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[iago]

ok, i just got a new dedicated fully managed server with cpanel

I would like to have my own DNS servers (ns1.domain.com, ns2.domain.com, etc) and offer my resellers their own private nameservers (ns1.reseller.com, ns2.reseller.com) as some webhost providers do.

Since im starting with a single server i know its not very clever to just just have dns and webserver on the same machine.

My provider offers me his dns servers, but this ones have the isp domains. I think it looks better to have my own dns servers with my own domains.

I really dont know much about DNS servers.
Are they reliable working via CPANEL or do they crash a lot? If this is the case then i will use my providers DNS. Also, what about the load a dns generates on a server?

Other solution i was thinking was to set dns1.domain.com and dns2.domain.com for my server and set a third and fourth dns server with my isp's dns servers ns1.isp.com, ns2.isp.com.

So, if my dns's servers go down requests would be resolved by my isp's dns.

Am i on the right path? or am i just talking nonsense

Where can i find more docs regarding this issues? Cpanel docs dont have a lot of info about this.

Regards and thank in advance for your help!

[ho247]

Since im starting with a single server i know its not very clever to just just have dns and webserver on the same machine.

This is infact not true. If you're a small web hosting company, then it's common practice to have DNS hosted on the same one server that you have. Once you expand and get more servers, DNS can then be shared among two servers.

My provider offers me his dns servers, but this ones have the isp domains. I think it looks better to have my own dns servers with my own domains.

Agreed.

I really dont know much about DNS servers.
Are they reliable working via CPANEL or do they crash a lot? If this is the case then i will use my providers DNS. Also, what about the load a dns generates on a server?

The DNS server on a Cpanel server is certainly reliable. A DNS server on a non-Cpanel server would be the same. The load generated is very small, unless you have thousands and thousands of records in your DNS and all of them are being requested a lot. Usually, you wouldn't even notice the load on the DNS.

I hope this helps you.

Alan