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Nick_T_68319
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusGlobal Name Server placement
I have 3 datacenters, two in the united states and one in the UK. I'm adding another pair of GTM's to the UK datacenter shortly, so there will be 6 GTM's in my sync group. My question is, curently ...
JG
Cumulonimbus
CumulonimbusAs I understand it, the NS records you registered with an Internet Registrar are just glue records, which lead the user to your name servers. It is up to the local DNS server which of these ns1 and ns2 records to use to get to one of your name servers. From our access stats here, the first one listed gets used more. Then your name server can serve its own set of ns records, usually the same as those with the Internet Registrar, but they can be different. This is where you can configure how/where to send the records according to your deployment stragegy, topology for an example.
The short answer seems to be: Yes, you can add the 3rd NS to your NS list with the IR, but you need to configure your GTMs redirect requests to the DC closest to your user.
Let me know if this makes sense to you. I myself are planning a similar deployment at the moment.
