and I've been with them for about 4 years, however I wish they would make some improvements.

- a better interface, when you have several hundred domains, some sort of grouping and sorting would be great!

- an API so I can create,edit,delete domains from directadmin or cpanel

I've never had to open a support ticket in over 4 years!

Oh.. Wow.. Thanks for sharing about the pricing. At first, I thought of using UDNS but luckily you mention about the price.

My plan was basically for one domain and a certain amount of queries.
I ended up running the main domain of an irc network and several more domains, and they didn't send an invoice to my inbox.
Be careful because you can add as many domains as you want and as many queries as you like and they will just charge you after, there are no limits really even if you have a plan..

Highly recommend DNS Made Easy. Been using it for 3 months now and its one less service I have to worry about. Like another person said on here, its probably a good idea to pull everything onto your own secondary DNS server, just in case something happens to DNS Made Easy. And that only takes 5 lines per domain of copy and pasting in your named configuration if your doing it by hand.

If your one of those people who edits your DNS records a lot, you might be put off a bit by the delays in updates. But if your running an established web site, you shouldn't be doing many edits anyways and the peace of mind is well worth it.

Now if DNS Made Easy had an API, that would be awesome!

If your one of those people who edits your DNS records a lot, you might be put off a bit by the delays in updates. But if your running an established web site, you shouldn't be doing many edits anyways and the peace of mind is well worth it.

Actually, once a domain is created in DME any records added will work instantly unless cached on the side of the DNS resolver (which DME doesn't control anyway); there's no delay on DME's side for that.

Although when creating new domains, it does take a few hours, and that could be a show-stopper for some.

Anyone else notice a lag in the queries updating? Mine is a few days behind.

Anyone else notice a lag in the queries updating? Mine is a few days behind.

Which vendor? Days is incredibly long. Do you mean they have not updated at the isp cache, or on the authoritative servers themselves?

I'm referring to the query count within dnsmadeeasy.

I'm referring to the query count within dnsmadeeasy.

Open a ticket with them and tell them to get their act straight. :)
I just checked one of my accounts and it shows up to the 12th of August, which seems to be caught up. Maybe the 13th will show up soon.

I have been using dnsmadeeasy for about 6 months, and I love it. I have multiple domains with sub-domains on multiple servers, and it works great and reliable.

Is there a list of popular sites using dnsmadeeasy? I only know of twitpic and ustream.tv.

I looked prior to signing up with DNS Made Easy and wasn't able to find anything.

Twitpic is using Softlayer's DNS servers. With DME, you can use ns1.yourdomain.com instead of nsX.dnsmadeeasy.com, so it makes it a little bit trickier to find. Although if you do look at Alexa Top 500, you will see that most sites on that list who don't run their own are using Ultradns.

Wonder why twitpic would switch back to softlayer's dns.

Wonder why twitpic would switch back to softlayer's dns.

$60 to $300 per month is often a lot to pay for a company to have 100% uptime. :confused:
We have clients like this that want 100% uptime and will refuse to move away from their registrar's DNS since it is free. To pay for something that they can get for free does not make any sense to them... *sigh*... Very aggravating when dealing with clients like this. twitpic seams like one of these places. :stickout:


Is there a list of popular sites using dnsmadeeasy? I only know of twitpic and ustream.tv.

Ones that I know about that I use to push my clients (when I resell it) are: bbb.org, hardrock.com, everlast.com, laquinta.com, acm.org, dnsstuff.com. There are many others but those are the ones that I try to mention when I push the resell of their service (if they are too cheap to pay for UltraDNS).

UltraDNS (as The Universes mentioned) probably has the most impressive list with amazon.com and other big named sites.

I actually look at tools like www.dailychanges.com to see these domains moving in and out of the providers since we base a lot of our consulting business in setting up peoples systems and we resell UltraDNS and DNSMadeEasy all of the time.
According to tools like dailychanges.com DNS Made Easy has more domains then all of the other IP anycast providers combined and this does not count the large number of domains that DNS Made Easy has that people use the vanity name servers (also what The Universes mentioned). But I would think that has something to do with their price point and their uptime history not their marketing (since their marketing is also non-existent IMHO).

I actually met the owner of DNS Made Easy at a HostingCon a few years ago (I did not go this year unfortunately even though I bought the pass) and he even mentioned how much they count on word-of-mouth to push their services. :eek: I tried to explain that was probably not the best idea. :rolleyes:
Due to their price point he said that it just does not make sense to try to compete in media when you are fighting the giants out there like UltraDNS (and I guess newcomers like Affilias now).

Twitpic is dynect now. Hyperspin is using dnsmadeeasy. :)

Hello,

who should use the "Home User Membership" ($15 / year) service at DNS Made Easy?
I have a domain which I only use for Google Apps. Is it worth for me to buy the "Home User Membership" service?

Sure I could use my web hosting's name servers, and changing the MX records using cpanel. But what if hackers crack the hosting, or cpanel? Then they can change my MX record, and they can instantly read my emails! In addition they can acquire my password using the "password recovery" at the online services.

Is DNS Made Easy's name servers more secure than using my web hosting's name servers and cpanel?

Hello,

who should use the "Home User Membership" ($15 / year) service at DNS Made Easy?
I have a domain which I only use for Google Apps. Is it worth for me to buy the "Home User Membership" service?

Sure I could use my web hosting's name servers, and changing the MX records using cpanel. But what if hackers crack the hosting, or cpanel? Then they can change my MX record, and they can instantly read my emails! In addition they can acquire my password using the "password recovery" at the online services.

Is DNS Made Easy's name servers more secure than using my web hosting's name servers and cpanel?

No guarantees, but it might be. This is only with respect to the fact that they can't combine changing your MX and a password recovery in the one operation. You might also be helped by the fact that the dnsmadeeasy member area is dedicated to the single purpose and is therefore a smaller body of code to attack.

Security pros call your approach "compartmentalisation" of function/knowledge.