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Re: DNS servers



On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:34, Craig Sanders wrote:
> i've never had a dedicated server lab.  i test things on my workstation
> and/or on other servers and/or on my own (as in my personal property)
> machines.  e.g.  i'll do R&D on most things on my home network before i
> implement it at work; or i'll test a new nameserver by installing it on
> a web server; or test the latest postgres version on my workstation
> before upgrading the db servers.  if i'm lucky there'll be an old,
> retired machine that i can recycle into a test machine.
>
> at least half the reason i have a home network is that it is a "lab" for
> R&D where i can safely experiment with new software & configurations.

That's very similar to my situation.

Getting a home network to simulate a network that has 20,000 users logged on 
at the same time is extremely difficult.

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